horses Galleries

Horses- silhouettes and backlit : Dramatic backlighting, rim light,silhouettes and dust-filtered low light can be challenging to capture, but are conditions I find well worth pursuing for the end result.

Horses- silhouettes and backlit

Dramatic backlighting, rim light,silhouettes and dust-filtered low lig ...

Updated: Sep 11, 2012 3:30pm PST

Horses in general : This gallery is a mixed bag of horse photos with no particular theme other than they are all horses.

Horses in general

Horses close crops : Getting up close and personal is one of my favoured techniques in horse photography. We don't need to see the whole horse to understand what we are seeing in these images, and the selected parts that are featured can work in an abstract way as we view them.

Horses close crops

Western : I am a dressage rider, but the visuals of the western lifestyle and the working cowboy and cowgirl are favourite subjects for photography. I have been fortunate in the last couple of years to have met a number of classic western trainers and working cowboys/girls who have been generous in allowing me and my camera access to their world. Special thanks to Dale and Teri Clearwater http://www.justaboutaranch and Mable Elliott www.mableelliott.com for sharing different aspects of the world of western riding with me.

Western

Horses in groups : Horses in groups fascinate me. I can spend a lot of time watching how they interact with each other and their environments, learning about them as individuals and about basic "horse psychology" and herd structure as I do so.

Horses in groups

Heavy horses : Everyone, myself included, seems to have an appreciation for the heavy horse, or draft, breeds. There is a quiet impressiveness about the strength, calm nature, work ethic, and power of the "big boys". And girls.

Heavy horses

War ponies : War ponies are one of my many on-going interests in my photography/Photoshop work. I enjoy taking a "regular" horse and giving it a new identity as a war pony, compete with paint, trappings and paraphernalia.

War ponies

Ghost horses : One of the things that Photoshop allows me to do is to indulge my fantasy of making "ghost" horses. I like the images I can create this way, and also the thoughts and musings that these visuals can inspire. What was it about the life of these horses that has caused them to linger on in their environments, and what stories do they share?

Ghost horses

Farrier : The farrier is a fixture at most boarding stables, such as the one where I keep my horse. I've taken advantage of regular access to these visuals to work on a collection of farrier and horse shots.

Farrier

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