I’ve loved horses for as long as I can remember, and one of my favorite things to do as a horse owner is to give children their first experience of riding a horse. So when I spent the day at an event put on by Hope Rides for Hope Kids,…
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…
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,…
Yesterday was a CRAZY day! I woke up and went through my morning routine like usual. I put my hair up in a pony tail, dressed in “I don’t have to go anywhere today” clothes and sat at my desk to start getting caught up on photo editing. Then I…
My friend Shirley McQuillan breeds and raises Warmblood horses at her place in Kentucky called “Touchstone Farm.” This is not a huge operation with endless pastures of imported horses, but a modest all-American farm built on Shirley’s love and passion for her horses. Her lifetime of experience with these animals…
This crazy thing happened recently. Mpix.com asked if they could feature me as an equine photographer in their national “Mpix Rocks” ad campaign. Of course I said “YES!” and immediately thought, “what will I wear?” (such a girl). Somewhere in the midst of that, I got that adrenaline rush feeling…