I wanted to take a minute to dig-in to the topic of casting calls, why I use them, who should respond to them and how you can get notified about upcoming needs.
After years of only having an Instagram account, I finally took the plunge and created a Facebook page.
I hope to share a bunch of fun things there including:
Every day someone asks me, “Samantha, don’t you think I have enough photos of me and my horse?”
Just kidding.
No one ever says that.
But I am getting a lot of DMs on Instagram asking me about my process and I’m going to address one very specific question here today because I think it’s worth diving in.
Can you believe the holiday season is already starting? I’m over here finishing up the candy from Halloween… yikes! I mean, have you even started looking at your shopping list?
This year, I was craving some holiday inspiration so I went ahead and created the ULTIMATE equestrian gift guide to share with you.
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The crisp mornings, shorter days and spunky horses - all signs that we’re leaving behind those warm and hazy summer days and heading into the bright and colorful fall season.
And I for one, couldn’t be more excited because it means ridiculously gorgeous photos with all the golden warm tones that make photos become magic. And speaking of magic… you need to see these photos!
Read MoreThis past September, I caught up with the Capital Cowgirls Drill team at Wesley Clover Park’s Fall Horse Festival. The Fall Horse Festival encourages kids to experience first contact with horses and I can’t think of a better group of ladies to be introducing kids to horses!
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I had the incredible pleasure of photographing a styled shoot that was, in a word, breathtaking. It was one of my favorite shoots to date and I’m honoured to have worked with such an incredible team.
We arrived at the Kastle Rock Gypsy Farm early in the afternoon so that Kaitlyn (our absolutely STUNNING model and talented equestrian) could have her hair and makeup done by Shannon Doyle of SD Beauty. Shannon was involved from the start to pull together this short notice shoot and she took it to the next level by inviting Stacey of Sinders Bridal House and Kelly’s Flowers of Perth to join in the fun!
I was blown away by my experience with everyone - let me give you the behind the scenes scoop:
Read MoreYou’ve definitely done this.
You look at your horse and say to yourself, “Wow! I can’t believe how far we’ve come!”
You’ve been working so hard and before you know it, you think - where has the time gone? We should have some photos taken…
Then the next season comes and goes, and then the next, and the next, and the next and...holy moly 2 years have gone by and you STILL haven’t done it.
So in case you are on the fence, here are the 6 reasons I think are the most important to have photos taken with your horse.
Read MoreHorse Lover’s Weekend at Upper Canada Village (in Morrisburg, Ontario) is filled with the very best things a horse lover could imagine including demonstrations by phenomenal horsemen and women such as Farrah Green (horsemanship specialist and President of the International Horsemanship Association), Lindsay Partridge (founder of Harmony Horsemanship) with her lovely Thoroughbred mare Fairly, the Capital Cowgirl drill team (wow, those girls can ride!), Kariane Lafrance and her beautiful horse Spirit, Ken Reid’s phenomenal driving demonstration with the team from Reid Acre Farms, the Scottish Horse Whisperer and amazing activities including wagon rides, a parade, an intro to becoming a horse whisperer, a race and a full-blown mock horse auction!!!
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