Just before last Christmas I was approached by a lovely lady, Helen, desperate to give her friend Sarah a really personal birthday gift to remember as she'd been having a really tough time of it lately. Helen was completely unhorsey but she knew how much Sarah's ponies all meant to her. I've said it before, so [...]
Once upon a time, you went to the saddlery and you'd find a rail with jodphurs and breeches on. Beige for shows, navy or black for general riding and kicking about. Breeches for adults you needed a bigger saddlery for. Brand choices were limited. It was all super practical and not very pretty or edgy. [...]
I’m frequently sent messages from potential clients that start with something like.. ”Oh but Billy is such a fidget. He’s awful at standing still, I’m really not sure he’ll cope with it all!!” (Obviously not all horses called Billy are in this situation 😉 ) So here’s my take on it all... ♥︎ ♘ ♥︎ [...]
I say this every time and every time I mean it. Each relationship I'm privileged to photograph is unique. Each person, horse or dog story is unique. Each time I meet a client I walk away with both a huge grin on the outside and a greater understanding of just how powerful animals can be in [...]
There are times when I meet people and leave them knowing just how much their horse means to them. Through the conversations I learn so much about how their relationship grew. Where that relationship is today and what plans are in place for the future too. Naturally I find out about the person who loves the [...]
I've always been fascinated by the art of farriery. From a small age with my own ponies I loved the days we had to visit the farrier. My first farrier, Bryan, didn't travel. An old fashioned farrier with a forge in the centre of town. We went to him, past the bakery and the shoppers. Through [...]
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 to me. 'I'm not a one in a million kind of girl, I'm a once in a lifetime kind of woman'. [...]
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 an eye opener for me! Actually, it gave us lots and lots to talk about as we walked with her lovely [...]
I first met Daniel when his girlfriend, Becky, had a shoot with me earlier in the year. Daniel was such a brilliant help on that shoot in so many ways and it was a particularly fun shoot as a result. When the time came for a shoot for Daniel too I was so pleased that Becky [...]
I think I met Kate back in the spring of 2017 not long after I moved into Somerset, however I didn't really get to know her until the following Autumn and our friendship has blossomed since. We'd joked about portrait sessions for a very long time for one of her horses but something was always holding [...]