If you missed it, here’s part one of my Trip Out West. 🙂 I almost can’t believe it, but this is my fourth year at the WPPI convention. I don’t know that I ever would have gone, except that in the first year, I was asked to work in the…
For the past four years, I have been either attending or working at the Wedding and Portrait Photographer’s annual WPPI convention in Las Vegas. For the past three years, I’ve been able to combine my trip with a few days of visiting my parents who spend their winters about an…
I grew up riding at a ranch on the east side of the Twin Cities. I spent my summers there, with a group of unforgettable friends, riding all the horses and being crazy teenagers together. That ranch was pretty much my whole world and shaped so much of who I…
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…
One of my guiding values as a photographer is, “Light first, location second.” In my world, if the location is beautiful, and the light isn’t interesting or good, it’s not going to be a good photo. If possible, I like to wait for a day when the sun is shining…
A have a confession to make… (Don’t you love it when people write that? You just know there’s a juicy tidbit coming.) I’m not a perfect photographer. My creative process isn’t always pretty. There’s a lot of work that happens before my images land here in the blog or on…
Rob and Linda are a delightful couple who love three horses, each of which has a strong, unique personality. This is the story of our photo session… I arrived early so I’d be there to photograph the “cast” getting prepped for their turn in front of the camera. Brushes and…
They say that as a photographer, you should photograph what you know…what you love. Well, I KNOW horse and I especially know horse loving teenagers, because I was once one of them. Sarah and Ace go together like peanut butter and jam, peas and carrots, chips and dip – you…
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…
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…