FEBRUARY CLASSIC I AT SPRUCE MEADOWS

Thank you again to Spruce Meadows for having me back and this time to the February Classic I.

It was a blast and truly an amazing experience moving forward! What incredible jumpers in this event - and this is the very first event to the start of 2018!

Like I mentioned in my preview post, I took all of these photos in a single shot. This is now what I feel the most comfortable with when photographing jumping.

I will mention that I am trying REALLY hard to get permission to be IN the ring. This would give me SO MUCH MORE freedom to get a larger variety of shots. I want to get lower, I want to get closer, I want to have complete freedom to go where as I please. I did a small show a couple months ago IN the ring and it makes a night and day difference.

With that being said, I can't wait for the next event!

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SKIJORING PRACTICE

Thank you to Chelsea Brown for letting me take pictures of your Skijoring group practicing for the official competition in a couple weeks. Good luck to you all! :)

I wanted to try this out because it's different. I've never photographed sports before and I figured this would be a nice challenge.

Because I've never seen Skijoring before, I wanted to focus solely on capturing the horses and riders in their best form and not so much creative shots.

The sunset afterwards was so nice that I had to get that in as well.

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SHOWS & EVENTS: HORSEMANSHIP CLINIC HOSTED BY TRINA CAMPBELL

Photos from Trina Campbell's Horsemanship Clinic in Cochrane, AB this past October 28 and 29.

It was a blast and definitely a big contrast from other events that I have shot. Thank you to Trina and Sabrina for having me out. Looking forward to next year's clinics!

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SHOWS & EVENTS: OKTOBERFEST II HOSTED BY SPRUCE MEADOWS

Oktoberfest II at Spruce Meadows. It was hectic at times but super fun and once again I learned a ton.

A big thank you to Marie once again for the coaching.

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SHOWS & EVENTS: OKTOBERFEST I HOSTED BY SPRUCE MEADOWS

My very first taste of jumping action.

I'm just getting started, definitely learned a lot. It was very hectic at times with up to 20 riders in the arena at once working through different transitions, jumping, etc, coaches, show grooms, everywhere but it was a very valuable experience nonetheless.

This is just my second "indoor" show that I have shot and it's engraved into my head on just how extremely difficult it is to shoot indoor shows with extremely low light and inconsistent lighting.

A big thank you to Marie for the hands on help and coaching, it means a lot moving forward :)

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SHOWS & EVENTS: PRIDDIS & MILLARVILLE FAIR HOSTED BY PRIDDIS AND MILLARVILLE FAIR

I had a great time shooting the Priddis & Millarville Fair today. It was hot, packed with horses and people, lots of stuff going on and of course lots for me to learn moving forward! 

Thank you to the Priddis & Millarville Fair for giving me the opportunity to photography this annual event.

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SHOWS & EVENTS: DRIVING CLASS HOSTED BY ALBERTA EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION

First indoor show and this was a tough challenge - not in terms of the subject but rather the lighting, backdrops available, hot spots, dark tack, number of random items and reflections. A valuable experience moving forward.

I love Fjords!!! One of a kind, you can never tell them apart.

Shooting those black mini's were really tough especially with their white manes. They move so darn fast!

Thank you to AEF for letting me shoot this event. :)

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