Welcome to ‘An Equine Photographers Guide to the Seasons,’ the first in a 5 part ‘Guide to your Equine Photo Shoot’ series I am going to be running this month! This one is all about the different seasons and best months of the year to book your Horse & Rider …
2018 A Year in Photo Shoot Outtakes
I simply LOVE good photo shoot outtakes! Whilst they may not be the images which end up in pride of place in my client’s homes, sometimes they are the ones which capture a bond or the character of an animal just perfectly! I always endeavour to capture these moments and …
2018 in Pictures (and a few words!)
I know I probably say it every year but what a year 2018 has been! From working with Equestrian brands such as Equitheme and Horze to photographing Olympic veterans this year has had it all. I, as always feel honoured to have been invited into so many peoples homes and …
Grace & Daisy’s Child & Pony Photo Shoot // June 2018
One gorgeous Sunday back in June I headed over to the Congleton area to meet Victoria, her daughter Grace and their beloved pony Daisy for a Child & Pony Photo Shoot. Victoria had booked me way back at the Liverpool International Horse Show last New Years and I was really …
Shooting with Chloe, Benny & Spirit for Horze // Part 2: April 2018
Following on from my last week’s blog about working with Chloe, Spirit & Benny in July 2017 here is part 2 as promised! In April of this year I had the pleasure of working with Chloe again. This time, however, I was shooting with Chloe, Benny & Spirit for Horze Equestrian. It …
Working with Chloe & Spirit // Part 1: July 2017
If you haven’t heard of Chloe & Spirit then I suggest you head over to their pretty phenomenal Instagram account to check them out. I came across them a few years ago and did what nearly 275,000 other people also do and started following them on Instagram! We eventually got chatting and …
Gabby’s Horse and Rider Photo Shoot at Formby Beach // May 2018
Gabby won a Photo Shoot with me back in 2017. However, for one reason or another, it was May of this year before it all worked out and I could come and photograph her and her two horses! She decided she wanted to do at least part of her Horse and …
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 Roly! Sally and Murphy were great …
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 on Rhiannon’s face and …
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 Laura Cocking. Poor Laura …
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 & Rider Photo Shoot with Rum …
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 you to have a good giggle …
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 into full swing and somehow here we are… It has all been …
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 in the Summer and we managed to arrange …
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 popping along to my stand …
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 absolutely stunning horses and the flowers that were …
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 yearling as she is out …
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 sister Charlie have …
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 Series with her Welsh …
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 thoroughbred who took …
