With winter here, you know which event I am so excited for again, so I thought I would re-visit one of my best photos to date.
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2018 has been a very busy year for weddings. But again it's weddings, what year isn't busy for couples getting married? So far this year I have been asked by 14 couples if I would photograph their wedding. I politely declined on every one of them. Why? It's not my field of work. That and it's not where my heart is at.
Having a REAL passion for the subjects that you shoot means everything. When you have that desire, it's amazing the lengths that you will go to, to get your end result. But when you don't have that love for what you shoot, it becomes a real struggle. Passion is king.
I am not one to just accept every job that comes my way. If I feel that I can't deliver nothing less than stellar work, then I will not do the job because I am up front with my clients and at the end of the day, I want to see them have the best product in their hands. After all, it's all about your client being blown away with the finished product.
As much as I would love to help everyone out and provide them my services, I know that as a photographer and videographer that it's a MUST to have your NICHE and your TARGET MARKET.
This would also be the reason why I declined on photographing the 2018 Miss Rodeo Canada Pageant Alumni a few months back, because studio portraits is not my specialty. It was years ago but I've stepped outside of the studio and straight into mother nature's light.
In terms of my videos, in the near future when you see me shoot straight documentaries, I will still be using many components of my studio equipment but in indoor settings like barns.
Now that brings me to my conclusion. Even though I will not photograph a wedding, my Equine Portraiture service still caters perfectly to married couples, and soon to be married couples in the horse world with life time photos with your horse(s).
Well I FINALLY have an official answer for all of you to a question that I have been asked a lot over the past 6 months. Do I have a drone and if not, is this in my plans in the near future?
I have been wanting to add this tool to my Equine Videography for about 9 or 10 months now, I was just unsure on which route I was going to take. Do I get myself a drone, get licensed as a UAV pilot or do I hire someone else who is already there, been there and done that, to provide me this service and someone who is already a hundred times the skilled pilot than I ever will be?
It was a very tough decision as just a few weeks ago I was this close to enrolling in a 3 day, 20 + 20 hour UAV pilot course to get certified but instead I have opted to join forces with a good friend of mine who is a skilled drone pilot and has actually built drones before, to provide me with this service for when I need it.
The drone that will be used is a DJI Inspire 2 Professional which is currently the best drone out today.
I have flown drones before and am familiar with them but admittedly I have also crashed them a few times to it's near fatal death, so I think it's safe to say that UAV pilot skills is not my specialty. :)
To get really good at drone videography, it requires many many hours of practice, hours that I unfortunately do not have the time for. But perhaps the biggest reason why I chose to partner up with an aerial videographer is because logically in terms of productivity, it makes the most sense. Many videographers today team up with drone videographers because when on location shooting, the videographer films the on the ground footage while the drone pilot films the aerial stuff. This saves a significant amount of time for both the company and the client. After all you can only be in one place at a time.
This will not be a stand alone service but rather an additional tool (by request) to be used in my Equine Videography service.
There are so many creative ways to capture the beauty of horses with drones and I can't wait to see where this takes us.
My Equine Portraiture service has once again expanded, as I now offer THREE types of Equine Portraiture.
1) Equine Portraiture: Classic – With People
2) Equine Portraiture: Classic – Just Horses
3) Equine Portraiture: Lifestyle
The newest addition is “Equine Portraiture: Lifestyle”. This is for individuals who are looking for a mixture of classic portrait with them and their horse on the ground, as well as in the saddle. I added this type of portraiture because I have been getting inquiries to shoot riders for marketing material – publications, banners, magazines, websites, etc.
This was the exact type of photo shoot that I was asked to do for Tiffany Foster and as soon as I received that request, that is when I knew I had to add this type of portraiture into my list of services.
This type of photo shoot takes longer than a standard portraiture photo shoot would so they start off with 2 hour sessions and then work it’s way up.
Unfortunately the air (from the B.C fires) got too bad so we had to cut our session short, just as we started "in the saddle" shots. The air was really thick and foggy so I decided to work within close distances in this photo shoot. But regardless, it's a start to my Lifestyle Portraiture!
For more information on the new service, click HERE.
Click HERE to view all the photos.
On Sunday August 19 at 9AM MST / 11AM EST join me on Facebook Live as I will be announcing a BRAND NEW service! I am not removing any of my current services, I am just expanding and taking things to the next level.
I won't reveal too many details but I will say that I am launching this service right now because many of you have specifically asked for it. This service was always in my business plan from the get go last October but I was planning on offering it much later - at least a year or two in. Well, many of you have spoken with your feedback and it is coming much sooner than expected!
Stay tuned!
Over the past few months I've had a commonly asked and very popular request where both, individuals and parents asking for their children were curious if I would photograph them or their kids in a show or event. So as a result my Equine Shows & Events service has expanded with a newly added service called 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 & 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗢𝗻𝗲-𝘁𝗼-𝗢𝗻𝗲.
Equine Shows & Events: One-to-One is a personalized photo shoot for individual riders who are competing or showing in an Equine show or event and would like photos of just them self and their horse(s). This is tailored to anyone who desires the entire spotlight and to be my sole focus when I work behind the cameras.
Click HERE for a full breakdown on the pricing of the One-to-One photo shoots.
I am proud to announce a new service added onto my Equine Shows & Events, called "Snap & Go".
These are mini portraiture sessions for riders and individuals attending any Equine Show and Event that I am working at, who would like pictures of them with their horse(s) at the convenience of having your pictures taken while on location.
"Snap & Go" comes in two types:
Snap & Go: Solo and Snap & Go: With Friends.
Three reasons why I added this service.
1) TIME
As busy horse owners and people working in the industry, everyone has different
schedules and separate things going on in their lives. Not everyone has the same
flexibility when it comes to committing to a one, two or three hour photo shoot during
the work week.
2) CONVENIENCE:
The opportunity to get pictures of you with your horse(s) is right there at your fingertips
since I am on location. As your Equestrian photographer, my goal is to make the
whole experience the simplest and most convenient...for you.
3) FRIENDS:
Being in the Equestrian world, it's not everyday that we get to see all of our horsey friends
and it's most definitely not everyday that we get to attend a fun Show or Event with them.
Some of our most wonderful memories in our lives are the ones spent with friends. This is
a fantastic time to capture those laughs and forever memories with your friends and
everyone's horses. There are amazing things that you can do when you
get into group portraits with multiple horses and I cannot wait to dabble into it.
A full breakdown of the "Snap & Go" service.
Snap & Go: Solo
3 [4x6] digital photos, 15 minutes, $50.
6 [4x6] digital photos, 30 minutes, $100.
Snap & Go: With Friends (2-3 people and their horses)
2 [4x6] digital photos, 15 minutes, $75.
4 [4x6] digital photos, 30 minutes, $150.
Snap & Go: With Friends (4-5 people and their horses)
1 [4x6] digital photo, 15 minutes, $100.
2 [4x6] digital photos, 30 minutes, $200.
These Snap & Go sessions will be available for booking either prior or after the Show or Event (all dependant on the Show or Event's start and end time).
A 50% deposit is required to book a session. Deposits are non-refundable on cancellations within 48 hours of the Show date. The remaining balance is due on the day of the Show or event before your scheduled time slot.
You may also view all the details by clicking HERE.
