{"id":854,"date":"2010-07-15T15:22:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T19:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheridesipay.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2010-07-20T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T19:26:58","slug":"photo-challenged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheridesipay.com\/horse-shows\/photo-challenged\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo-Challenged"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rachel, sans head.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Recently returned from a horse show, I reviewed the pictures I had taken. I was planning to share them with the usual suspects: grandparents, friends, the owner of the horse we\u2019re leasing, the parent of the other rider I had taken to the show, etc.<\/p>\n

I downloaded the photos from the borrowed camera (a very nice Cannon) and was excited to view the results of four days of snapping away. I knew the results would be good, because the mom who owns this camera always comes back from horse shows with excellent pictures.<\/p>\n

Hmmmm, OK, let\u2019s see\u2026Here\u2019s one of Samantha in the temporary stall with Mondavi, here\u2019s one of Rachel with Misty\u2026their heads seem to be a little fuzzy. Here\u2019s one of our trainer Tara from the back\u2026but her hind end is all distorted\u2026why don\u2019t the pictures of me come out like that?\u00a0 OK, beginner\u2019s nerves, that\u2019s all. I hadn\u2019t become quite comfortable enough with a new camera, just working out the kinks.<\/p>\n

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(For a complete photo album of my flawed shots, click this link to Chronicle of the Horse<\/a>).<\/p>\n

OK, scrolling through, ah! Here are some pictures of the girls in the jumper ring. Yes! Here are a few good shots of Tara on the ground walking with the girls from the warm-up area to the show ring. This is one of my standard go-to shots and it looks great! Except, yeah, I already have about 62 of this exact same photo, just from different horse shows. Oh well, who\u2019s counting?<\/p>\n

OK, now we are into the good stuff! Here are Rachel and Misty in the jumper ring\u2014nice! There they are on the landing, Rachel looking ahead to her next jump. Not too bad if I do say so myself! OK, the next one is Rachel and Misty about two strides after<\/em> the jump. That\u2019s OK, no worries. Next: ummmm\u2026oh! There\u2019s Rachel and Misty in the bottom of the picture frame, well you can\u2019t really see the kid\u2019s or the pony\u2019s legs. For a second there I thought I had just taken a picture of a random trailer and the water tower in the background.<\/p>\n

OK, more jumping pictures. Gee, there\u2019s Misty\u2019s face, and just her face, almost looking suspended in space, but I can also see the jump. No Rachel, or other body parts of the pony to speak of. There\u2019s one of the pony\u2019s hind end and tail going over the jump. Maybe if I put those two pictures together, I\u2019ll have something to show Rachel\u2019s mother. Oh, this one is nice, it\u2019s a close up of Misty jumping, oh, but wait, Rachel\u2019s head is not in the picture. Whoopsie!<\/p>\n

The girls absconded with the camera, and one of them (they would not \u2018fess up, which probably saved their little lives) took a truly excellent picture of me braiding Misty. The braids look quite nice. The back fat on the braider? Not so much.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t do a whole lot better taking pictures of my own kid. There are quite a few of Samantha and the Mo Man one stride before the jump and one stride after. Apparently this picture taking thing requires skills that I am lacking. There\u2019s one in particular where it took me a full minute to figure out exactly what it was that I took a picture of\u2026and then I finally spotted Mondavi\u2019s nose in the far right corner. No laughing!<\/p>\n

By the third day of the show I smartened up and took some nice candids. There we go! I talked to Rachel\u2019s mom on the phone. She said, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to see the pictures,\u201d in a sing-song voice. I said, \u201cYou\u2019re breaking up, I\u2019ll try you again later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paging Jenna Leigh Teti<\/a>. I am so busted!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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