Betty Bolerjack
April 18th, 2010, 10:50 PM
I had posted some pictures in a challenge called panned shots a few years ago. On Easter, after the day's activities, we were just relaxing at home. Tamara was playing outside and Grandma (my mom) was out there, too. Tamara has a genetic disorder that affects her in many ways, one of which is dyspraxia which is poor motor planning. This makes riding a bike (as well as many other things that most kids master without an overwhelming amount of difficulty) very difficult for her. We bought the bike for her 7th birthday, nearly three years ago and she has now pretty much outgrown it. It had training wheels which Mark removed in the fall. He would go out with her and help her balance, but she just couldn't seem to get the hang of peddling. We wondered if she would ever be able to learn to ride. We had begun to talk about a bigger bike because the seat and handlebars on this one are as high as they will go. Mark had told her that she had to learn to ride before she would get another one.
Grandma came to the door that evening and told us we should see Tamara, that she was riding her bike all by herself! I grabbed my camera and started shooting. She obliged me by riding up and down the street numerous times so I could get some good panned shots. I finally sat on the curb so the shots are from a bit of a different angle. I like the first one best, even though she was almost out of the frame, because it captures the joy she was experiencing that evening!
Looks like a new bike is in order for Tamara's upcoming 10th Birthday!
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The second is better composition, I think, and I like the way the streamers on the handlebars are blowing, but she was getting tired by that time. She also had fallen once and skinned her knee which can be seen in this picture. Yeah, she should have had on knee and elbow pads, but the elastic is all stretched out! Gotta get new ones.
Getting tired, but still riding!
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Grandma came to the door that evening and told us we should see Tamara, that she was riding her bike all by herself! I grabbed my camera and started shooting. She obliged me by riding up and down the street numerous times so I could get some good panned shots. I finally sat on the curb so the shots are from a bit of a different angle. I like the first one best, even though she was almost out of the frame, because it captures the joy she was experiencing that evening!
Looks like a new bike is in order for Tamara's upcoming 10th Birthday!
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The second is better composition, I think, and I like the way the streamers on the handlebars are blowing, but she was getting tired by that time. She also had fallen once and skinned her knee which can be seen in this picture. Yeah, she should have had on knee and elbow pads, but the elastic is all stretched out! Gotta get new ones.
Getting tired, but still riding!
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