Winter Weekend Fun

I spent a lovely winter weekend with some photographer friends recently for some informal shooting but mostly for visiting and fun. We picked the perfect weather and had some good light and warm temperatures, and it was nice to be out and around horses and enjoying the company of fellow photographers and horse lovers.
Kathy Mathew and her barn friends at Mistover showed off some of their horses and a couple of Warmblood buddies romped in the snow for us.


Kathy showed off her boy Jack, what a cute pair!






Carole Paterno and her lovely new warmblood Loretto. What a beautiful head and eye this horse has! All the photos from this shoot may be seen here.

The following day we visited the Kriz farm in Connecticut. What a privelege it was to spend time with this well known family. I spent quite a bit of time enjoying the photos and articles on the huge wall of the shop and the company of 91 year old Uncle Joe Kriz who seemed to enjoy the attention from the girls with cameras! In between visiting we admired the biggest pile of horseshoes in the world and photographed a draft horse or two! Here are more photos.

Montanvale Sleigh Rally

I spent a lovely winter day recenlty photographing at Wayne and Ruthann Gavitt's Montanvale Farm in Forksville, Pennsylvania. This farm was the host for the Montanvale sleigh rally. It was a perfect day to get outside and enjoy the horses in the snow. The sound of the sleigh bells is a music like no other!

This photo is of Julie Gavitt's Arabian gelding Frosty being driven by Dr Larry Bason of Mill Hall, Pa.

More photos from the rally may be seen here.

Bella

This photo is of my new Lipizzan mare, Bella and my dog Ollie.
I took this photo with a lensbaby to give it a soft effect and I also applied some filters in photoshop.
Bella is a real sweetie and very photogenic, I am looking forward to photographing her this summer!
Here is a photo I took of her for the EPNet winter solstice shoot. She seems to like to strike that pose!

Happy New Year!

My daughter Trina and I took a short trip to Florida to visit family recently and it was nice to enjoy some sun and warm weather and walk on the beach. We also spent some time at the American Orchid Society.
Back home we are in winter survival mode and the usual battle against the elements of snow, wind, ice and cold that we get every January. The days are getting longer and and this is the time of year to catch up on the thousands of photos taken over the year before.
I recently joined facebook and am enjoying connecting with friends, family and clients there.

Season's Greetings!

Time seems to go by way too fast and here it is almost the end of the year!
On Thanksgiving we welcomed a new horse into our family, a lovely Lipizzan girl named Bella. She is adjusting well and sure to be the subject of many of my photos in the coming year. She is also the subject for our Christmas card this year.
For Christmas I would like to share this Irish Blessing with you:

"May you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire"

More Fall Fun!

What can be more fun than a group of avid equine photographers getting together for a weekend of fun and photography with a good looking group of willing cowboys and cowgirls, top of the line working Quarter Horses and countless scenic locations? Clark Farms in south central Pennsylvania was a gracious and generous host to our group and gave us three days of awesome photo ops. The more I am around horses the more I appreciate seeing true horsemen work their horses! See all my pix from this shoot at this link:
http://www.imagequine.com/gallery/clark/

2009 Colorado Cowboys and Horses Calendar is here!

I am so excited to see this year's calendar. It looks great!
You can go here to see the cover and some of the interior pages and order your copy!
This calendar is filled with photos from the 2008 Great American Horse Drive put on by the Sombrero Ranch in Northwest Colorado every spring. The cowboys and cowgirls along with guest wranglers round up and drive around 800 horses 50 miles. It is beyond description, and it is sure a blast to try to document it with my camera. Last year was my third year photographing and I am looking forward already to next year.
More photos from the drive and the ranch cam be seen at this link.

More Fall Colors

I don't think the colors are as nice this year as they are some years but there are some brightly colored trees here and there. I spent some time outside enjoying the beautiful weather yesterday on our property and tried to capture the lovely light coming through the leaves of this maple tree.

Fall Colors

Fall is here and the colors are changing fast. This is one of my favorite times of year but also a bittersweet time as we know what is just around the coner!
Here are some photos I have taken over the years of what it looks like on our farm this time of year. Here is a link to more fall images.

Arabian Beauty

I love shooting horses in motion and when the horse is an Arabian stallion it's a real treat for me. Recently I photographed Ron Hevener's stallion Selket Louchiano and am sharing a few favorite photos from this shoot.