November 25th and 26th--Monochrome and Chores

Well, we're in Ohio! Craig and I made the 16 hour drive in 19 hours and didn't stop for more than 30 minutes during our stops. It was a test drive for bringing Sophie to Florida, hoping we could do it in one night. So far, I think we can. It was the first time I had driven the truck and the trailer, I took a 6 hour shift in the middle of the night (starting at midnight) so that Craig could sleep and then drive again. Anyway, on to the pictures...

November 25th--Monochrome


November 26th--Chores

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!

Lots of Days...

I got a little behind on my November Challenge updates with shooting the Dancing Horse Dressage Show on Sunday and getting ready for the trip to Ohio on Saturday. So, here are the updates. If you'd like to see the proofs for the Dancing Horse Dressage show click on this link...Dancing Horse Dressage Proofs.


November 22nd--Action


November 23rd--Thirds


November 24th--Circles


And a couple more action shots...

Day 20--Scenic

I didn't get to the barn as early as I'd hoped to, especially since the nursery furniture didn't arrive until 4:10, so by the time I arrived lessons were already in full force. I took a few pictures for the day's topic, "scenic", but then I settled in to watch the lessons. Today's picture is "action", which is hard to get with only boarder horses that are more interested in grazing than running around randomly for no reason at all. So we'll see what I end up with. I am going out to the barn again, when we drop the trailer off so that we can get things packed up for the trip north.

Day 19--Abstract

The theme of the day was Abstract. I don't do well with modern art, I don't go to museums of modern art and I skip the modern art section of the Met every time I visit. Don't get me wrong...I love going to the Met and other art museums, just don't love modern art. So this challenge was a bit of a struggle for me.





These pictures aren't abstract, but they were good moments, I was really liking the lighting on the pony by the lake and the fact that the pony was by the lake, since she's normally not there. And the squirrel! I love squirrels, if I could keep one as a pet I would and there are tons of squirrels at the barn.

If You'd Like to Buy Prints...

In case you'd like to buy prints of any of the pictures I've posted for the November challenge you can find them here or go to my website and click on the Proofs page.

November 18th--Light

Today's topic was "light". One nice thing about the barn is the line of trees running along the property, providing lots of shade as the sun sets...of course, this same line of trees provides a lot of shade as the sun sets...meaning that by the time I get to the barn after work it's almost not even visible over the trees. I was a little worried about getting a good light picture, but I think I managed it!


The rest of the "light" photos...

November 17th--Wide

My selection for the day...not my favorite, but the most horse related that I liked the best! River, the Tennessee Walking Horse...


The rest of the pictures...

Day 16--Relationships

Catching Up--Days 12-15

I got a little behind with updating the blog, but here are the past days of challenges...

November 15th..."Patterns"


November 14th..."Hay"


November 13th.."Mane"


November 12th..."Bokeh"


And then some of the rejects...

Day 11--Human

A little behind, but here are my photos from day 11, "Human". We had the day off of work, but Craig was a willing volunteer for today's picture session and put on his uniform so that I could get some Veteran's Day human pictures.

My selection for today...



My other favorites...not too many, since we don't own any of the horses at the barn and I am hesitant to put halters/leads on horses that don't belong to me just to pose them for pictures!

November 9--Eyes

Quick posting of today's picture, the theme was eye(s), most of the horses at the barn are wearing fly masks, but I did find this adorable pony and got a few good pictures of him. He just stared at me curiously, all of the horses thought for sure I was getting them for dinner though!



I'll post the other pictures tomorrow!

November 8--Water

Today's theme was "water". In between uploading orders from yesterday's show Craig and I hit the barn to get some horse related water pictures. I was hoping to get a chance to shoot someone bathing their horse, but it didn't work out, no one was to be found on a Sunday afternoon. That'll be one nice thing about having my own horse here...if I need pictures of a horse being bathed all I have to do is pull her out of her stall!

Anyway, on to the pictures. I ended up doing most of my shooting in a pasture with a pond. I hope you guys enjoy them!

First, my selection for the day's theme...


And then the rest...