It was quiet and still so I took my Big Camera for a walk to see if I want to keep it. I have been thinking a lot about selling it as I don’t use it very much.
I decided on photographing the Ancients as they live in slightly less mud than the Shetland ponies.
I haven’t taken this camera out to play for a while as it weighs a lot around my neck and is not very portable.
But I will admit I do like the photos it takes and had rather forgotten this fact.
I am now beginning to think that it would be a mistake to sell this camera and all the lenses (although I only really use one of the three).
I had begun to take my iPhone camera for granted and that is a mistake.
I used to really enjoy photography until I found it difficult to walk and carry the camera at the same time. I need to re-think my ideas about what I actually want.
So, a rather late New Year’s Resolution – I am going to use this camera more.
And this photo is when I thought I had finished with the photography “session” and was walking away from the horses. I turned around to say just touch Haakon’s nose with your’s, Iacs. And he did and then Haakon bit him!
Kolka was standing well away from these two – I can’t blame her.
This could be Sleipnir – an eight-legged horse, the swiftest in the world, belonging to the chief of the gods, Odin.
Or probably not.
And this is the most heinous crime in the world. Words fail.
I went indoors.
Frances, these are stunning photos! I hope you’re able to find a comfy way of transporting the camera.
Breathtaking pictures of the horses!
Frances, these are beautiful. You are so right to not get rid of the camera. I certainly understand the weight problem and its affects on the back. This might be something you are already doing or it won’t work for you, but I can no longer have anything with any weight on the cervical part of my spine. I have a variety of bags: back packs, back packs that I can flip around so they are on my chest rather than my spine, waist pouches, crossbodies. I try to make fabric bags because they are so much lighter than leather or pleather. If I were confronted with the problem you face, I would use a cross body or a roomy waist bag as I hicked. I would leave the zipper open so I could quickly grab the camera for the magnificent shots that you take. Bill,my husband, is the photographer in the family & is the person who led me to your blog. Bill does not have a serious back issue, but I have since I was a child. So Bill can use a regular strap, but I have always used the pouch system of carrying any weight.
As always, your pictures are magnificent! And your crew of four legged models are just the very best!
Agree, this camera takes gorgeous photos!
Those photos are stunning. What about rigging up Skippy to carry your camera?
Aw, now I miss the boys <3. Beautiful pictures, and yes, I agree, the camera does change the look!
You have so many Shetland ponies to carry things for you! 😀 Klibber, kishies, and off you go a-picture-hunting with your noble packhorse! That would really be a sight.
Lovely, lovely pictures.
I have the same “problem” with a beautiful Canon DSLR and enough lenses to fund a small developing economy. BUT, I would probably get a miserable amount by selling them, so for now I shall keep. Agree with you about getting used to an iPhone and then realising just how much they do not capture.
Not cheap, but I have one of these to support the camera weight, they are beautifully made and it’s weird to get used to but does work: https://cottoncarrier.eu/en-en/pages/camera-harness
I love all your creatures but I think the Icelandics are just so beautiful.