2009 Artistry in Motion workshop

The two boys, MCD Coronado+ & RDS Fastigio, and myself were once again invited to the Artistry in Motion Equine photographer workshop held by April Visel & Sharon Sheppard. Last night we did photos on Summerland beach. For being a born & bred Texan, Coronado sure likes the ocean! He goes right into the water with no fear. He was really great, putting up with all the crazy things I asked him to do. Fastigio, who is 17 years old, has never been to the beach before, and wasn't too excited about it! As it gets later, the waves get a lot bigger and are very noisy as the tide comes in. I had to rush him into the water a bit since the light was fading. He eventually got used to it, and I was able to walk him into the ocean pretty deep. That was hard to walk with huge waves hitting us both.

This morning, bright and early at 6 am was the liberty shoot at Tierra Alta, a peruvian ranch in Los Olivos owned by Louise Clarke & John Carbon. They have the most amazing views of the entire valley from the mountain top pastures. Of course the boys are supposed to run around with lots of sexy hair flying in the wind - Coronado instead decided that he would rather take advantage of the lush pasture grass! I was hoping Mattie would help chase him, but she decided it was much easier to just hang out with the photographers and watch what was happening. Fastigio was a bit more accommodating, and ran around without a lot of me having to run after and chase him! And of course, he stood and posed in his famous ways!

Tonight is the riding shoot at Pacifica Arabians. Several different costumes in the trailer - will have to see what comes out later!