Corinne, Oscar, Stella and Elvis!

I had such a great time photographing Corinne and her fur babies!  I first met Corinne when I did an engagement shoot for her a few years ago, so it was nice seeing her again:)  Oscar is such a gentleman and was so well behaved (well, except for when "someone", aka me, let go of his lead rope and he hoofed it back across the field to a nice green patch of grass by the barn, even throwing in a little buck on the way for good measure LOL!).  Stella and Elvis are quite the duo and I was looking forward to shooting them as I have a soft spot for Boxers.  They were full of personality and there was never a dull moment!  Stella even likes to take Oscar for walks when she's in the mood haha!  I felt bad for Corinne though, having to wrangle all three animals at once...hope you weren't too tired after!

Horsing around as the sun sets

So I can't post up Corinne's pics as she doesn't have them yet...but I thought I'd share some of the other horses at the barn where she boards (with a couple of Oscar thrown in sshhh!).  The sun was getting nice and low in the sky and the light was really pretty, I could have stayed for hours - it was so relaxing!  Have I mentioned how much I like photographing horses?  Love, love, love!

Corinne ~ Sneak Peek

Had a super fun shoot with Corinne and her fur babies last week!  Here's a preview:)

A pic of...

JAMES!!!  Just 'cause;)

Rodeo shots

Finally got around to editing my rodeo pics, it only took me an eon!  Honestly, I'm not very keen on any of them...it was pouring rain, dark and dreary...I had a heck of a time getting the shutter speeds I needed without cranking my ISO waaaay up (which I try to avoid doing at all costs)...so, ya not terribly impressed.  I will, however, post up some of them for your viewing pleasure, or maybe dis-pleasure LOL!

And, a pic of Ty because who wouldn't want to see him on a horse ;)

Lochside Day 3

Pictures from Sunday at the show.  Love this first horse, he was quite the character!  Totally posing over the jump and his flapping lip in the second shot makes him look like he's smiling LOL!

Lochside Day 2

I wasn't able to make it to day one of the hunter show, but I did shoot for a couple of hours on Saturday and Sunday.  Here are my favs from day two:

Lochside Lane Preview

I spent a couple of hours this morning shooting the second day of a three day hunter show at Lochside Lane.  It was fun, can't wait to take more pics tomorrow:)
Here's a preview for now (dang, that reminds me I still need to finish editing the rodeo pics!):

Rode Preview

I went to the rodeo this past weekend with my daughter and gal pals (yeehaw!) and had a great time!  I only went one day instead of two like last year, so I didn't take as many pics...but it was still fun:)  Got to see Ty Elliot in TWO events (team penning and bull riding), so I was pretty excited about that!  He did really well in the bull riding...but what's up with him moving to AB!?!?!  Why would he do that to me?!?  LOL!  Ok I digress...

I'm not too happy with my shots this year.  It was cloudy and dreary and I had a hard time keeping my shutter speeds fast enough.  I might not even post many pics...I'm in a "Blah" photography mood at the moment in case you can't tell.
Here's one so-so shot for now, I've got lots of editing to do!

James!!

Boy was I stoked when I turned James out into the ring last week and he started blasting around AND I had my camera with me!  Would have preferred to have shot him running around in the field, but that's ok I'll work with what I've got:)  He was so full of himself, running around, snorting, bucking and rearing!  (I'm sure the fact that I was running back and forth behind the fence egging him on had nothing to do with it *cough cough* LOL!)  I hadn't seen him that amped up in a while, it was hilarious!  I think he really wanted back out in the field, but sadly for him I wanted to ride...and, he did end up warming himself up which was a bonus. 

Enough chat, here are the pics of Mr. Personality:

(BTW, this is why he wasn't clean for our impromptu shoot haha!)

Think this is my new fav pic:)

And, yes I did let him back out!

Had to throw in this pic of his pasture buddy, Minette.