#equine photography

throwback to the good, carefree old times {May 2016}

“Patience is power.
Patience is not an absence of action;
rather it is “timing”
it waits on the right time to act,
for the right principles
and in the right way.”
― Fulton J. Sheen {May 2015}

Now you surround, ‘round, 'round me
Didn’t think I could be found
Barefoot we tear through the streets
Don’t touch the ground
A long way, way, way from comfort
Keep our backs to the cold
I need you now

“MONSTER LEAD ME HOME” Sarah Hartmann {July 2016}

“A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.”
― Daniel Wallace, The Kings and Queens of Roam {May 2015}

I’ll be your hero if you need someone to save you
To the bone, to the marrow when it’s cold, I will lay with you

“SATELLITE” Sarah Hartmann {July 2016}

I got a few messages on how and how much I edit my pictures so I thought I’d give you an example of my average edit of a picture. In most cases I use Lightroom as well as Photoshop.

Usually I try to get rid of distracting and annoying stuff in the background like a fence or stuff like that if possible, which won’t always work (I usually don’t post those pictures if it annoys me too much). I also “fix” it if he is missing patches of his coat due to being a wild boy among wild boys. And I play a little with the “atmosphere”, meaning the colors. Enhance a little here, give it a bit more contrast there, add one or two layers in Photoshop, depending on the image and what’s possible, my mood and so on.

Because I get asked this a lot, too: No I don’t use presets. I tried but what works for one image won’t work for another and I find it more annoying to adjust those presets than when I start from scratch and figure out what works and what doesn’t.

Equestrian Culture magazine is looking for horse art and photography submissions from individuals either who paint, draw, sculpt or photograph horses for fun (children included) or who have just started a business as an equine artist or photographer!  Read this post to learn how to submit your work for a chance to be featured in the Fall issue: http://www.cavalcadeblog.com/2013/08/equestrian-culture-magazine-art.html 

Equestrian Culture magazine is looking for horse art and photography submissions from individuals either who paint, draw, sculpt or photograph horses for fun (children included) or who have just started a business as an equine artist or photographer!  Read this post to learn how to submit your work for a chance to be featured in the Fall issue: http://www.cavalcadeblog.com/2013/08/equestrian-culture-magazine-art.html 

Horse Photography: Julie Refer on Cavalcade