I cannot remember my life before I had a camera in my hand. The idea of capturing a moment that would soon be gone--never to ever happen again--was a compulsion I had even in grade school. Tolerant parents and a kind aunt supplied me with my first darkroom, which I set up complete with a dim red light in the basement. When other girls my age were curling their hair and crank calling boys, I was bumping around in a poorly ventilated, unfinished bathroom mixing developer and stop bath, trying to coax the best images I could from a classic camera 20 years my senior.
My parents indulged my passion and allowed me to go to Community College for photography classes my senior year of high school, but I didn't push my luck in majoring in photography after high school graduation and instead went the boring "Communications" route in College. After losing interest for a little while, I picked up my first digital camera in 1997 and never looked back.
Today I proudly lug around a Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 5DIII and various lenses and my constant companion the iPhone (don't laugh! it rocks!), and can be found pointing my camera mostly at horses. I've spent far more time than I'd like to admit traveling to Horse Trials and Three-Day Events taking photos of my favorite subjects, and my favorite events include Burghley (Stamford, England), Rolex Kentucky, and the World Equestrian Games (Various Locations).
While I occasionally shoot horse shows and events as either an Official Photographer (OP), or work for other photographers doing the same, I do tend to shoot-by-hire or privately most days. Out of respect for my fellow photographers, I do not sell photos from events where there are hired Official Photographers (OP's) unless I have been hired beforehand to specifically shoot you and your horse.
I was born and bred a Marylander, but now call Southern Pines, North Carolina my home. The weather, the sand, and the cost of living brought my better half and I here in 2008. At the time of writing this (ha!) I own an assortment of horses, a cat, two dogs, a donkey and a flock of ridiculous chickens. I try to ride daily in between shooting, caring for the farm.
My parents indulged my passion and allowed me to go to Community College for photography classes my senior year of high school, but I didn't push my luck in majoring in photography after high school graduation and instead went the boring "Communications" route in College. After losing interest for a little while, I picked up my first digital camera in 1997 and never looked back.
Today I proudly lug around a Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 5DIII and various lenses and my constant companion the iPhone (don't laugh! it rocks!), and can be found pointing my camera mostly at horses. I've spent far more time than I'd like to admit traveling to Horse Trials and Three-Day Events taking photos of my favorite subjects, and my favorite events include Burghley (Stamford, England), Rolex Kentucky, and the World Equestrian Games (Various Locations).
While I occasionally shoot horse shows and events as either an Official Photographer (OP), or work for other photographers doing the same, I do tend to shoot-by-hire or privately most days. Out of respect for my fellow photographers, I do not sell photos from events where there are hired Official Photographers (OP's) unless I have been hired beforehand to specifically shoot you and your horse.
I was born and bred a Marylander, but now call Southern Pines, North Carolina my home. The weather, the sand, and the cost of living brought my better half and I here in 2008. At the time of writing this (ha!) I own an assortment of horses, a cat, two dogs, a donkey and a flock of ridiculous chickens. I try to ride daily in between shooting, caring for the farm.
