Horses and A Day in the Life

One of my favorite things to do when I am editing my Breyer photos is to play with the colors. While clarity is key, I find that color is the second most important thing that I look for in my photos. The more color I can get the better. Below are some pictures of a before and after editing. Note how much more beautiful they are when they are more vibrant. Latigo Dun It is my new Breyer and I love him! His dappling is so beautiful, especially with his silver-colored mane and tail. He is soooo photogenic with his stunning coloring! While the two pictures above aren't exactly the same, they are the same horse taken at the same time of day with the same camera and with almost the same angle. As you can tell, the bottom one is much more edited. He can still use a little work as the light around the face is a little too much and is washing it out and reducing the clarity. The image could use a little straightening and cropping, but you can tell how editing can affect the qual

One of my favorite hobbies is photographing model horses. It is fun and also a little challenging because of their small sizes. Playing with color and finding just the right lighting for each separate horse is fun as well. Zenyatta, my sister's horse, is a fun one to use because she goes so well with so many different backgrounds and colors. These are some of my photos from last summer. This photo is very edited, with the color tuned up to as vibrant as I could get it. I have to admit that I find it very attractive. The horse in the back was in a bad spot though. That is something I had to play with. Here is one with the back horse moved. It looks better, but I didn't edit the photo as much. This one definitely needs a little more color to make it a little less bland, although it is pretty as it is. This one I took inside. You can see the difference in the lighting. I used felting wool for footing. I would love to use something a little more realistic, but this is