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Meals in the Meadow, part two

Posted by Ivy

I don’t usually turn my 20mm vertically, because of the distortion factor. But as David Rees says, distortion can be a good thing when it’s used with a purpose…such as, for instance, emphasizing just how big a huge one-ton ox (who kept trying to eat my camera) really is. This photo was taken at the Meals in the Meadow dinner last Saturday.

I wish there was a little more space between Adair’s arm and Jaeli’s head, but overall am pretty happy with the way this photo turned out (are you at all bothered by the feet (and hooves) being cut off? It kind of bothers me, but not enough to kill the overall image).

Long live the wide-angle (-:

Meals in the Meadow, part one

Posted by Ivy

I’ve been going to more than a few fundraisers on assignment this past week. This one, the FARM Institute’s annual Meals in the Meadow dinner and auction, was my favorite. The dinner auction itself didn’t offer much photographically (despite the fact that Michele Norris of All Things Considered was a speaker), but the pre-meal happenings definitely did.

Then again, this might just be because I like taking photos of farm critters and the whole pastoral scene.