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Lisa’s Mum, Daughter & Pony Photo Shoot // May 2018
I do get reminded quite regularly about the challenges of working with animals and children but what can I say I just can’t help myself! I set off on a beautiful bank holiday Monday for Lisa’s ‘Mum, Daughter & Pony Photo...
Sally, Eadie & Poppy // An evening of Photo Shoots // May 2018
On the first bank holiday in May I had a fantastic evening of Horse & Rider Photo Shoots with Sally, Eadie & Poppy. First up was Sally with Murphy and after them, I worked with sisters Eadie & Poppy with (another) Murphy and pony...
Rhiannon & Owen’s Photo Shoot Adventure // March 2018
I was delighted with Rhiannon booked in for a Horse & Rider Photo Shoot with me for March of this year. I remembered her and Owen from my days as a show photographer at Tushingham Arena where I often saw them whizzing around, always a smile...
Abbey & April’s Horse & Rider Photo Shoot // March 2018
Abbey contacted me back in November 2017 to see if I would donate a Horse & Rider Photo Shoot Gift Voucher to the Antrobus Riding Club presentation evening for a raffle in aid of the St. John’s ambulance. I am always happy to support such...
Jill’s Wintertime Family & Animals Photo Shoot
I first met Jill at the Liverpool International Horse Show over the New Year where she booked me to come and do a Wintertime Family & Animals Photo Shoot. I headed out to the family farm last month and spent a wonderful morning working with...
A Snowy Horse & Rider Photo Shoot with Laura Cocking
Back at the beginning of March when the weather got quite confused and decided we needed MORE snow I grabbed the opportunity to head out to North Wales and make the most of it with a snowy Horse & Rider Photo Shoot with my sponsored rider...
Chloe’s Horse & Rider Photo Shoot with Rum & Ted
Just before the snow hit back in February and I mean literally the day before I could have sworn Spring was actually happening! Yes, it was chilly but it was an absolutely stunning day as I headed off to south Cheshire for Chloe’s Horse...
My favourite Photo Shoot OUTTAKES from the past 12 months!
I’ll keep this brief as I realise the main attraction of the blog post is most definitely the photos! I have compiled some of my favourite outtakes from Horse & Rider Photo Shoots over the past 12 months and put them all together for...
The end of an era….a farewell to show photography!
This is a somewhat overdue official announcement…. I am no longer a show photographer! (Just in case you hadn’t noticed!) It really should have been written last July after the British Masters at Southview but alas the Summer got...
Scarlett’s Horse & Rider Photo Shoot
I am delighted to share with you Scarlett Cox Lomas’s Horse & Rider Photo Shoot from August 2017 which went on to win the ‘Portrait Shoot of the Year 2017’ title this January. I took Scarlett on as a sponsored rider earlier...
Kate’s Family & Animals Photo Shoot
It has been a pleasure to look back through Kate’s Family & Animals Photo Shoot from the end of August 2016 and pick out some of my favourite images from this session! I met Kate at the Cheshire County Show where she booked me to come...
Penny’s ‘At Liberty’ Photo Shoot
I had the pleasure of meeting Penny at the Warrington Horse Show in 2016. She went on to be the lucky winner of the Prize Draw I run on my stand at Summer Show and won a free ‘At Liberty’ Photo Shoot for herself! (Always worth...
Hero’s ‘Minus the Mud’ Horse & Rider Photo Shoot
It was an absolute pleasure working with Hero Douglas and the Pen Llyn Lusitanos on this ‘Minus the Mud Horse and Rider Photo Shoot’. We had such a fun day down on the Llyn Peninsula working with several of the Pen Llyn’s...
Issie’s B*Spoke Competition Shoot
I caught up with my sponsored rider Isabella Shaw and her fabulous Pony ‘Only Sometimes’ at Llanymynech Horse Trials on the 14th of May. On this lovely sunny May morning, I met Issie and her mum by the horse boxes as soon as we all...
Jess’s Remember Me Photo Shoot
A ‘Remember Me’ Photo Shoot is not always the easiest of shoots to set out on but they are definitely amongst the most rewarding. A ‘Remember Me’ Photo Shoot is typically booked when a Horse or Pony has a terminal illness...
Mount St John’s Violet // A Horse ‘At Liberty’ Photo Shoot // May 2017
It was a great spring for ‘At Liberty’ Horse photo shoots and Holly’s was no exception. I headed up to St. Helens for a relatively local photo shoot and had a great couple of hours with her yearling Violet! Violet is something of a special...
Liberty with Friar & Casi // A Horse & Rider Photo Shoot // May 2017
On the same morning of working with Becky and Sulwyn in May of this year I also had the pleasure of doing A Horse & Rider Photo Shoot with Liberty and her two favourite ponies Friar & Casi who although they are owned by Becky and her...
Becky & Sulwyn // A Mini Shoot Series
I feel like something of a regular these days at Becky’s super yard in Warmingham, Cheshire. Following on from a fantastic shoot with Becky and her 3 exmoors and Magic last year she asked if I could come and do a Horse & Rider Mini Shoot...
Barry the Halloween Cat // Cat Photo Shoot….
I’ve been very much getting into the Halloween spirit this year and am all ready for the trick or treaters…. I thought it only fair to involve Barry my faithful office cat in the festivities…. As you can see he was thrilled...
Gaynor & Lennie // A Horse & Rider Photo Shoot // May 2017
So my blogs are traveling me back in time to May…still… I will get there eventually! Back in May of this year I spent a lovely sunny morning with Gaynor and Lennie on a Horse & Rider Photo Shoot. Lennie is a rather large and very handsome...