Yesterday I was at the Lowcountry Fair with Historical Flair and had the opportunity to photograph the only Marsh Tacky Horse race this year. Unfortunately the sun was behind the horses and it was difficult to see the race, let alone photograph it. Challenge One: Need to walk the length of the course to get on the other side of the track, with 2 other Carolina Marsh Tacky Photographers. As with shooting any action sport, a fast shutter speed to freeze the action is the most important part of the job. I set my camera on Aperture priority and used the widest aperature possible with the telephoto lens (5.6). With that set, I knew the background would be somewhat out of focus and, using a high IS0 (1000) I would get a shutter speed that would give me the necessary freeze frame image I needed. My metadata recorded the shutter speed at 1/1250 - Perfect and I got the shot I wanted.
Fall House Photography /
October 29, 2018
As a contributing photographer for Shrimp Collards & Grits quarterly magazine, I try to keep ahead of upcoming issues. Today I photographed lovely fall decorations at the home of Dr H.Lucius and Darryl Laffitte in The Point neighborhood in Beaufort. Their home was on the Fall Historic House tour this past weekend so their house was full of natural greenery with roses as the splash of color. My challenge was to document these but giving it a unique angle.
