My Journal
Life is full of stories and everyone has one they are waiting to tell…
Every single one of my personal equine shoots is full of individuality, full of interest and emotion. Stories that make them different from the next person and yet they each have one common theme – a love for their horse. You can find some of my fabulous ‘Client Stories’ here.
Within ‘Tog Blog’ you’ll discover more about me, the person behind the camera. You’ll find out what makes my world go round and what goes round my head too. Some of these journal blogs are, hopefully, an insight into the equine photography world and will provide answers to some of the many questions you may have regarding equine photography too. Some of my posts may be of a more light-hearted view.
So grab yourself a comfy chair and delve in!
Rachel x
Back in the Saddle… Part 10
It's been quite a while since I blogged specifically about my return to riding and the journey with Tiny, my ex-racehorse. Not through a lack of desire really, but more from the fact that not [...]
Hiho & Co “All You Can Be” Instameet
The huge success and enormous post event interest created from the Hiho Styles, Skills and Silver Instameet in 2019 meant that there was no way that event was ever going to be a one off. It was [...]
How Batching your Image Content Saves You Time!
When I first got a feel for flat lay images and using them within my business I'd randomly grab stuff together to create an image. Love the image, use the image and then the next [...]
Vas & Flora
The first shoot of 2019 was actually a surprise shoot for someone. First time ever I've had to do a 100% "hush hush he knows nothing about this" photo session. In true stealth mode I [...]
Back in the Saddle – How Times Change Pt 1
The last horse I had at home with me before Tiny appeared in my life this past autumn, was in October 2006. Whilst I've owned horses since 2006, they've mostly been youngstock who were kept away from [...]
Letting your memories surround you…
OK, so we are fully immersed in the digital age and it's flipping brilliant isn't it! Stuff, like photos, are at your fingertips 24/7 and we really don't have to think too much about where things [...]
Back in the Saddle… Part 9
It's been nearly a month since you had my rambling words drop into your sight and there's a good reason really for that. Not an awful lot has changed since the last blog when my [...]
#5thingsimproudof
Business coach, social media guru and all round nice person Rhea Freeman from Rhea Freeman PR invited me recently to join her in a blog, 5 Things I'm Proud Of (#5thingsimproudof), I jumped at it. Although [...]
Back in the Saddle… Part 8 Patience
When you are desperate for some consistency in your mental approach to something, being delayed from even being able to try can be really difficult to deal with. Patience is required. Particularly when horses are [...]
Back in the Saddle… Part 7 Forwards & Backwards
All has been going well with Tiny and I at home. He's not put a foot wrong and we are slowly building our relationship together both on the ground and in the saddle. However things [...]
Back in the Saddle… Part 6 Sit Up!!!
My main competitive years growing up was in the Show Jumping arena. During my teenage years I was really lucky to be in a position to ride and own some pretty speedy accurate and jumping [...]
Back in the Saddle… Part 5 Fresh Do’s & Shoe Issues!
We've reached the month point since I've been back in the saddle with a new horse of my own, Tiny, and it's starting to feel like second nature with the daily and weekly routines. One [...]
Tamsin & Zeke
There's a phrase I heard some time ago that someone was quoting to me about their personal situation. After meeting Tamsin, and her 18hh chestnut gelding Zeke, on our recent shoot that quote came back [...]
Caroline & Beatrice
I meet Caroline after I ran a competition, however it turns out that we have quite a few mutual friends. Which for someone that hasn't been in the South West all that long was quite [...]
Back in the Saddle… Part 4 Cross Country schooling the orange one.
At the entrance to a cross country schooling facility I was giggling like an idiot. I’m not sure why really as deep down I was somewhat terrified at the prospect. Bar 2 jumps out hunting [...]
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