Horses can run, jump, and maybe roll over, but they don't pose. Many a famous person would testify that it is possible, as long as the one doing the posing is this lady equestrian photographer from Pasadena, California. Whereas her first camera came from Pasadena City College (PCC), she now takes her motor home office to various trackside events, including the Montreal Olympics where she snapped photos of British Princess Anne.
After graduating from Pasadena High School, she went onto the community college, where she photographed horses for practice. Since 10 years of age, she had been living close to Eaton Canyon Riding Stables. The stables were her practice grounds on weekends, where she used her borrowed camera for assignments. Her first photo sold, and she was on her way to a full-blown career, giving up music, art and journalism.
Two renowned photographers took her on as an apprentice at a Santa Barbara show, after which she helped them pose and focus horses at shows, tracks, and state fairs all over the country. Next, she was apprenticed under a different photographer pair, whose work focused on California events. Nowadays, she works with her Swedish camera with German lens and lets her mother take care of business.
Six-foot jumps and winning a race by the nose are her trademark shots. But her formal photos, of horses bent down on all fours, are also a source of pride. Then there are fun horses that enjoy the camera's attention. She found horses that immediately perk their ears or raise their heads when they feel a camera being focused on them. You won't get any help at all from other horses.
There are a few rules of thumb when it comes to taking a good horse photo. For hunters and jumpers, the best shot is mid-air with legs folded at the right angle. The best pictures of Tennessee walkers, in contrast, are when they have their front hoofs in action and an over reaching hoof with their hind legs. A stock horse looks best stopping in a slide, while a saddle horse looks best with his legs and head held high. She has been highly recognized for her photos of the Peruvian Paso, a South American endangered species that enthusiasts are trying to increase in number. Their best angle is with their forelegs rolled toward the outside. Their value increases with the white ponchos and elaborate gear sported by their riders.
She has encountered many celebrity horse enthusiasts in her work. Photography has even taken her to royal circles. The Montreal Olympics were a great event for her, because she photographed Princess Anne while standing next to the Queen. With every high jump, the Queen said she'd feel a corresponding rise in anxiety. Even though she spends her free time swimming, back packing, bicycling, panning for gold and sometimes even riding a horse, she felt she needed to switch up her horse photographs with fork lift pictures.
Fork lifts shorten waiting time between perked ears.
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