One of my favorite things about my equestrian portrait sessions is that I get to visit a lot of different barns in the area and explore the beautiful scenery surrounding them. Keara boards her horse Harley at Rolling Hills Stable in Hugo, MN. Hugo is just far enough north of…
Otis is a retired AQHA show horse and Kate’s equine love. Kate was graduating college and wanted photos with her beloved horse before his health failed and she was off to life’s great adventures. We had such a fun time doing this session. Her family’s farm was full of beautiful…
This blog post is really a story of friendship. Alyse and I have been friends for 11 years. Alyse and Marrinn’s friendship goes back even further — 13 years to be exact! When I got my first camera, Alyse and I were boarding our horses at the same farm, so…
I’m so happy to have my new site all up and running because it means I can get back to blogging! Today, I’m sharing photos from my session with Claire and Tucker. I have a “thing” for buckskin horses, so when I arrived for the session and saw this beautiful…
Some of my favorite clients are the ones with whom I have a lot in common. Josie is a photographer, with a quiet spirit, who loves horses. Sound familiar? I enjoyed being able to spend an evening sharing our love for art and horses while making some photos together.
If you’ve been visiting my blog for awhile, you might have already met the Rold family. This was my third time photographing them, and it’s such a joy to see them grow and do life and horses together! Daughters Kenna and Ellis are accomplished eventing riders. They compete all around…
I never know exactly what’s going to happen at a photo session. I don’t allow myself to get too many specific ideas in my head so that I can be open to be inspired by my subject, location, and the light. This night was no different, and I was inspired…
I am not sure how many of you know this, but I was born in Nebraska. My parents moved to Minnesota when I was two, so I don’t remember living there, but as long as I can remember we have been making the trip back to visit family. When Emily’s…
I met Rachel and Sahra waaaaaay back in 2006 when I was commissioned to do Rachel’s senior photos. When she contacted me last summer that her horse Sahra was in her last years, and she wanted a special photo session, just the two of them enjoying each other’s friendship, my…
Of all of the images I have created in the past eight years of doing photography, this one of Danielle and Daisy is the most defining for me. It holds a special place in my heart and in my journey that lead me to where I am today as a…