Sometimes the weather works with you, sometimes against you, and sometimes both! I had set up a stock photo session at Brian Welman Training Center in River Falls, WI. I am working on adding more western images to my Equine Stock Library (www.shelleypaulsonstock.com) and they are a reining barn with…
If you like looking at beautiful horse photos, you’re going to love this post! In 2020, I made a concerted effort to photograph horses by themselves both for my clients and for my recently updated Equine Stock Photo Library. You might see some appearances by my own horses as well!…
Rachel Mottet just received her PhD in Equine Nutrition from the University of Minnesota. This means she knows her stuff when it comes to the inside and outside of a horse! While finishing her degree, she started her own consulting business, Legacy Equine Nutrition. She offers a variety of services…
My friend Carol and I had been planning this photoshoot all winter. Her horses live just 10 minutes from me and she has a colorful herd of morgans on a very scenic piece of land. The part that couldn’t be planned is, I wanted to go on a morning when…
I don’t always share when my images are in Horse Illustrated, but the September 2019 issue has one of my photos on the cover and a lot on the inside too! I love working with Horse Illustrated to help make their magazine visually appealing. You can order this issue or…
Now that the taller-than-me piles of snow around my farm are melting (they are still waist high!), I thought it might be fun to share some of my favorite photos of my two horses from this winter. I’ve only lived on my own acreage for 3 winters and this has…
I don’t have an actual “bucket list” of horses I would like to photograph, but I’m almost certain that if I did, the Akhal Teke breed would be on it. This breed is very unique with their light, but athletic build, iridescent coat, and sweet personality. When I discovered there were…
It has been raining for days and I had to reschedule yet another photo shoot, so I asked my friend Erica Hatfield if I could come to her barn and photograph a couple of her horses that I’ve been wanting to get in front of my camera. My original vision…
Earlier this year, I put out a model call, asking if anyone knew of a working ranch I could visit and photograph for my equine stock photo library. Ranching images are popular, but all my ranch images were taken at the same ranch, and I wanted to add more diversity…
I recently had the opportunity to go to Running Aces Casino & Racetrack to photograph and learn all about harness racing. I fell in love with the standardbred horse and have a great deal of respect for those who care for and race these beautiful athletes. I had an AMAZING time making these…