At the Royal Horse Guards
Traveling with my lady friend and her family, I caught this interesting shot in front of one of the Royal Horse Guards in London. ...
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Traveling with my lady friend and her family, I caught this interesting shot in front of one of the Royal Horse Guards in London.
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Behind The Lens
Location
While in London during December of 2016 for New Years Eve, we were walking near the Horse Guard's Stable the day after Christmas waiting for the daily parade on a cold, bleak day, I was taking photos of the Guard in the background and when I pulled out from the scene, there was my friend and her son watching me. I was caught by their poses as it reflects their different personalities.Time
If I remember correctly it was midday as the parade was at 1pm. The background was the Horse Guard Stables and made a lovely black backdrop to work with. The sun came out a few minutes later which changed the scene entirely.Lighting
This is natural light at 1/125, f5.6 with an ISO 500 at 200mm. Because of the overcast and tight confines of the buildings around us, I was shooting at different angles and focal lengths because I did not have to worry about backlighting.Equipment
Canon 5D EOS MkIII with a Tamron 70-200 f2.5Inspiration
The Guard was maintaining his stoic pose against the dark background and I knew the scene would be interesting with the crowds in the area and not necessarily trying to photograph a specific persons/s as the lady in the photos does not like to have her picture taken. Today, her son has this photos on the desk in his office.Editing
For the most part to use Adobe LR for initial post processing and in this case, all I did was crop and convert to B&W.In my camera bag
Since I travel a lot, I probably have more "stuff" than I need but for bodies I have the Canon EOS 5D MkIII and the Canon M6 as a smaller carry around. My lenses are the Tamron 70-200 f2.5, Canon 100mm Micro and a Canon EF 14-40 f/4L, which is my "walk around" lens. Someone told me one time that the 17-40 lens is what the eye sees and I get a terrific amount of use out of this lens. Also, I now carry the DJI Mavic Air 2 which replaced my Phantom 4 Pro since the Mavic is much easier to pack when I travel.Feedback
Many years ago, a professional horse photographer I knew, Jerry Sparagowski, told me to take as many photos in a sequence as you can. With the speed of the digital cameras today, it is easy to crank off several hundred images at a time. In the scene above, I probably shot 15 - 20 images knowing that the only difference would be minor changes in the pose of the two subjects. Remember, it's the eye behind the camera, not the cost of the equipment in the bag.
