Kenzie

Yesterday I had the pleasure of shooting a young girl and her horse Ribbon in preparation for an upcoming fair show. Meet Kenzie. She's a beautiful and charming young lady with a passion for horses and shares her room with an enormous collection of Breyer horse models. Thank you Kenzie for allowing me to take your picture and for putting up with the misty rain we had. I think you are beautiful and I can hardly wait for our urban seattle shoot! We must dance to music for our next shoot. =) Please visit my flickr proofing site (link to the right of this) to view all of your proofs from yesterdays shoot. Enjoy!

This last picture I let my creative side loose. I just love silouettes and a perfect location posed just the opportunity on her front porch. Their family dog "Archie" was so curious about what we were doing and really wanted to be photographed. He followed us around and perked up looking ever so handsome hopeful to be in the shot. Here he is as I was having Kenzie pose for a silouette. I really like his location and thus processed this photo as a poster card. Fun huh.

the kiddos

I took some shots of the kiddos the other day. Much to my surprise Little Missy was asking for me to take her picture as she relaxed on a nearby stump. Her brother was riding his Grama's horse into the woods and she was waiting for her turn to ride. Taking turns. Not an easy thing to like. The woods were dark and this picture was taken in the evening light around 7:30pm. Natural lighting. Her face was lit by the sun-kissed field that she was facing. I love the effect of the black background that was the result of this location. Oh, and she insists on wearing her bikini top under her shirts and says, "Mom, it's my bra!"

Here is "Little Man" watching Grama saddle up Hawk. He waits infront of the horse blanket that is drapped over the fence. I thought the lines and color was great so I snapped a few shots. I loved converting it to black and white for the high contrast and texture. I'm really liking black and whites for the clean simplicity.

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I have some fun shoots coming up and will be posting them after this weekend. =)

Heart of Gold

"My grama has a heart of gold.

She loves her horse so deeply that tears come to her eyes.

She is a nice grama.

She plays all day in the nice sun.

Whenever I ask her for something she always gets it for me.

She is a good person.

She is someone I love very much.

She has hair that is so beautiful and brown.

And her eyes are loving and gentle.

I love it when we go outside and play together picking flowers and riding Hawk.

I love you Grama."

Love,

M.E.

(6-years-old)

Here's a sample of this image in a gallery wrap canvas.

cooling off

Gotta hose? Do you like to get wet? Do you love getting water up your nose? She does! I couldn't resist running inside to grab my camera to capture our daughter entertaining herself with the garden hose.

Today is the first day of August! This is my favorite month. I just love the warm summer evenings, hum of the bees, the many fragrances of flowers and trees, and the sunsets. Aw... it is heavenly.

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