PawPrints Photography Blog

I hope to create more horse images this year.  I actually had a horse for a few years as a kid.  He was more of a pony, actually, (13.5 hands) – and his name was Frank.  If you can believe it, his full name was Frankenstein.  He was a very sweet pony and spending so much time with him made me very comfortable around horses.  I broke my arm when I fell off once, but my sister made me get back on and ride home – it was a good move – otherwise I think I would have held on to the initial fear of falling off.  (thanks, sis!)  I am one of those people who loves the smell of a barn.  Here are a few of my favorite images after getting up early to hang around a barn just for fun.

These images were created at the Northern Virginia Animal Swim Center.  It’s really cool to see the horses swimming in a pool.  I used to take my dog swimming there as well – they have a separate area for dogs.

If you’re trying to picture what a horse swimming pool looks like – here it is:

You can see the ramp on the far right – that’s how the horses get into the pool.  No diving boards here.

Well, this deserves a better caption but I couldn’t think of one.  If you can, please leave it in the comments.

Ed is Tug’s older brother.  Here is Ed’s story as told by his human:

Ed was born in Occoquan, Virginia.  My friend “Ed” lives right on the river and in 1993 a feral pregnant cat appeared at his back door and gave birth to 5 kittens.  We went down and picked out our Ed and also found homes for the other 4 kittens.  They were all indoor/outdoor cats while living there.  After they got a little older the human Ed would catch a fish every now and then and present it to the mother cat and her kittens.  What a delicacy.  Ed has been in our home since June of 1993 and he has absolutely no desire to ever leave his house for the outdoors.

Special thanks to Tug and Ed for letting us into their world!

I photographed Tug and his brother Ed several years ago and I was thrilled to get the chance to photograph them again more recently.  We’re going to include both sessions to create a beautiful coffee table book.    Here are some of the new images of Tug, who was adopted from the Animal Welfare League of Arlington – his owner is a long-time volunteer there.

He’s as handsome as ever, and still very playful!

I call this one – “Little, big cat”.  I loved the huge shadow.

Stay tuned for his gorgeous brother, Ed.