horsetrack

ever since i've been a  photographer i have always loved film and loathed digital. i believe that as things get more technologically advanced, they also get more complicated, quickly fading away from the  simplistic ways of the olden days. however i've decided to give digital photography another chance. these shots are the first taken with my new digital camera, the things got so many bells and whistles i didn't  know where to begin. the first day i got it i changed the setting to black and white and haven't figured out how to change it back, somehow when i put them on the computer there all in color.

i did my first test run at the racetrack, paying close attention to composition trying to be very aware of everything in the frame and how each detail broke up the image.  

 one of the first things i noticed at the racetrack was the slanted staircases, i used them as a tool to dissect my frames

 i began to realize how shadows were dominant and tried to use them to compose. if you look close you can see the horse and jockeys shadow on the dirt.