Monday, October 8, 2007

Unfashionable Hug

I recently realized that when I get stressed out the first thing to go is my apperance. All weekend long all I have lived in is the same pair of jeans and rotated through a couple of my favorite sweatshirts. The jeans and sweatshirts are all comforting to me, along with the beat up sneakers I just can't seem to take off my feet. I guess that's why I love fashion so much, even when I don't look fashionable. Because sometimes our favorite clothes can be that nice, snug, warm hug that we can't get from anyone but, at least feels achievable with a couple of clothes that remind us of better days.

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Lawrence DeAngelo said...

Capturing Precious Moments
Larry DeAngelo

Gina Milosh, armed with Mark EOS III camera and a telephoto lens, spends her weekends strategically positioned outside the amateur competitive horse show ring doing her job as a horse show photographer. Over 27 million people in the United States participate in horse back riding and equestrian sports. The sport is the fourth most popular sport amongst women. Many young people compete in equestrian sports in hundreds of competitive events throughout the year.

Over 200 large, medium, and small ponies and their riders competed for medals. Most of the riders were young women under 16 years of age. In that show, like so many other shows, each competitor spent months in preparation. Each competitor hopes for a moment of glory. Milosh is ready to capture that moment in a picture. “My job is to take pictures and of course my company wants to sell these pictures at the end of each competition. We take about a thousand shots during a one day competitive event and of those thousand shots, if we are lucky, there is one sensational shot. A great shot would be when the sun illuminates the horse as its makes is jump – hopefully the horse's ears are forward and the rider was smiling. “



At the end of the day, win or lose, great shots or no great shots, the riders and their relatives want pictures. Some participants can barely afford to own their own horse. Some young girls will braid their horse's hair and put ribbons in it that match the ribbons in their hair. Many times parents and grandparents will come to purchase pictures of their children and grandchildren. This could be the rider's first show and maybe their only show. When relatives and riders review the pictures there is pride in their eyes and love for their horses. Milosh understands her job well: “Sure we are selling pictures, and yeah I would love to get a sensational shot, but in many ways my job is simply to capture the moment - precious moments.”

References:

US Department of Agriculture.
Accessed October 22, 2007. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/trends/Nsre/Rnd1t13weightrpt.pdf


The United States Equestrian Federation Inc. Accessed October 21, 2007. About Us.

http://www.usef.org/


Lamplighter Equestrian Center, Accessed October 22, 2007. Our Audience.

http://www.lamplightequestriancenter.com/sponsorship.htm


Interview: Gina Milosh, Fitchburg State College , Student.