ANNOUNCING EQUINE PORTRAITURE: LIFESTYLE!

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.

EQUINE PORTRAITURE: GRANT MACKINNON & the new Association

I have been very quiet for awhile. My apologies to Grant MacKinnon and the crew for the delay in getting this album up.

Grant MacKinnon and the Canadian Association of Equine Dental Practitioners.

I had these done awhile ago but I've had a very emotional past few days so I just needed some time to get myself back together and back on my feet. I will just leave it at that.

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FLEETWOOD FARMS QUARTER HORSES, AB.

Could I live on a farm? Absolutely.

There is no better feeling than waking up to horse’s and hearing them whinny and call out to each other in the middle of the night. It’s quite the experience at Fleetwood Farms with complete isolation from any kind of traffic or in-city population. It was tough coming back in to the city last Sunday afternoon.

Ryan Smith gave me quite the tour of the place, in which we showed many parts of his property last Sunday on Facebook Live. Thank you again Ryan Smith and Brandy Lyn for the generous hospitality and I even got to meet Ryan’s mother, Judy Fleetwood.

I have built a comprehensive portfolio when it comes to my Equine Shows & Events and I have a solid foundation for my Equine Portraiture. However, prior to visiting Ryan’s place, I did not have a lot when it came to (and what I call on my website’s sub-section), “Horses Being Horses”. Just general photos of horses in nature, whether they are running, playing, sleeping, eating, whatever - just horse’s living in their natural environment.

The most essential element when photographing horses is that you have to watch them and you have to do this... A LOT. It’s all about being in the right place at the right time and the more time you spend watching and being near them, the greater chance you have in capturing the shots that you are looking for.

Even though I was at Fleetwood Farms for a couple days, there were very specific hours of the day in which I was taking pictures. Hey if mother nature gave us overcast skies for the two days, like I told Ryan… “You wouldn’t even see me because I would be out in the pastures all day and all night” haha. It’s just the matter of time before I get pictures of bucking, rearing and full herds galloping.

The pastures were so breathtaking during sunrise and sunset that I wanted to not just photograph the horse’s themselves but I wanted to sell the environment to not only give you all a clear idea of the wonderful home’s that these horse’s are living in but to make you feel as if you were right there with me taking it all in.

Admittedly, waking up for those sunrises were tough and this is coming from a morning person, but all in all I would do it any day of the year just to see these horse’s in this kind of magical light.

While out in the pasture, I ended up connecting with one of the fillies who just loved having her butt scratched. Each time I would stop scratching or look away, she would turn and re-position herself so that she could tell me to keep going haha. I am sure going to miss those foals, they truly are special

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PHOTO CRITIQUE CHALLENGE: ON FACEBOOK LIVE

The date for my photo critique session on Facebook Live has been set! It will take place on Friday, August 17 @ 6PM MST / 8PM EST and will last approximately 50-60 minutes.

I will be evaluating 40 of the submitted photos from two and a half weeks ago, as well as a few months ago when doing this the first time around.

I will be posting up each image individually through screen share and will critique each image one by one. I will not be mentioning the name's to each photo as some may feel they don't want that to be shared so I will just stick to the critique.

Join me to see if your submitted photo has been selected.

DIRECTOR'S CUT ON MY EQUINE SHOWS & EVENTS MARKETING VIDEO

I would like to share my thought process on how I went about making my Equine Shows & Events marketing video with Nelly Murphy, Anne Murphy and Rolex.

Enjoy! :)

Click HERE to watch.

YA HA TINDA, ALBERTA WILD HORSES

As already mentioned, there is not a lot of pictures from this past Saturday but I also did not take a lot. I only take pictures when I envision a great shot.

We ran into a couple studs within 15 minutes of my friend and I arriving in wild horse country (and I immediately thought this would be a great day for finding the wildies haha) but then following, I only ran into one herd of four and that was about 9 hours later on the way home.

I wanted to capture some really different stuff but this herd was just too alert the whole time so there was not a lot of opportunity aside from the distant portraits...and even then I was just too far from these guys to really get creative.

This made me realize just how lucky I got last December on the winter trip up there. Coming across a good size herd of 10 horses that wasn't phased at all by my presence. If it wasn't so cold that day, I wouldn't have had to make multiple trips back in the car for heat and would have wandered much further into the fields to get closer.

I am going to make another trip before the winter hits and hopefully can make it really count.

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A BRAND NEW SERVICE IS COMING IN LATE AUGUST 2018!

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!