Dog Agility Fun – Dog Photography
February 16th, 2010
I’m not sure who had more fun, Brody, Norma, or me capturing all the Dog Photography. Norma is the owner of The Canine Center ( Dog Boarding Orlando ). It was a pleasure to visit her agility training center and get to meet and photograph her Border Collie Brody. So sit back, fasten your seat belt and get ready to go fast!
Dogs are an Important Part of Photography
February 6th, 2010
Sometimes inspiration hits in the early morning sunshine when your are dealing with Dog Photography. The cold front had pushed its way through and the gray skies gave way to blue. An early morning glow from the sun was peaking through the trees and the air was just right for taking pictures. There was a new beautiful German Shepherd playing in the front yard. His name is Zeek. My mother in law signed to be a puppie raiser for Fidelco and this is the pup she was assigned. Zeek is to be a future service dog and makes a very handsome subject. So with a few doggie treats and some gentle persuasion were able to get him to sit still long enough for a couple of portraits. That was an amazing feat in itself because he is one of those typical pups that has ants in his pants and just can not sit still for anything.
Since the lighting conditions were good I had to get my old faithful camera shy buddy himself, Taz the Pudelpointer, in for some of the photography action. He is 6 and usually listens quite well but for some reason will get a little camera shy. He just doesn’t like to stare at the camera. My trusty assistant hits the squeeky ball a couple of times and I manage to get a look or two. Unfortunately I should have been packing my drool rag to wipe his face. That pond water is just so tasty and too irresistible! So where would I be without the inspiration of some of our finest four-legged friends. I would feel a little out of place in the world dog photography without a dog and I am not about to let that happen.
Why All The Long Faces – Horse Photography
February 4th, 2010
As an avid horse photographer, mainly because my wife competes in Reining and Ranch Horse Versatility events, horse photography comes naturally. Horses make some of the best subjects to photograph. Hanging around the barn I have captured quite a few long faces so I decided to put a little clip together to show off some of the horses that are seen and ridden on a daily basis at Najorka Performance Horses. Florida Photography does have it’s perks because I can photograph horses all year long without freezing my fingers off. The only challenge that I have from time to time is having to photograph a dark horse with a rider wearing light clothing! It kind of brings me back to the days when I did more wedding photography, you know the bride in all white and the groom in all black! Speaking of formal events, I am booking Horse Photography events. Please give Wayne Roth a call if you are in the Florida area and we will see if we can work you into our schedule.
Orlando Photographer – Wayne Roth Photography
January 27th, 2010
Wayne Roth is a Native Floridian and a graduate of the University of Florida. He possesses a General Contractors license, a Captains License, and Scuba / Nitrox Diving Certifications. He has a passion for outdoor activities including photography, surfing, hunting, fishing, jogging and mountain biking. Photography, however is one of his true loves. He has been on top of the world, packing his photography gear to the snow capped peak of Whistler Mountain in British Columbia to capture a winter wonderland.
He has also been to the middle of the globe taking spectacular photographs of leaping Pacific Sailfish and Blue Marlin off the mountainous coast of Cost Rica.
His love for dogs has inspired his Dog Photography and countless portraits and action shots of his favorite four legged companion, Taz the Pudelpointer. He strives to find simple, easy ways to implement little changes in his lifestyle that improve his health through exercise and proper nutrition in order to keep his photography skills at their sharpest. So if your pet photography, beach photography or any other kind of Florida Photography requires a Florida Native with local knowledge or your Florida Photographer requirements are a little on the extreme please give Wayne a call at 407-497-5450.
“Preserve Your Adventure”
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Horse Photography at the Najorka Performance Horses
January 25th, 2010
You never really know what king of Horse Photography you are in for when you head to the Najorka Performance Horses where they have riding, training, reining, and ranch horse versatility. My wife leases a horse from Ken so I am always being asked to got to the barn. I think everybody knows I usually bring my camera and sometimes I even get some good pictures. Today was no exception. The sun was finally getting low in the west and the golden light was fast approaching. To make matters even better the horses were playing ball today with a very colorful sphere to say the least! I stayed outside of the training area and used my 100-400 lens at first. The pictures were ok but as a friend of mine always said, “If your pictures are good enough, you are not close enough.” So I opted for my 24-70mm 2.8 and got in close.
For more information on riding or training visit Najorka Performance Horses Blog – Horse Riding Training. And of course don’t forget to call me for any of your Horse Photography needs.
Animated Horse Photography – Reining Fun
January 26th, 2010
This was a fun little trip over to Mims for the North Brevard Horseman’s Club’s reining event, where I engaged in some Horse Photography. With all of the horse photography that I take you have to find different ways of displaying the pictures. I was introduced to Animoto about 6 months ago. What an awesome web based program where you can put your pictures to music for free! However the free version is just a short clip and only a few pictures but for $30 a year you can make much longer videos. They have other upgrade options that get even better for the professional. That reminds me, I will have to post my high resolution version of my wedding that my wife and I put together. Squirrel. (If you have seen the movie UP, then you will know what that means.)
Animoto recently introduced video clips into their software. Before you could only upload pictures and now you can share both still pictures and video clips in their program! So this was my first attempt at putting both still pics and video clips together and I think it came out quite well. A little video add a little twist and really livens up the slide show. Plus the music, the music is great and there is a wide selection.
So sit back, kick your spurs off and enjoy a little horse photography called Reining Fun.
For some actual horse riding fun visit Horse Riding Training.
Dog Photography Animoto Style
January 27th, 2010
Dog Photography is one of my favorite types of Florida Photography to take. You never quite know what your four-legged subject is going to do. So get the camera setting right, the correct lighting and shoot, shoot, shoot. I am a little biased about dog photography because I have a dog of my own. Nothing against cat owners but dogs are just more photogenic. I’m sure that can be argued and I will take a little flack from some of the cat lovers out there. Back to my dog. His name is Taz and he is a 6 year old Pudelpointer. A Poodle What!? Yes, a Pudelpointer. This is a German Versatile Hunting dog breed that has been around for over 100 years. He is very easy to photograph as long as he is distracted. However if you point the camera at him he gets camera shy and looks away.
With all of these pictures of dogs that I have taken over the years, I found a great way to show them off. Animoto, the quick and easy way to put together a professional video bringing your still images to live. Enjoy some of my Dog Photography.
Wayne Roth
The Native Floridian
“Preserve Your Adventure”
Florida Photography in Cancun – Who Would Know?
January 28th, 2010
As a Florida Photographer sometimes I actually get to leave Florida. This time I took a trip to Cancun, Mexico and got married! So while I was there getting married to the love of my life I managed to take some pictures. There was a beautiful old lighthouse complete with a shipwrecked little boat on this jagged rock filled peninsula. This made for some beautiful pictures. It took several trips to the lighthouse to get the shot I was looking for. I wanted to show a sense of remote and ruggedness of this rocky terrain. I imagined what it was like before all of the commercialization and tourism came to Cancun. 
The old boat had been there for years and really started to settle into the sand. It made for a great foreground object adding some depth to the picture. The sunrise, well it speaks for itself. It’s not really spectacular but I never get tired of a beautiful sunrise picture. I thing the most enjoyable part of the picture was taking it. I packed all of my gear, slung it over my back and headed out. It was a quiet cool walk along the beach from the hotel to the lighthouse point. I had to duck under docks, climb over rocks, walk through water and sometimes sneaked through the vacant tiki hut bars. When I arrived at the rocky point the wind was in my face and the sun was just poking its head up from the horizon. As I unpacked my camera gear I realized I had made an almost fatal mistake. My camera equipment and most importantly my lens fogged up instantly. With the extreme humidity and the sub zero temperature of the hotel room, I think our thermostat was broken, my dry lens cloth did not stand a chance. So after the longest few minutes of hugging my camera very closely in an attempt to warm it up enough so the condensation would stop, I was finally able to start capturing some images. The sunrise was one of those pictures that reminded me of Florida Photography. 
Once again, if you put the pictures to music and animate them and something magical happens.
Never Ending Citrus Freeze – Florida Photography
February 15th, 2010
When will it end? The Citrus Freeze of 2010 has been brutal on my trees. Central Florida is not supposed to get this cold this many times. About a month ago most of the fruit froze completely and has fallen to the ground along with the leaves. Florida Photography has many challenges, the least of which we anticipate to be cold weather. Frozen Fingers, running noses, and those dreaded poor performing cold batteries! Nothing renders a camera useless more quickly than the extreme cold. I’m not sure if this qualifies as extreme but in Florida it is extreme for this much cold for this long. This is the second day with overnight temperatures being in the twenty’s. We just had a little warm up, a little rain and some new fresh green growth on my fruit trees!!! Yea! They are not dead. Well at least not yet. If this keeps up, the Winter Warlock will be as bad at pruning the fruit trees fresh green growth as those hungry little deer. Hopefully that was the last of the arctic blast from the frozen north and the fresh citrus buds will soon be followed by blossoms and their aromatic smell. Until then this Native Florida Photographer will try to keep warm and always have an extra battery or two in my pocket because a cold dead battery never did a camera any good. 
Mutton Snapper Fishing with a Florida Photographer
February 5th, 2010
Being into Florida Photography you never know what I am going to have to do to get that picture. This time we had to catch the fish, throw an energy drink in the picture, take a drink, yuk! And then catch another fish. These were some huge mutton snappers too! Lots of fun making the video! I did cheat a little because the boat belonged to my dad and the other person in the picture was my brother. We have been fishing the reefs off Palm Beach County since we were born there. We even had a picture of the family and our old Robalo boat on the front page of a fishing magazine! It’s kind of ironic that it is I who is behind the camera taking the pictures of the people in the magazines now. I have several of my fishing pictures published with Sport Fishing Magazine. So if you have a fishing adventure that you are about to embark upon and you want to “Preserve Your Adventure” then give me a call. The Native Floridian himself, Florida Photography at it’s best!
