Page 134 - The Mini Horse Magazine 2023 No 1

AN INTERVIEW WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER

Viktor

Král

Dear Viktor, thank you for taking the time to
provide us with a interview and answering our
questions.

Please tell us about yourself.

I have been around horses since 1996 when I but I was only able to add more creativity with
walked past the paddock and saw a horse for the advent of digital photography. I have been
the first time. They fascinated me so much, they around horses for 25 years and photography
completely enchanted me. As a child I wanted to is my other hobby. So I combined two hobbies
be a cook or a carpenter, but when I saw horses, together. I have been actively taking photos for
my choice was clear. Just a month before we had almost 10 years.
to apply to some school. So it happened that I
graduated from the horse racing school. After Who or what got you started photographing
that, I have been a racehorse rider for more than horses?
5 years. I mainly focused on trotting horses. And It was horses that brought me to the hobby of
I've done almost 60 races. I am now 41 years photography. I wanted to immortalize them as
old and already working outside the field. a memory. I was one of the first to photograph
racehorses while they were working at a
How did you first become a horse racetrack near my home.
photographer? Did you have formal training?
How long have you been a photographer? What type of cameras do you shoot with?
I am completely self -taught, because I wanted Which is your favourite lens and why?
to keep my own view of the horses as an eternal Canon 6D markII, Canon 80D, - Tamron 70-200
memory. I started with classic cinema films, F2,8 and Tamron 24-70 F2,8. I was deciding

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