Making Photographs

Line and Shape

I was asked to photograph for a local nonprofit that gives at-risk girls the opportunity to work with horses. Located only 20 minutes from Downtown Los Angeles, the horses are housed in the oldest continually used stables in the city. I was scheduled to meet with the director to discuss the images they needed for their various promotional efforts, but I arrived early, so her daughter took me on a short tour of the facilities and told me I was free to wander and make photographs until her mother returned.

I took the opportunity to observe the environment and I noted how dark the interior of the barn was. The light that came through ...