We took advantage of this great overcast day in mid January and captured some amazing shots of this gorgeous two year old stud colt, Ty, at the Ernst Ranch in Eagle Creek, OR.   I love the photo shoots where my flash just sits in the camera bag.  The natural light was awesome!  You would never know this horse was only two.  He is so well mannered and desensitized to just about everything already.  In fact, he was almost to the point of bored after having a plastic bag waved around so much.  Rebekah Ernst has done an amazing job with Ty’s foundation training that he should develop into quite an athletic cutting horse! 

Out on the Ernst Ranch, in Eagle Creek, I got to take advantage of a beautiful sunny day and shoot Heather with her stunning National Show Horse, Gracie.  Since the sun was out, we were able to get a good backdrop of Mt. Hood in some of the shots.  Gracie is coming up on four years old and her foundation training has been started with Rebekah Ernst.  She is really coming along well and has such a level head on her.  Both her and Heather were so natural to shoot.  You could really see the true compassion and love between horse and rider! 

Terra and I have been childhood friends and go back as far as the 4th grade.  We both share a love for horses and find we can never get enough of them.   I was lucky enough to steal Terra away from her busy Mud-B-Gone horse blanket cleaning business and photograph her and her beautiful Paint mare, Paisley.   They were my very first equine portrait shoot.  Since they were my first, I was a little nervous at the time, but they were both so pleasant to work with and very photogenic that it made my job easy.  Thanks girls, I look forward to future shoots together!