The past few weeks I have been perfecting my technique of “Shoulder Shots”.  That is taking snapshots over my shoulder behind me while I’m riding or walking or 4-wheeling.

Shadow Horse

What is the purpose of this? ( I know you are wondering)

1. First and foremost, for my own entertainment.

2. I’m very curious to see what goes on back there.

horses, ranch lifeI travel with a pretty large posse. Something is always happening.
horse, dogMy process of “Shoulder Shots” is pretty simple. I think I may patent it though.
horse, dog

1. Pocket camera set on “Burst”.

horse, dog

2. Try to hold onto horse or 4-wheeler with left hand and not fall off or run into anything.

horse, dog

3. Aim in the general direction behind me.

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4. Hold the shutter down and take a boat-load of photos, hoping for the best.

horse, dog

5. Go home. Put disk in MacBook.

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5. Flip through a hundred photos and delete most of them. Crop as needed.

horse, dog, barn

6. Put together a sequence and try to tell a story. (Pray for humor)

horse dogIn perfecting my technique, I have discovered something so .. soooo… uh …  ubiquitous.
horse dog I just love the word ubiquitous. I’ve been dying to use it in a sentence forever. I used to have to look it up whenever I came across it in a book. But now I proudly know what it means and how to use it in a sentence.

horse, dog ubiq-ui-tous : adj (1830) existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : omnipresent
horse, dogs
While editing my “Shoulder Shots”, I became keenly aware of the ubiquitous presence of a little white dog.

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I used to wonder what goes one back there. Now I know.

Jack Russell

ubiquitous : synonym,  little white dog.

Love,  Cowgirl Red    aka  Terah

Some more ubiquitous posts:

Hip Shots    Cooling Our Jets    Boomerang Dogs 

Comments

  1. Morgane Lauf says

    I miss that little white dog.

  2. Lisa at Greenbow says

    Humor is ubiquitious on this blog. Little white dog is cute.

  3. Who knew you had a white shadow–LOL!
    Ahhh! Love on four white legs. 😉
    Have a great weekend, sweetie!

  4. Great shots ~ Sort of like having ‘eyes in the back of your head’ ~ Great fun!

  5. Your over the should shooting reminds me of my go cart shooting. I would be driving the little car on the track with 1 hand while taking photos of my kids driving along or passing me. The guy running the track kept watching to see if I’d drop my camera. I didn’t and even got a few good shots (and a billion blurry one).

  6. love your pictures ,,,,,