Be sure to also click to see Part I, Part II, and Part III. As someone who loves photographic storytelling, one of my favorite parts of this experience was getting to go backstage and document the behind the scenes life of the people and horses of Odysseo. The hard work and dedication it…
Be sure to also click to see Part I, Part II, and Behind the Scenes. At the end of the show, the ground level of the stage fills with water while Benjamin rides silhouetted in front of this beautiful waterfall backdrop. It’s truly breathtaking. (Do you see the heart?) Benjamin rides down to…
Be sure to also click to see Part I, Part III, and Behind the Scenes. The second half of the show opened with the stage filled with horses and artists. All the horses are laying down! If you know horses, you know this is no small feat! Then one by one, they stood…
Be sure to also click to see Part II, Part III, and Behind the Scenes. One Friday in late January, I got the call that my heart had been hoping for – the Cavalia organization was inviting me to Atlanta to photograph their new show, Odysseo. I had seen glimpses of this…
Minnesotans like to talk about the weather, and I’m no exception. Boy, did we Minnesotans have a lot to talk about this summer and fall! Some days, I feel like I should have minored in meteorology, because I am pretty much at the mercy of weather from May to November…
When Jorah contacted me last summer about doing a session for her, her main goal was to get photos of her older horse, Henry. He had been suffering from heart problems and she didn’t know how much longer he would be in her life. She wrote to me, “I am…
ABOUT THE “WIRKSHOP” This story begins last spring. A friend of mine was getting married in Kansas City and I didn’t have the date available. I wanted to help her find someone great to photograph her wedding, so I contacted a friend of mine who is an extremely talented wedding…
Part one of this post was shared on Tuesday I’m a dreamer. I often have very vivid, memorable dreams as I lay my head on my pillow at night. Each time I photographed the show, I had a similar dream about running free with horses. My heart was alive and…
If you read my blog regularly, you may remember a few months back when I posted photos from the Cavalia Media Preview in Minneapolis. It was a crazy story of trusting my instinct and reaping the rewards of following my heart. Just a few days after I blogged those photos,…
I’m guessing that if some of you came to my blog today by way of a link with a title, you expected to see a horse much larger in stature, but don’t let Jack’s size fool you – he’s a great horse that has sired many title-winning horses. Some of…