Thank you Lisa Janssen for having me out to photograph your two foals. I had a wonderful time! One foal was one and a half month's old and the other was just a day old, the perfect time for me to make my first trek out to Water Valley, AB. What a sight it was to see.
There was no running around and playing from the foals, mostly napping so I decided to capture those moments.
FYI, I am also still on schedule for my most anticipated photo shoot of foals in July.
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WELL IT IS OFFICIAL!!!
I am heading to the 2018 BREEDERS' CUP in Louisville Kentucky taking place on Friday November 2nd and Saturday November 3rd at the Churchill Downs race track. I will be staying in Lexington.
This was an opportunity that I could not pass up.
I will mostly be shooting candid including some back end stuff. Security is going to be extremely tight behind the scenes and there are very specific rules that I must follow.
The great news is that because I am formally announcing this 5+ months prior to the event, it gives me plenty of time to research and take on individual assignments from small legitimate sources whether it is media, news, associations or publication blogs who will be at the Breeders' Cup on assignment and in need of a photographer. If anyone happens to know of any, feel free to have them contact me and I will tell them what I can do for them. TIA.
I do not have permission or the rights to shoot from the inner circle (an extremely highly conveted spot), but I will be right on the track to get my action shots. I will have my share of action shots but I also plan on capturing this event from another angle putting a heavy emphasis on candid.
This is going to be one heck of an experience and I will soak in every second of it. This is going to be one heck of an experience and I will soak in every second of it. There is no denying that I will be high on adrenaline upon arrival but after some minute have passed, I should be able to settle in nicely.
In addition, I mentioned last week that I wanted in on the 113th annual Millarville Race on Canada Day (July 1st). I am pleased to say that I will be there - along the track, behind the scenes and in the inner circle.
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.
Well great news everyone, I got them done sooner than expected, here they are! This was just my second time at the race track. My first visit a month ago was great but I wanted to get different and more difficult shots this time around. I started to settle in and find my groove during this second visit and I have full confidence moving forward when it comes to photographing the OTTB's for Horse Racing Alberta later this year.
Speaking of big races, I am presently working on getting myself into the 113th annual Millarville Race at the Millarville Racetrack on Canada Day this year (July 1st). No guarantees but I am trying my best to get myself on that big stage.
Also on another note, I have modified and changed up my watermarking procedure, as my previous one had some holes in the system that I wanted to immediately address. I always do my best to make my photos the most visible for all of you but there is a fine line that you just can't cross when it comes to protecting your images.
I will be back at the race track this Saturday but only for 2-3 hours.
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Here is my surprise that I announced this past Friday, it's early!
This past week at the Mane Event in Red Deer, AB I sat in on a demo hosted by 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗔𝗳𝗲𝗲 with her paint mare "Flicka". Here is Corinne's bio.
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"𝘏𝘪, 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘤𝘈𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘐’𝘮 35 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘙𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘢. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴 4 𝘵𝘰 6 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 (𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘦) 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺’𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴. 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘴. 𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 “𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭”, 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧. 𝘔𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘈 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺."
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Corinne received a well deserved standing ovation for her demo. I was very inspired by not just Corinne's speech and her demo but who she is as a person and her passion in helping others with disabilities pursue their love and dreams for horses. I wanted to reach out to Corinne, I tried after her demo was finished but it was just too busy so I decided to contact her after the weekend.
For those of you who know me on a personal level, you know that I have a soft spot for people with disabilities - whether it's physical or mental. I always do what I can to assist them, the littlest things and kind gestures goes a long ways.
It's special people in this world like Corinne who encourages others that no matter what struggles that you face everyday, you are able to overcome anything in life. The key to life is accepting challenges. Challenges help you discover who you are.
As soon as I reached out to Corinne, I offered her some portrait photos of her and Flicka. It was my thank you to her for doing what she does and being the amazing inspirational person that she is to others around her.
Business is not all about making money, it's also about helping others and volunteering your time when you see fit.
Thank you Corinne McAfee for following up with me. I hope these images give you forever memories of the wonderful job that you have done with Flicka and with the community. The very last photo in this bunch, of the John Deere, is for your mother and father.
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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.
Here it is! My photos from the sorting event last Sunday in Okotoks, AB. Thank you again Susie Gittens Killam. Not much needs to be said, that was hard work. Let the photos speak for themselves.
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