Category: Photography of horses

  • The Pony Mad Child

    The Pony Mad Child

    Every little girls seems to become obsessed with ponies somewhere around the age of six to eight year old. Some then become obsessed with boys but the sensible ones stick with the pony addiction . For little girls their world of ponies is a mix of magic and myth, a fantasy where anything is possible.…

  • From Large to Small LAPC #151

    From Large to Small LAPC #151

    From large Drafts to the Smallest: the mini ponies.

  • Spots and Dots LAPC #148

    Spots and Dots LAPC #148

    I thought I did not have any spots or dots that were horsey.

  • So Many Details. So Little Time.

    So Many Details. So Little Time.

    Dressage is all about the details. There are an infinity of details that must be remembered and carried out. Focusing on the details is the Lens Artists challenge this week given to us by Patti. This is a tough one for me as my dressage life is all about details. Endless details! But how can…

  • Taking Flight!

    Taking Flight!

    Taking flight. Tina has given us this challenge for the Lens Artists challenge #144. The usual response would be birds or planes but why not horses? These jumpers are truly taking flight. Thank you Tina for the chance to show some flying horses! For readers of this post do take a look at the amazing…

  • Messy to Memorable

    Messy to Memorable

    Photo editing has saved many less than memorable photos. What did we do before digital editing? This week Tina gave us Lens Artists Photo Challenge #134 “From Forgettable to Favorite.” Do take a look at Tina’s post to see how she has edited her photos to create beautiful ‘favorites’. Here are my “Messy” to ‘Memorable”…

  • From Beijing to Biasini: My Photography Journey.

    From Beijing to Biasini: My Photography Journey.

    I started to take an interest in photography back in 1980 on a three week trip to China with a group of horticulturalists. That was back in the days of film. It came in handy little cannisters and you had to load it into your camera. On that trip to China I mastered the art…

  • Emotions! Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #131

    For this Lens-Artists challenge, to show photos of “emotions”, I am choosing several photos from the World Equestrian Games in 2018. I had media accreditation for the WEG 2018 This enabled me to get a good spot ringside to take photos. These riders have just finished their tests. The release of the tension and the…

  • 2020 -This is the Year That Was.

    2020 -This is the Year That Was.

    This week Tina has given us the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #129 of Favorite images of 2020. So I shall go backwards through the year of 2020 starting with this winter season. After a relaxing of some Covid restrictions there was a horse show at Angelstone in September. The show organizer had taken a lot of…

  • Enter at A

    Enter at A

    Every dressage test, from training level to the Grand Prix starts with the horse and rider entering the ring at the letter A. Whether you are riding in a show at your local club or in the Olympics you enter at the letter A. So when I saw that this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge #126 from…

  • A Beautiful Day

    A Beautiful Day

    We were the first to walk there!

  • Focus on the Subject

    Focus on the Subject

    How to get the viewers eyes to focus on the subject!