Archive for the ‘Equine’ Category

I met Laura in 2006 and I photographed her horse (at the time) “White Noise” along with the other horses on her property. This time I was called in to photograph her daughter’s horses Indigo and Sophia.

I drove through a thunderstorm on my way there and was worried that it would not blow over in time. Thankfully it did.

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It was a cold and wet morning on the 30th of December 2010. I got up at 4:45am in hope of photographing the wild horses at sunrise. I arrived at the Rooisand nature reserve in Kleinmond, while it was still dark. It was quite cold and I only had a thin jacket on for warmth. I left the comfort of a heated car with my gear. I still had no idea what to expect. It had been raining on and off for a few days and I had to leave for Johannesburg the next day so I had to get something. I postponed my visit there due to the bad weather a few days in a row but was not going home without seeing the wild horses.

I made my way to the water and in the distance  I spotted 5 horses. I tried to go unnoticed but they saw me so I stopped to observe them for a while in case they would disappear into a secret hiding spot. I moved closer and paused every now and again. It was an amazing feeling standing there in nature. I have a spectacular view in front of me. Wild horses with a thick bush right behind them and the beautiful mountains in the background. Behind me the sun was rising and I was waiting for a spectacular sunrise as there was a decent gap of clear skies on the horizon.

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On a recent visit to the Underberg in the Drakensberg I realized just how tough horses are. It is in the middle of July and of course winter here in South Africa. I grew up in Johannesburg and have traveled a fair bit through different regions of our beautiful country. But never have I experienced bone breaking weather like this! It was freezing!

I decided to get up early for sunrise on the morning of our departure. So with my gear packed and ready I went to some locations that I had scouted the day before. There is this field with horses and ponies with a few lines of trees in the background that I thought would make a fantastic scene to photograph.

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I recently photographed the Sankt Georg Stables team. Their website received a makeover by The Magic Box. These images would be used on the Team Page.

Read the full article on my Equine Photography Blog and see more photos on my Facebook page.