This is Gilly, an arab mare. Took these yesterday. She was very well-behaved – Jackie has her horses well trained. The weather co-operated too – it was a nice clear evening, not too cold.
Gilly
Gilly
These are a couple of Jackie’s Shetland Ponies – Crystal and Chloe. Took these yesterday evening. I enjoy playing at being a horse / equine photographer.
Jackie’s arena is a great location for photography – it’s in quite an open setting with rolling hills in the background. There was some light rain so I had to clone out a few spots in some of these photographs.
Jackie & Chloe
Crystal
Crystal
Fariesh is my sister-in-law’s arab gelding. I took these photos last week. It was a good night for it – cool, clear. Although he’s normally quite a spooky horse, Fariesh behaved well for most of the session, though he did bolt at one point, which spooked me as I was standing right in front of him.
Fariesh
Fariesh
Fariesh
The photograph is from summer 2009. I spent a fair bit of time at horse trials around Scotland. (Click on the image to enlarge.)
Hopetoun House Horse Trials
Took some pictures of a spare part for my brother’s motorbike the other day (For eBay). Altered it in PhotoShop – just experimenting with some of the new features in the latest version.
Spare Part
Took this one at Blair Horse Trials 2009.
William Fox-Pitt, Blair 2009
Got a new razor so I decided to take a few pics of it. Simple lighting.
Razor
Experimenting with backgrounds in Photoshop.
Trainer
Dabbling with macro photography again – this time a ring. Not easy to get right – I had hoped for more sparkle on the stone but this was the best I got with the lighting I had.
Ring
Out and about today. Took a few snaps of Jackie’s arab, Gilly. It was pretty overcast and already getting dark by the time I finished (About 4:15pm). The weather was reasonable for this time of year – not much wind and just a few sprinkles of rain, which had me throwing my jacket over the light to keep the moisture out. Reasonably happy with these, the best of about 50 pics I took over the space of 20 minutes or so.
Gilly
Gilly
Gilly