Daydreaming

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt

Well it's been a week since I returned from my South African adventures, and much of the week has revolved around watching the World Cup and processing the wildlife pictures. Which set me a-thinking...

So as you know, if you know me in any way at all, I LOVE sport. I mean really love it. Almost any sport (possibly excepting Show Jumping but even the Puissance holds its charms). And it gives me a real buzz to photograph sport.

As you also know if you've been reading this blog, I was blown away by last week's trip. People have often said to me how much I would love a safari, and I was always a bit "yeah yeah", but no, they were so right. And going through the pictures led me to start to realise why. Because I got the same buzz from photographing animals as I do from sport. 

To my mind they are very similar disciplines. You have to make sure everything with the camera is right before hand, react quickly, and trust your instincts and ability to get the right shot at the right time. You can't expect to frame everything perfectly, you can't organise the participants, you just have to try and second guess what is coming next. And 10% of the shots might work!

But get it right and you can capture some wonderful candid moments...

...show genuine emotion...

...amazing formations...

...dynamism...

...given the right sport, some incredible landscapes...

...and monkeys!

So I'm forming some dreams about combining these two areas. I'm not quite sure how they'll pan out, but you know I will share with you as soon as I have a clue! Suffice to say, as Eleanor said in the quote at the start of this piece, I think they could be really beautiful :-)