“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~Helen Keller On Sunday, my dear friend Ingrid sent me a text that her beloved horse Elena was sick and had been taken to a vet clinic. She had an infection…
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…
Sometimes I get this wild idea I can do it all. Pushing boundaries is part of how I stay interested in my work and grow both personally and professionally. It sounds good when I write it, but the actual pushing of the boundaries is usually quite uncomfortable. This was my…
In September 2018, I visited my friend MacDermaid at her ranch near Phoenix, AZ. Annie has been the top TIP (Trainer Incentive Program) trainer for the Mustang Heritage Foundation for the past three years and has devoted her life to finding homes for wild horses. I worked with my editor…
I was planning to just share my photos of a published feature from last winter’s Extreme Skijoring event at Canterbury Park when I realized I never blogged the original event! I’ll share the feature first, then tell a bit about the event and share a video I made “Behind the…
The Ames Percheron Team are definitely one of my favorite things to photograph. The horse’s amazing power, yet gentleness of soul causes me to stand in awe. They hire me seasonally to create images for their yearly calendar. This shoot for autumn images was a bit challenging as our autumn…
“Remember Sessions” like the one I did with Cady and her 28-year-old Morgan Horse “Mark” are so special to me. As the owner of a senior horse (25 years young!), the opportunity to photograph people with their aging horses before photos are all they have left is so dear to my heart. This…
Lilou is a French Exchange student who went to school in the US earlier this year. While she was here, she rode Obie, a German Riding Pony. When she came back for a visit this fall, I did a photo session with the two of them together. I also took…
This post is going to be awwwwwww-inspiring. ☺️What can be cuter than little girls and their horses? I can’t think of much. When Samantha contacted me about a session with her daughters, I was so excited. I love that she shares her passion for horses with her girls and wanted…
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…