Commercial work

During this past week, I had the opportunity to second shoot for my friend who is doing the marketing work and photography for DAAA Charity at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course, this coming September, Here's a couple of shots from our day.

Hannah

Hi all, if you follow my facebook pages, you have seen these already. This week has been tough, my dear friend and fellow photographer Sibbea got news that her little sister Hannah was life flighted to Emanuel Hospital in the early hours Sunday. She came off her horse, which then fell on her, shattering her leg, fracturing her skull and breaking her colloquial bone in her ear in 3 places. She is only 14. After days of hanging on by a thread, she is showing improvement now finally but still not in the clear. Most likely she will be spending her birthday in the hospital and will have weeks, months if not years of physical therapy to completely recover.

These images were taken the first day after she was taken out of ICU and stabilized. Yes, they are graphic and unsettling. I have taken them with permission of her family, please say a little prayer for Hannah's complete recovery.

More Babies

We reached the month old mark, yay! It's amazing how much happens in the first month. This is Sheiklani's colt, and a new one, ten days old I think they said. One more for them to go still! Oh, and a couple other horses too :)

Rainy Days

Hi all, I am back up and running after a brief explosion in March and April. Yay!

So hey, days are slow this week, and I am loving the break, it was pouring rain yesterday and my daughter asked me to take some photos. I was ON it. So many times I hear "we have to cancel, it's going to rain" and so many times I have tried, too no end, to get clients to jump in with rain jackets and umbrellas and just GO with it, this is after all, OREGON... I even found myself wanting MORE rain, so it showed in the photos... (maybe pouring off the side of the umbrella, I thought about the garden hose... what would my neighbors think, ha ha ha, that crazy woman is out in the rain spraying her kid with the hose). Here's a few , shot right in front of our house on the street. I would probably clean up the tail lights of cars and stuff if I sent these to print.

(this shows the location and clutter in the background)



(A little change in the angle, and viola! Gorgeous)

Unwilling Subject

The light in my garden was exquisite just now, I grabbed my camera and child to go do an impromptu fun thing and she rebelled.... I have often preached, just go with it anyway to the parents of an unwilling child, and done so myself with my own and have come out with the best images ever, ones that I could have never gotten posed.

Well, as luck would have it, I got all of 30 seconds before she flipped out and ran off, but.... I got a stroke of luck in those seconds I think... One split second of complacency before the storm, enjoy....

8 days old

Today I went out to see the 2 colts I photographed being born last Friday. Boy do they change fast! Gorgeous boys, both of them... Here's 3 shots that struck my fancy;

Wedding Bliss

Congratulations Darcie and Jeff!

A few more to share

Here's a few more baby shots

Hello World!

Last night was the night. I got the call that the long awaited foaling was eminent. As luck would have it, my daughter was allowed to come along.

Hours ticked by, and the suspense grew, then finally, just about midnight the foaling monitor showed what we were waiting for. We crept out to the barn as the mare delivered. What a great Momma, I was snapping away while Mom and baby did their thing and Emily came into the stall to tell me (quite alarmed) that the "white" mare down the isle was laying down.... "white" mare was 38 days overdue, and the vet had been out this evening and said by next Tuesday probably. Someone went to check and we hear "she's FOALING!" So off to photograph number two for the night, a short half hour from the first. Awesome! You can't ask for more than that.

Both were healthy chestnut colts with stars and stripes, and white socks on a front leg! Sweet. almost twin-ish, and the Momma's are best friends, ok, as well as horses can be that is....

Mom's and babies were doing fine as we headed home. I hope to go back out in a couple of days to see them and take more images. Thanks Mary for letting me be a part of this! Stay tuned!

CRAIG CAMERON'S EXTREME COWBOY RACE

Fantastic fun, at speed! I have so many great shots, I just can't pick.. Enjoy!