Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Jackie's Feed Store Photo Weekends

Sorry for the long break in bloggings.  I got back from Las Vegas and I am still recovering!  Look for lots of pictures/happenings this week.

Starting October 17th I am working with Jackie at Jackie's Feed Store to set up a mobile studio for portraits - pets, family, kids, etc.  I will be there every other Friday/Saturday for a couple of hours.  The session fee is $20 (payable at the session) & 20% off all prints if ordered within 2 weeks of your session.  The October sessions will be autumn themed and the November & December sessions will be holiday themed.  Pet costumes will be available for rent at the time of your session too!

Schedule:
Friday October 17th - 12-2pm
Saturday October 25th - 12-2pm
Friday October 31st - 4-6pm
Saturday November 8th - 12-2pm
Friday November 14th - 4-6pm
Saturday November 22nd - 12-2pm
Saturday December 6th - 12-2pm
Friday December 12th - 4-6pm

If you haven't stopped in to Jackie's Feed Store it is located at 21955 Middleton Rd just south of the river.  Jackie is having a huge wall to wall sale right now including livestock/horse grain & pet food.  She is also having a great prize contest with no purchase necessary to win.  Prizes include a flat screen HDTV, GPS, stereo system and many more with a total of 10 prizes.  The sale goes until November 8th.

Stop in to say "HI" to Jackie and check out her sale!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Natural Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships

Sorry, I have been a little tardy on blogging lately.  My camera has been in the shop for repair and cleaning so I haven't been out taking pictures.  

Lately I have had a few jobs that are not related to horses - except for the fact that I got most of the jobs from connections associated with people at the horse shows. On Saturday I photographed a bodybuilding championship, a mock evacuation on Thunder Mountain Line & my lovely husband, Ben set up a table with information at our friend's business - Tumble Time which was having an open house.  Tomorrow I am leaving for Las Vegas for 5 days to photograph at the JUS convention at Bally's.  I have never done anything like this so it should be interesting!  

Here are a few pictures from the bodybuilding competition.  Everyone looked fantastic and I applaud everyone there for the dedication to achieve their bodies.  I couldn't do because I refuse to give up chocolate & sweets!  The last one is of my friend, Lori.  Doesn't she look great!  Enjoy!




Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fall Specials & Coffee Table Book Deadlines


Coffee Table Book Cut-Off Dates for Christmas Orders

Coffee Table Books are a great Christmas gift idea for the person that has it all.  Take advantage of my fall special and add your session pictures to a book.  We can include riding shots, pictures of you & your horse, your family, your property, or just your horse....The possibilities are endless.

Asuka Coffee Table Book (premium book) -  The cutoff date is October 26th (preferably sooner).  This is to ensure enough time for design, proofing and delivery before Christmas.

Photo Book - The cutoff date is November 24th (preferably sooner).  This date is subject to change since I don't have the Christmas cutoff date from the book company.

Reminder - Fall Specials
September 1st - November 15th
Bonus-book a session & receive 20 Free 4x8 photo Christmas cards.
Call soon - my schedule is filling up fast!

Fall Portraits (equine ,pets & portraits) - $50 Photo Session (Regularly $75) - includes a 1 hour photo session.  

For Equine Clients - Barn Portrait Special - $40/person Photo Session when you have 3 or more people together at your barn.  Includes up to 1 hour of time per person/horse.

Each Photo Session is customized to You!  Prints are purchased separately & images are available for viewing from my website in your own password protected gallery.

Call for more information or to schedule your session at 867.3174

Monday, September 8, 2008

Howard Family

On Sunday I met the Howard family at the Boise Train Depot for family portraits.  It was a beautiful afternoon.  I had not been to the Depot until I stopped by last week to check it out for this photo shoot.  It is a great place for photos.  

I know the Howard family from the horse shows they attend.  It was really fun to photograph them in a casual environment away from the busy horse shows I see them at.  Occasionally I get to see my horse show clients in "street clothes" and sometimes I don't even recognize them when they are away from their horses.  

Here are a few photos from the session.  I used a couple of new color actions on the images.  The first one is regular color, the 2nd is Mocha, the 3rd is a high contrast color -it really makes the picture "pop", the 4th is regular color and the last is a half sepia color which gives it a old time feel when color was just coming out.  Enjoy!





Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Denali -My Superstar Horse

This posting I thought I would share a few pictures and a short story about my horse, Denali.

This first picture is Denali free jumping a 3'3" fence last week. I can't tell you how excited I was to see him jumping so well.  Last year he was diagnosed with Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis or EPM. If you don't know what that is, it is a disease that is caused by a protozoa which affects the horse's spinal cord & brain. It causes ataxia & weakness, muscle atrophy, cranial nerve deficits and sometimes death. If it is not caught early the damage is permanent.  Luckily Denali's symptoms were mild and were caught relatively early. The one thing that has been really noticeable is that he lost a lot of muscle with it turning soft & spongy.  

We have been in a constant state of rehab since last September, starting with lots of hand walking & lunging to under saddle work this April. I also have Toni Bucciero come out once a month & do body work on him - that has made night & day difference. It has been a hard road and it won't continue to be easy but we will get there. Next year I am keeping my fingers crossed to start showing him in Hunters - as he has a natural aptitude for it!


This past weekend I went to McCall with my friend, Shawna to go trail riding. We had a great time & our horses were really good. I think it was Denali's first time in the mountains, the only thing he was scared of was going around the corners. I don't think he understood where the road went!

We took some time out to get pictures of us & our horses in a big grass field. Here are a few of me & Denali. Shawna did a great job in getting pictures of us.  

I am going to make a canvas of this one for my office.  




Shawna & Henry

This past weekend me & my friend Shawna went to McCall to go trail riding with our horses.  We took this opportunity to get some photographs of us & our horses.  These were taken on Saturday when the weather was beautiful.  We probably would have waited a little bit later in the afternoon but someone had told us a big black cloud was coming with high winds.  It turned out that wasn't the case. Nonetheless the pictures turned out great!

Here are a few pictures of Shawna and her horse, Henry.  I will post pictures that Shawna took of me & Denali tomorrow.





Fall Portrait Special

Fall Portrait Special - September 1st - November 15th
***Bonus - book a session this fall & receive 20 Free 4x8 photo Christmas cards.
Call soon - my schedule is filling up fast!

Fall Portraits (equine, pets & portraits) - $50 Photo Session (Regularly $75) - includes a 1 hour photo session.

For Equine Clients - Barn Portrait Special - $40/person Photo Session when you have 3 or more people together at your barn.  Includes up to 1 hour of time per person/horse.

Each Photo Session is customized to You!  Prints are purchased separately & images are available for viewing from my website in your own password protected gallery.

Call for more information or to schedule your session at 867.3174

Monday, September 1, 2008

Leo

On Friday I went out to Once Upon A Horse in Eagle to get some sales pictures of Leo. He is a beautiful 11 year old German imported Dutch Warmblood gelding by Hemingway.  Leo is 17hh with great movement since he is schooling 2nd level.  He is a jumping prospect too as he shows tremendous talent. Leo has loads of personality & loves people.  He has good ground manners and trailers well.

If you are interested in learning more about Leo & seeing a video contact Cindy McKim at 208-361-4771.  She would love to talk to you more about Leo!

Here are a few pictures from Friday.