GKCAHA Pony Express Horse Show

I brought my wedding photography game to this show at Longview Horse Park last weekend and played around with the amazing light! For the exhibitors that were showing around sunset, there are some fun photos in the galleries (of course there are great photos from ALL of the classes! :) ) Here are a few quick highlights as I get on to several portrait sessions (both equine and human) that need to be edited.

We'll next be at the KCRFTHA show at Longview this Saturday night - you can order photos from the GKCAHA show and even Pony Express shows from earlier in the season right at the show so be sure to stop by our booth (most likely in the gazebo) and say hi to Nancy!

Also. A side note: I am working on a massive blog redesign that will be launched as soon as I catch up on orders and editing (so basically, when pigs fly) and the new interface will be much more segmented so you can search out the posts YOU want to see - whether it be my equine work, weddings, or whatever. Right now, my posts are all mixed in. For those of you who ARE looking to see some of my work in a particular area, visit the tags in the column on the right and click on the subject you're interested in. That's the easiest way to see what you want! (either that, or visit the galleries on my main site, though they are in need of updating AGAIN.)

Thanks to everyone for your patience with emails, phone calls, orders, and session editing. This studio has grown WAY faster than I ever anticipated - and with a full-time job, I spend my evenings - my ENTIRE evenings, playing catch up with the SDP side of things. So PLEASE bear that in mind if I don't get back to you right away - I'm doing the best I can and clawing my way out of a HUGE July and early August! (which means THANKS to all of you for your business and support!)

So....here's the pics!

Hello, cute kid and pony alert! I mean, cutest. pony. ever.






A mildly photogenic pair :)


the kids got even cuter. I'm a sucker for leadline classes!


looove the sheriff's hat!!




the light. it got better and better.

Missouri Dressage Classic - complete!

I have all exhibitors posted to my proofing site, including the Prix St. Georges and Missouri State Games awards presentations (those folders are at the very end of the gallery). Thanks to everyone who has already placed orders, and for those of you who haven't been to the proofing site yet, go take a look! This was a fun, albeit large show and it is going back on our calendar for 2010. And speaking of calendar - show managers, if you are interested in booking me for your show in 2010, give me a shout. I will be sending out packets to a few show managers shortly with 2010 information, but the wedding inquiries are rolling in at a steady pace for next year already, so act now to secure your date if you want it!

Below are a few images from the show. I couldn't even begin to select ALL of my favorites for the blog, as there were a LOT of images to sort through from the weekend.

On to the first of THREE weddings this weekend at the Uptown Theater tonight with Amanda and Drew!

Missouri Dressage Classic - some brief notes

One of the things I love about my photography is the wide variety of subjects I photograph. As you can see from the posts below this one, I've been on a tear with weddings and human portrait sessions lately. Well, this past weekend I had to shift gears back to equine work with the Missouri Dressage Classic.

I just literally got home and am already beginning editing - so exhibitors, be patient and keep checking my main website (click the proofing link!) regularly as I will be posting riders by alphabetical order, last name. I should have all riders up no later than Thursday evening - as I have three, count 'em THREE weddings next weekend!

I hope I was able to photograph all of the exhibitors who wished to be photographed. I'll have a full-blown blog on the show up shortly with some of my favorite shots from the weekend, but here's a sneak preview for you of Nicole Bellah and the lovely Sydney, winners of Saturday night's Prix St. Georges Jackpot. More to come shortly!!

Carriage and Driving Club of Greater Kansas City Driving Trial

Next to be completed and added to my proofing site this week is the Carriage and Driving Club's Driving Trial, held Sunday June 21st. It was the second of two events held by the club last weekend, the first being their Pony Express show on Saturday. Although I have seen a CDE before (even scribed for the dressage!), I've never photographed a driving event before. THOROUGHLY enjoyed it. The first thing I noticed was the camaraderie and FUN between the competitors. So much so that I wish some other horse sports would follow suit. Maybe the larger competitions aren't like this...I would not know...but I can say it was a breath of fresh air!

And speaking of air...and breath...during the afternoon obstacle runs, it got HOT. I mean dead-still-take-your-breath-away HOT. Yours truly started getting that tingly-nauseous I'm about to get heat exhaustion feeling with that black camera smashed against my face! But it didn't stop me from getting the below photos. As usual, the complete event is posted in my proofing galleries.























Aaaand...that's all folks on the equine photography blogging until I join you from the Columbia Dressage and Combined Training Association's Missouri Dressage Classic in Columbia, Missouri July 10-12, which I will be photographing. In the meantime...I have 5 weddings in the next month! So wedding photography fans...stay tuned, as the blog will take a shift here starting next week!