Little buckaroo
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The photo was taken at a farm in Eastern Tennessee. The horses name is Joe, the little cowboy is 1 year old. I love talking photographs of nature and animals. This young buckaroo was an absolute added bonus to the photo. He is raised around horses and he was actually holding the lead and smiling.Time
This photo was taken around 6pm, just around the time the sun glows off of the pasture grass in the fields. It gave a great glow which I feel really made the foreground pop.Lighting
I wanted to get a, if you will (little house on the Prarie) look about the background. Late afternoon natural lighting has became my go to for so many photos. It seems to have richer tones that really bring ones eyes in on the photoEquipment
This was shot with a 5D Mark 3 cannon camera. always set to RAW, With a 24-70 L series Canon lens. No flash was needed. I Handheld the camera, no tripod was used.Inspiration
I totally got the old western vibe when I thought of this set up for the photo, I knew he could do the rooe lead hold as he has done it before He's like a tiny rodeo roper walking his prize pony.Editing
Honestly, for this photo I did VERY VERY little. I use lightroom for most of not all of my post processing. I find light room to be that magical combination of programs all bundled into one, that allows me to do what I need with out the trouble of trying to do each step in a different program. To this photo, I uploaded it to lightroom, did a slight white balance adjustment and just a tinge on exposure. Other than thatIn my camera bag
I always have my Canon 50mm L series lens, my 70-200 L series lens, and my trusted 24-70. I carry two speed lights. And extra fully charged batteries just in case. I also always make sure I have my lens cleaning kit right with me to rid of any kind of spot that may have gotten on them. I also carry my starter camera as a backup. It is the Canon T5i. It's a nifty easy to understand camera to start out on and takes very good photos for the points of focus it offers.Feedback
My advise..BE patient. And ALWAYS get down to their level, I was actually laying on the ground at a fairly good distance when I took this photo, try to remember what the subject of the photo is, just because the background landscaping is beautiful, it doesn't mean that you want to overwhelm the photo with it and lose focus of the real subject, lastly, do what you enjoy, cause if you do what you enjoy, your photography career and artistic creations will NEVER SEEM LIKE A REDUNDANT CHORE. .it will be more like your escape into your artistic expression.
