PawPrints Photography Blog

I recently had the opportunity to see the unloading of wild horses and burros in Virginia with my friend, Kathy Winkler, who is a wonderful painter.  They were brought here by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) who rounded them up in Illinois.  They are all descendants of animals that were released or escaped from Spanish explorers, ranchers, miners, the U.S. Cavalry, and American Indians.  If it looks like they are at risk of not having enough food or water, the BLM gathers them and offers them for adoption to qualified applicants.  To find out more about the program, visit:  http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro.html

I love photographing horses.  They are so beautiful and to be out in nature with them just feels good.  Here are a few recent images. 

More equine images can be seen on the “Horse Country” page of this blog.

I felt the need to take a break from the last minute holiday orders and work on some equine images.  This is my first December of blogging and here’s what I’ve learned:  either I’m too busy to blog – or, when I get the time to show new images, I really can’t because they are surprise gifts for the holidays.  Well, I can’t ruin any surprises by showing these – so here goes.

I went out to a barn this weekend and created some images for myself.  I am adding equine (horse) photography to my portfolio and spent a few hours at a site visit in preparation for a future shoot.  My goal with these images was to capture the experience I had at the barn.  I saw such interesting light and texture – and movement and stillness – and I wanted to convey that in these images. 

If you’d like to see more images from the barn, you can click on this link for a slideshow.

Below are images of the horses as they are getting washed off after their exercise.  Thought I’d mention that after my brother called to ask if I had photographed the horses relieving themselves.