Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Happy New Year!

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year!  May this next year be joyous & prosperous for you & your family.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be working on a new website next week so my site might be down for a day while I get everything switched over & get the links working properly.  It probably will be a work in progress for the next couple of weeks until I get it customized to my liking.  I am switching over to a blog that is a website & a website that is a blog - you will see what I am talking about soon!  

Here is a pic of me & Denali that was taken the beginning of December of us.  Thanks to my friend Shawna who took my Christmas card pic & this one of me riding the beginning of December.  




Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas

I wanted to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!  

I want to thank everyone for their business & support this last year.  I am looking forward until next year with a new blog & a couple of new products.  I will also be starting a new business later in the year - look for more info on that mid next year.

Here is our Christmas card from this year - we tortured the cats by making them wear little Christmas hats.  Don't they look happy!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Groundwork Clinic

I haven't been very good about keeping up with my blog - Sorry!  I have been keeping busy fulfilling lots of Christmas orders & trying to stay warm with this frigid weather.  I just thought I would share a clinic series a friend of mine - Cathy O'Donnell is putting on this winter.  I plan on attending maybe I will see some of you there!

Winter Homework Series - Groundwork

Problem Solving Through Consensus
*Boundaries
*Seeing your horse
*Forward
*Responsibility
*Self Carriage
*Relationship Repair
Using the Classical Dressage Pyramid

8 Sunday Sessions starting January 11th from 1-4 pm in Emmett, Idaho.
$25 per session or $150 for 8 sessions.
Outside horses by invitation only.

If you are interested in learning more about this series or want to sign up call Cathy at 208-866-2311.  There are limited spots available.

Check out Cathy's website and new blog (she is still working on getting this going but it has a bio about her as of this posting) www.rockinghorsefrm.com and horseinsights.blogspot.com

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Christmas Deadlines

Hi Everyone!

If you are thinking about purchasing any prints or products for Christmas NOW is the time. Print orders generally print & ship within one day and products generally take a couple of days longer than prints to produce.  

All horse show photos ordered online have the following shipping deadlines to make it to you in time for Christmas:  First Class - Monday Dec 8th - this method can be slow I would opt for the priority mail just to be safe, Priority Mail - Friday Dec 12th & Express Mail- Thursday - Dec 18th.

If you order directly with me - via phone or email - you need to have your order in by Sunday December 14th.  

If you have any questions/problems please give me a call at 208-867-3174 or email me at traceybish@gmail.com

Thanks!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Our Thanksgiving Trip

This past week Ben & I traveled to Irvine California to spend Thanksgiving with his Dad, Reynolds.  We had a great time hanging out & visiting some of the local sites.  The weather was warm - at least we thought it was, the locals thought it was cold.  

Disclaimer: All of these images where taken with my point & shoot.  

This was taken at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach.  We had a great Thanksgiving dinner here.  
On Friday we were trying to decide what to do.  "Let's go to Disneyland!"  Here are our excited Disneyland faces.


Disneyland was decorated for the holiday season.  We were talking and none of us had been to Disneyland in 20 years so it was really fun to experience it again.  The lines were really long and the park was packed but we still got to ride most of the rides we wanted to.  

Once it gets dark there was a holiday parade - none of the pictures turned out of it.  They also had a fireworks display but we didn't stay for that.  Cinderella's castle was all lit up - Ben & I had to pose for a pic in front of it.
On Saturday we went to Balboa Island & Newport Beach.  We walked around the island looking at the shops & cute houses.  Some of the residents really get into decorating for Christmas - below is a over the top decorated house.  We took a small ferry over to Newport Beach & ate lunch on the beach.  I made the mistake of feeding french fries to the birds - we were swarmed!  Luckily there were a bunch of kids around that took great pleasure in chasing the birds away from us.
On the last night we went out for authentic Korean food which was a first for us.  
We had a great time & are happy to be back.  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving too!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!  Have a great holiday & travel safe.  

Here are a few pictures of my horse, Denali from this afternoon when the light was so beautiful. 



Thursday, November 20, 2008

Jackie's Feed Store Sessions

I have been a little tardy on blogging lately.  I am working on a couple of projects for clients so I am a bit behind.  Here are a few pictures from my weekly sessions at Jackie's Feed Store in Middleton.  I am only there 3 more times - November 22 from 12-2, December 6th from 12-2 and December 12th from 4-6.  Give me a call at 867-3174 if you are interested in a quick portrait for Christmas cards or any thing else.

Enjoy!

This is "Franklin" - the resident feed store kitty.  He posed so nice for me!




Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Unicycles

Last Friday I met my friend, Ben downtown with his brothers to get pictures of them riding unicycles.  It was a sight to see on the Grove!  This has been in the works for almost a year and it finally came together - it was hard getting everyone together at the same time.  

Here are a few pictures of them riding.  Enjoy!






Monday, November 10, 2008

The Key Family

Last Friday I went out to Eagle to photograph the Key family. I had a great time meeting everyone and all the critters. This was a really fun job with the variety of animals - especially the great dane & donkey.  Ben assisted me on this job - there were a lot of ears to get up at the same time!  

Here are a few photos of the session. The first 3 are of the family & critters and the last 2 are of Margaret and her horse - Yetti. Enjoy!





Wednesday, November 5, 2008

"the boys"

I wanted to share a Asuka coffee table book I designed for Cathy of her husband Mike and his two horses - Doolittle and Remmy. Wednesday was the deadline for guaranteed Christmas delivery and I finished it on Tuesday. The book goes as follows - the first image is of the front and back cover(right hand picture is the front), second image is the 1st page, third image are pages 2 & 3 (2 is on the left), fourth image pg 3 &4 and so on..... the last image is the last page.

I think the book turned out really nice. It flows really well and tells a story of Mike & his horses - you can tell how much he really loves them.

Enjoy!












Chris and Embie

On Saturday I went out to Once Upon A Horse to photograph Chris and her horse Embie. Unfortunately the weather was not cooperating with it raining outside.  I was hoping for a break in the rain sprinkles because the light was just beautiful out but no such luck. 

I decided we were going to get some of that fall color while shooting in the barn. The last two photos here were the result of that.  I used a reflector or flash to make it work. The others with the black background were taken with Chris & Embie in the barn entrance and me outside in the rain. All the pictures turned out fabulous!  

Here are my favorites from the session.  Enjoy!





Saturday, November 1, 2008

CANVAS SALE!!


Gallery Wrap Canvas are on sale for 10% off from November 1st-23rd.  They rarely go on sale for me (the photographer) and I am going to pass this sale on to you.  Gallery Wrap Canvas make great gifts as they come ready to hang - no framing, hardware, etc.  The colors are really vibrant and they make an ordinary photograph into a fine art piece.  They also make great Christmas gifts!

Prices:
11x14 Reg. $150  Sale $135
16x20 Reg. $230  Sale $207
20x24 Reg. $300  Sale $270
***Other sizes are available - Please contact me to find out more information.

If you would like to place an order please call me at 208-867-3174 or email at traceybish@gmail.com  Thanks!


Friday, October 31, 2008

Nacho Mama

Last Friday I went out to Sue Duncan's place to photograph sales pictures of Nacho Mama. Nacho is an 16hh, 11 year old Thoroughbred mare.  She has been trained in dressage the past 3 years and is solidly scoring in the 60's.  Nacho has done lots of trail riding and would make a 4-H youth a great horse - both english and western.  She does need a intermediate rider.  Nacho's temperament is a 4 out of 10 with 10 being "hot".  Her asking price is $5000.

Give Sue a call at 850-4262 if you are interested in looking at Nacho Mama!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Emily & Dobbin

On Sunday I went out to Once Upon A Horse in Eagle to photograph Emily & her horse Dobbin. I think Dobbin was one of the easiest horses I've had this year to photograph - he just stood there waiting for us to do our thing. Although it was a challenge to get his ears up - we had to pull out the treat bucket for that!  I had a great time & the pictures of Emily & Dobbin turned out fabulous!  Their connection really came out in the pictures - capturing that connection is what I love about photographing people and their horses.

Here are a few photos from the session along with a short video.  Enjoy!