Volker Farm Shoot

Last Sunday Jim and I had the pleasure of photographing the equine members of the Volker family - all five of them. We took the Bonanza and flew up to Tarkio, Missouri - just south of the Iowa border - where Marvetta and her husband Steve picked us up at the airport and took us to their gorgeous farm, surrounded by a golf course - I had it easy in finding good areas to shoot on their property! We did portraits of each horse individually, and then turned them loose in the pasture to get some "action shots" of them playing. After we were done, Jim and I were treated to two HEAPING bags of sweet corn, which we are STILL enjoying every night! Thanks you guys for your hospitality and I hope you LOVE the photos! Here is but a snippet of the nearly 500 shots I fired off in the matter of about 4 hours....























Shots of hubby Jim assisting (note the "attention getter" broom...)- I am very lucky to have a husband that supports my business like he does :)


Awww.

Oak Knoll Farm shoot

Last weekend, I had a farm shoot during a dressage clinic at Oak Knoll Farm with judge and clinician Maryal Barnett of Michigan. Numerous clinic participants signed up to have portrait sessions done of their horses...and even dogs! I am uber backed up on editing right now and trying to claw my way out of the hole (can you say late nights?), so while I'm working my way towards catching up and getting the entire farm shoot edited, here's a sneak preview for you all!

More of Red Sunset

I've finished editing Red Sunset's shoot (see below for some of the early highlights!) and here are a few more images. Interested in having a shoot done for your horse? Give me an email! The cost is a lot more reasonable than you may think to have photos of your favorite equine like these below.

Red Sunset

Monday I had the pleasure of paying a visit to Red Sunset, a 17 year old thoroughbred gelding, for a photo shoot. Initially, he had other ideas....namely, eating grass...instead of strutting his stuff for the camera. After paying a visit to the side of the property where the neighbor horses reside, however, we had him at attention! Cynthia and Peter - I know you are dying to see images so I wanted to take a break from my insane editing and get a few on the blog for you as a sneak preview!

UPWHA Pony Express Show photos are up

All photos from the UPWHA Pony Express Show at Lone Star Ranch are now in my proofing gallery! I love shooting the Pony Express shows as it challenges my versatility as a photographer - Missouri Foxtrotters, Tennessee Walking Horses, western pleasure, hunter pleasure, saddleseat, halter classes, driving classes - these shows have it all and sometimes in the same class! It can get confusing going from a walking horse class to a foxtrotter class and remembering the correct timing for each breed! But it is a blast.

We were blessed with wonderful light for this show - although the dust proved problematic for a few of the classes (in between arena waterings), the light made up for that difficulty. Here are a few images. Well, more than a few. I had a very hard time narrowing them down!



























The vintage costume class was fun!