2307_1899 The (almost) Geometric Prairie
Shot 3 of my 4-shot black and white image set: the road and the sky. This is near the entrance to Grasslands National Park. You can't tell from this photo, but we're on an upland plateau; the land drops away dramatically on either side, to Police Coulee on the right and Laouenan Coulee on the left. This one looks very good in colour, but I liked its graphic qualities enough to try a monochrome conversion, and was pleased with the result. Morning light, mid-summer.
This is the second day of a rodeo shoot for me - working with a writer for a magazine story about rodeo bull fighters, often erroneously called clowns. (They do take offence. Theirs is an important job: to distract the angry bull and ensure the thrown rider doesn't get gored or stomped.) It's a real challenge. Today my knees and back are hurting from the two hours I spent kneeling and sitting in the dirt at the edge of the arena last night. So different from my usual photo subjects, and about as far removed as I can imagine from the tranquility of this scene.
One more night, then my time is my own again. In the not too distant future I hope to have rodeo photos to post here.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2307_1899 The (almost) Geometric Prairie
Shot 3 of my 4-shot black and white image set: the road and the sky. This is near the entrance to Grasslands National Park. You can't tell from this photo, but we're on an upland plateau; the land drops away dramatically on either side, to Police Coulee on the right and Laouenan Coulee on the left. This one looks very good in colour, but I liked its graphic qualities enough to try a monochrome conversion, and was pleased with the result. Morning light, mid-summer.
This is the second day of a rodeo shoot for me - working with a writer for a magazine story about rodeo bull fighters, often erroneously called clowns. (They do take offence. Theirs is an important job: to distract the angry bull and ensure the thrown rider doesn't get gored or stomped.) It's a real challenge. Today my knees and back are hurting from the two hours I spent kneeling and sitting in the dirt at the edge of the arena last night. So different from my usual photo subjects, and about as far removed as I can imagine from the tranquility of this scene.
One more night, then my time is my own again. In the not too distant future I hope to have rodeo photos to post here.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.