Celebrities Love One Lady's Horse Photos

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him pose. Unless, of course, you are this lady equestrian photographer of Pasadena, California, whose horse portraits are trotted out for show in such homes as those of famous celebrities. Pasadena City College (PCC) gave her first camera, and now her motor home office follows trackside events all over the state, and she even covered the Montreal Olympics where she shot photos of British Princess Anne.

Right after graduation at Pasadena High School, she took photography classes at PCC, for which it was easiest for her to practice on horses. Since 10 years of age, she had been living close to Eaton Canyon Riding Stables. The stables were her practice grounds on weekends, where she used her borrowed camera for assignments. Once she sold her first horse photo, she gave up music, art, and journalism.

At a horse show in Santa Barbara she was hired as assistant to two famous equestrian photographers with whom she travelled all over the country for two years, bringing horses in focus at shows, tracks and state fairs. Then she was taken on by another famous pair, who kept to California events. Nowadays, she works with her Swedish camera with German lens and lets her mother take care of business.

Six-foot jumps and winning a race by the nose are her trademark shots. However, she also has a knack for getting horses on all fours to pose. Some horses are born to be models. Once these horses feel a camera on them, they turn and perk their ears or raise their heads. Others are downright bored and blas?.

Good photos don't just grow on trees. One type of horses, the hunters and jumpers, are best shot mid-air with legs bent at the right angle. When it comes to Tennessee walkers, they are best shot with their front hoofs in action and an over reaching hoof with their hind legs. Whereas the best pictures of stock horses are them stopping in a slide, the best pictures of saddle horses are those with their heads and legs held high. She has received generous praise for photos of the Peruvian Paso, a South American endangered species that animal groups are trying to increase in population. Their best angle is with their forelegs rolled toward the outside. With the aid of their riders in traditional white ponchos with elaborate bridles and saddles, they have become a photographer's dream.

Photography has enabled her to see many celebrity horse lovers. She has even made it to royal circles. At the Montreal Olympics, she stood next to the Queen while snapping photos of Princess Anne. She started a conversation, and the Queen revealed that she felt nervous every time her daughter would take a high jump. She began to photograph fork lifts for a little variation, even though she fills her spare time with swimming, back packing, bicycling, panning for gold and sometimes even horse riding.

She didn't have to worry about the fork lift perking its ears.

By: Ruthtran

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