Tag: horse

Perfect Light

February 10, 2017 by Tricia Booker Photography

Earlier this year I was asked a very difficult question: What was your favorite photo of 2016? Well, at the time, I happened to know that I’d captured about 20,000 images last year between professional assignments, personal photography projects and my iPhone, because I’d recently organized my photo library to begin fresh in 2017. There were so many photographs that immediately came to mind, some of which were special because of the people in them, for the precise moment […]

Categories: Black and White, Horses, Photography • Tags: equestrian, equine photography, horse, Julie Winkel, Maplewood Stables, Nevada, photography, portrait, Reno

A Clean Start

January 1, 2017 by Tricia Booker Photography

Happy New Year! I’m not usually one who sets resolutions at the start of a new year, although I do enjoy the concept of a fresh start. Maybe it’s the clean air and crisp winter weather here on the mountain in Virginia, when December ends and January begins, that inspires me to think about starting fresh new projects and bringing closure to those in the works. But after having a quieter than usual holiday season this year, I had more […]

Categories: Horses, Photography • Tags: bath, fresh start, Happy New Year, horse, Merriam-Webster, New Year's Resolutions, rejuvenate

A Memorable Return

June 3, 2016 by Tricia Booker Photography

Before last week, it had been more than two years since I’d ridden a horse and almost four years since I’d jumped a fence in a ring. But I’m back now! After my pinto Teddy died in June of 2012 of Neurologic Lyme disease, I felt like I’d lost my best friend. Although my trainers and friends invited me to ride other horses at their farms and go out on the trails with them, somehow it made me feel worse, […]

Categories: Horses, Photography, Travel • Tags: Adult Ride and Whine Camp, Fuji X-T10, horse, Julie Winkel, Kevin Winkel, Maplewood Stables, Nevada, photography, Reno

Special Moments From Pin Oak

April 8, 2016 by Tricia Booker Photography

One of the highlights of my year is my annual trek to Texas for the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show just outside of Houston. This year marked its 71st year and my third year in attendance producing daily coverage in words and photographs. This is one of the few multi-breed, old-fashioned horse shows left in this country that’s still run by volunteers and for the benefit of charity. Pin Oak has now donated millions of dollars to the Texas Children’s […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography, Travel • Tags: artistic, horse, horse show, hunter, jumper, Nikon D810, photography, Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, Texas

Andalusian Stallion

February 1, 2016 by Tricia Booker Photography

The countdown is on for the 2016 Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, which begins next month at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas. With the staff and volunteers working earnestly on the finishing touches to this year’s 71st anniversary edition, I’ve been going back into my files this week to provide photos for them to use in the program and for other advertising needs. In looking back on last year’s show, I realized how many images I had […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Andalusian, artistic, horse, horse show, photography, Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, Sony A7, stallion

2015 International Hunter Derby Poster

September 2, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

It was great fun to arrive at the 2015 International Hunter Derby Championship in Lexington, Kentucky, last month and see that the United States Hunter Jumper Association had selected my images of Brunello and Liza Boyd for this year’s limited edition poster. This was a particularly challenging event to photograph in 2014, because just as the top horses and riders were set to return to the show ring the rain went from a sprinkle to a deluge. Thankfully, I had […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Brunello, horse, horse show, International Hunter Derby, Liza Boyd, Nikon D3s, Nkon D810, photography, USHJA

Scenes From Saratoga

June 17, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Saratoga in the summer is a revered place in the Thoroughbred world, and I was finally able to experience this New York city first-hand last week when I traveled to the Skidmore College Saratoga Classic I Horse Show. I spent the week learner judging with veteran judge Julie Winkel, an amazing horsewoman from Nevada. As an apprentice judge, part of my training is to spend time observing and learning from those more experienced, and I was fortunate to also sit […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography, Travel • Tags: horse, horse show, New York, photography, race horse, racetrack, Saratoga, Sony A7, Thoroughbred

Pin Oak Charity Horse Show I

March 23, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Week 1 of the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show is a wrap! It’s been an awesome time in Katy, Texas, photographing a variety of beautiful horses, from Andalusians and Lusitanos to American Saddlebreds, Hunters, Jumpers, ponies and many more. Pin Oak is a highlight of my spring season, and I love having the opportunity to meet new people from other breeds and disciplines and to get to know them and their horses. This year a special congratulations is in order to […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: American Saddlebred, Andalusian, horse, horse show, horses, hunter, jumper, Lusitano, Nikon D810, photography, Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, Sony A7, Texas

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reward

February 27, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

This week’s Photography Challenge featured the word “Reward,” and I instantly knew where to look for a photo depicting this definition. One of my favorite places to stand and photograph during a horse show is at the out-gate after the riders have received their ribbons. There’s often a moment after the awards ceremony when the rider revels in the moment and rewards the horse with a kiss or a pat on the neck as they leave the ring. Some riders […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: blue ribbon, horse, horse show, Nikon D3s, photography, reward, show hunter, WCHR, Weekly Photo Challenge, WEF

Chasing Time

February 24, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Now that I’m in the Level 20 Lounge in The Arcanum, I’m among those photographers waiting for Sphere 2 to open and to be selected by a new master. In the meantime, the members of the Lounge have participated in challenges, photography-related discussions and attending the Creation Wars events each Monday night. While enjoying this relative quiet time, I’ve had the opportunity to go back into my photo files from 2014 to explore. Today’s challenge was the word “time,” […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography, Uncategorized • Tags: gallop, horse, horse show, jump-off, Nikon D3s, photography, The Arcanum, time, turn

Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds

February 20, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

I’ve always enjoyed playing with negative or empty space in my photography, so the Rule of Thirds is one of my favorite compositional tools. I actually set up my cameras to have the Rule of Thirds grid on the screen just because I do find myself frequently thinking that way. While I was in Florida last week I spent a day out playing and photographing the competitors for fun and not shooting strictly for editorial. Here, I stood on […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: gratitude, horse, horse show, Nikon D3s, photography, Rule of Thirds, Weekly Photo Challenge

WCHR Spectacular

February 18, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

The $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular is held annually in Wellington, Florida, each February. I’ve photographed this event since its inaugural year way back in 1997! So much has changed since then, with the sport and the photography. But even after 19 years, I still enjoy observing some of the country’s best show hunters compete under the lights with appreciative spectators filling the stands. The challenge is to deal with the shifting lights while stopping the action […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Florida, horse, horse show, Hunter Spectacular, Nikon D3s, photography, WCHR, WEF, Winter Equestrian Festival, World Championship Hunter Rider

WCHR Out and About

February 13, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Today, one of my assignments was to take some “fun” shots for future ads and programs, which was so liberating since I usually take images for editorial use, which is more regulated. I went out and about with the Nikon D3s and Sony A7 with a wide-angle lens and a telephoto, simply enjoying the beautiful horses in the morning light. I spent time hanging out with friend and fellow photographer Vicci Valenti from The Book LLC, who was on a […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Florida, horse, horse show, Nikon D3s, photography, show hunter, Sony A7, Vicci Valenti, WCHR, World Championship Hunter Rider

WCHR Show Hunters

February 12, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Today I spent the day photographing some of the most beautiful show hunters in the country that are competing on the Winter Equestrian Festival circuit in Florida. Each year I travel here for World Championship Hunter Rider week, where the hunters are featured. Unlike show jumpers that compete against the clock, these show horses are judged subjectively on their jumping style and movement. They’re like eye candy for horse lovers! Here are a few of my favorites.

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Florida, horse, horse show, Nikon D3s, Nikon D800E, photography, show hunters, WCHR, WEF, Winter Equestrian Festival, World Championship Hunter Rider

Throwback Thursday

February 5, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

I was going through some of my old files, looking for an image for a project last week, when I stumbled upon a folder titled “Favorites.” It turned out to be a treasure trove of photographs that’s I’d taken and saved from my early years shooting digitally. This photo was always one of my favorites, shot in 2003 with a Nikon D1, at the Spruce Meadows Masters in Calgary, Alberta. The horse is Marius Claudius, ridden by Robert Smith […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Alberta, British, Calgary, horse, horse show, Marius Claudius, Nikon D1, photography, Robert Smith, show jumper, show jumping, Spruce Meadows, Throwback Thursday

Equine Tuesday

February 3, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

It’s Equine Tuesday, which is a fitting day to apologize for missing yesterday’s blog post. I’d planned to post every day this year–as I’ve done in past years–but now that I’ve taken on a few new equine-related projects I’m going to have to admit that posting daily just might not happen. I’ve enjoyed spending more time here, visiting new blogs and catching up with old ones, so I intend to continue posting as often as time allows. I met […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Equine Tuesday, horse, horse show, Horse Shows by the Bay, Michigan, Nikon D3s, photography, show jumping, Traverse City

Wordless Wednesday

January 21, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

Farrier at Work

Categories: Horses, Photography • Tags: artistic, farrier, horse, Nikon D800E, photography, postaday, postaday2015, Virginia, wordless Wednesday

Weekly Photo Challenge: New

January 3, 2015 by Tricia Booker Photography

It’s a New Year and time to reconnect with the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. So how àpropos that we are starting fresh with the word “New.” My new just happens to be old, however. One of my 2015 goals is to travel back in time into my photo archives to resurrect images that have been overlooked, ignored or otherwise lost in the whirlwind of creating new images. In 2014 I pressed the shutter on my cameras more than 21,000 times […]

Categories: Horses, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: Copperman, foal, Holsteiner, horse, new, Nikon D3s, photography, postaday, postaday2015, Skyland Farm, stallion, Virginia, Weekly Photo Challenge

Capital Challenge

October 6, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

The 10-day Capital Challenge Horse Show concluded yesterday in Maryland, and I’ll admit I was a bit tired driving around the Capital Beltway last night on the way home. This horse show is often dubbed “Capital Punishment” because of its duration and long hours. The days often begin at 7:30 a.m. and end some time after 9 or 10 p.m., with the horse show staff and media often working until well after midnight. Even though the hours are long and […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: Capital Challenge Horse Show, horse, horse show, hunter, Maryland, Nikon D3s, photography, USHJA, WCHR

The Arcanum Updated

August 5, 2014 by Tricia Booker Photography

I’ve now been a member of The Arcanum for about four months, and it’s been a wonderful experience. As a member of Laurie Rubin‘s Wildlife and Nature Cohort, I’ve been inspired to challenge myself in a variety of ways, through photographing different animals, using post-processing methods and software in new ways, as well as thinking creatively outside my comfort zone. After spending the month of July at Horse Shows by the Bay in Traverse City, Michigan, I asked Laurie if […]

Categories: Horse Shows, Horses, Photography • Tags: artistic, horse, horse show, Horse Shows by the Bay, Laurie Rubin, Michigan, Nikon D3s, photography, The Arcanum

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