Boxing Day Meet

 

Had a nice morning out with the Cambridgeshire Hunt and Enfield Chace - a very welcoming lot of supporters and followers.

Home for Christmas

Family Portraits...

Suitably bizarre from Emily...

 

Huntingdon Races

It has been a Hunting sort of week, following an introduction by a friend to the local hunt.  Sunday, though, we went racing.  I tried to capture some of the dynamics of it, with a slower shutter speed, to blur movement.  That kind of worked.  Here though are two favorite photographs of the day, one developed using NIKs Silver Efex Pro 2, and the other with Color Efex Pro 4.   I think we came out of the betting about even, which is as much as you could wish for.  A few more photographs here.

Equine Portraits - Horses and Owners

I had a couple of hours with two friends of mine, and their horses, which gave us some nice portrait shots, which I must get around to printing up. 

Following the Hunt

It has been a fun half term with the children, getting up early twice this week to follow the local hunt after an introduction from a friend.  They are a nice lot, and I have managed to shoot some decent photographs.  I have set up an account for commercial retail of photographs.  No idea if it will come to much.  Not without marketing I suppose.  Some more hunting shots here.

With the right lighting even a modest mirror-less camera can return some nice images - here boy child and dog, with my Samsung NX300.

Horses for Courses

I was riding in Dubai last year out at a Desert Resort off the Dubai to Al Ain road.  We got up early to be there for a sunrise get go before the heat of the day.  I snapped a few photographs afterwards, of the horses and camels.  Most have just sat in a file since, and I came across this the other day.  The groom has a face with character.  There are more snaps of horses at home and far away here.