Wild Horses

     So as I am writing this post I am listening to "Wild Horses" from the Flicka soundtrack. I absolutely love this song and I think that it captures what I want to portray in my photography. Here is a Youtube video of the song.

    I have never been one to blend into the crowd but I have sometimes not done what I wanted to do for fear of being made fun of. As independent as I am I still wanted to be accepted, which I think is part of human nature. I think the chorus and second verse really hit on my feelings towards horses and high school life in general.


Chorus:
Wild horses I wanna be like you
Throwing caution to the wind
I'll run free too
Wish I could recklessly love, like I'm longing to
Run with the wild horses, run with the wild horses!


Second Verse:
I see the girl I wanna be
Riding bare back, care free along the shore
If only that someone was me
Jumping head first headlong without a thought
To act and damn the consequence
How I wish it could be that easy
But fear surrounds me like a fence
I wanna break free


    So what does this have to do with my project? Well, I want to do a collection, that could appear in my portfolio, that reflects the spirit of this song. I want it so that there are up to 8 photos (maybe less) in some arrangement with either the chorus or second verse of "Wild Horses" below or twisting through the photos. I did a project in photo that incorporated text into the photos and I really liked how some of the shots turned out so I would like to go into that some more. As an aside, I DO NOT want to produce quote on quote cliche horse pictures. I will expand on that more at a later date.
    I had my second mentor meeting with Mrs. G today and I realized that I really need to formulate a plan at the beginning of each week so that I am able to stay on track during this project. She also suggested that once in a while I take photos of things other than horses so that my project is not monotonous. I think that this is an excellent idea because I do tend to lose focus if I am doing the same thing over and over. I saw a contest in my uncle's photography magazine about long exposure photos. These are photos taken at night but light is allowed in to the camera for so long that the picture, once developed, looks as though it was taken during the day. I thought this was a really cool technique so I thought I might try that as a break from horses.
       So here is my plan for this coming week. There will be polo this weekend so I am hoping to adjust my camera settings according to suggestions from the Nikon D3100 for Dummies book and that will help to solve some of the problems I am having. I will post some photos that I didn't like at a later date to be compared with the better pictures (hopefully!) from this weekend. Also I need to decide whether or not I want to look into getting a second lens. I need to talk to my horsey friends with ponies and see if they would be willing to jump and pose for me. 
       Thats all for now. My latest mentor meeting has reenergized me. We'll see what happens.