At a couple of shows recently we have been experimenting with a small studio in our tent as well as our normal photography activities. Next year we will be offering this in one form or another at most events, but they are really event dependent.

The first is the trophy shoot, both as a mock magazine cover and second as a more straight forward print.  See the examples below.

Next will be the more traditional portrait and we can include dogs in this too, like these two.

If you would like something like this at the next show we are attending, just come and ask us. Oh, the Little Owl was brought along by the Worcestershire Barn Owl Conservation Trust and is only available at certain shows. Sales of prints featuring the owl also help the Trust.

I am pleased to announce the winner of our Spring Prize Draw is Janet Hughes from Malvern. Janet, who completed an order form at the Ledbury Spring Hunter Trials, wins a free photo shoot and a framed print. Congratulations Janet.

Our Summer Prize Draw is now under way and to enter all you have to do is complete an order form at one of the events we are attending. The next draw will take place at the end of July and the prize is once again a free photo shoot and framed print. We already have a number of entries from Sapey at the weekend.

Sapey Mid-Summer ODE was a great success with the weather staying fine all day and plenty of entries. The photographs are all available to view now in our Shop.

This coming weekend is another very busy one. On Saturday there is the Area 51 Riding Club ODE in Oxfordshire and as I can’t get to this one it is being covered for me by Simon Coates and his team, although images will be available from me after the weekend. On Sunday I will be with the Warwickshire Hunt Pony Club for their ODE at Ettington where we will have the full team. Also on Sunday is the Ledbury Hunt Summer Show, which due to a date change I obviously can’t get to in person, but we will have at least one photographer there to cover the showing classes and with any luck another to cover the show jumping. Once again, images will be available from me after the weekend.

Lets hope it is another great weekend for all.

We have just spent a very blustery two days at Berriewood Farm for their first BE in a number of years. It was great to see so many old friends again and it felt quite like past times. The three photographers working for me took many fine photos over the two days and I hope to have them all up and available for you very soon. All being well, Saturday’s pictures will be live in the morning, Monday. Many thanks to Jo, Pete and Judy for their photography and to Steve and Natalie for generally being helpful.

While I was at Berriewood, Abi and Penny were covering the Malvern Hills Riding Club Area show jumping championships for me. Jo, Pete and myself will back at Malvern tomorrow for their open showing and jumping competition and I hope to have the images for the first day of the Malvern Hills competitions online late tomorrow evening. The remainder of both sets of images will appear over the next few days.

Kings EC Christmas Show

Yesterday I went along to photograph at Kings Equestrian Centre for their postponed Christmas Show. As the snow has only just melted round here, the turnout was not huge but those there had fun and some good jumping, despite the thick fog which was evident indoors too. The photos for this event are now available in the Shop.

On Sunday I went down to Pauntley in Gloucestershire for the second time this year. The rain held off and we even had some nice light right at the end of the day. The turn out was pretty good and I am sure all had a good time on this undulating course, at least for the later classes. The variety of tiny fences for the first timers is very good here too, so there is something for most abilities.

The pictures are now available as always in the Shop area of the website. Thanks to the Clapham family who run this course, always with a warm welcome.

I was also asked to cover the Wheatland Hunter Trials at Pound Green on the same day, but as I was already booked, Abi Humphries kindly went along for me.

Images form both events are now online in the Shop.

The Ledbury Hunt held a fun ride yesterday at Ham Court, Upton on Severn. The weather stayed fair, no rain and reasonable light for photography. A gallery of photos for this event are now in the Shop. If you have not visited before, you will need to register to view the images.

This is the fourth year I have covered Pudleston Show, it is an annual favourite. I have seen some children come on in leaps and bounds over the last four years, some will no doubt ‘out-grow’ it, but there are always lots of new faces coming along for their first ever outing, some as young as three years old seem like old hands. The weather this year was not great with every body getting soaked in the morning. Anyway, the photographs are now online in the Shop area of the website. And to remind you all, you need to be a registered user to have access to that part of the website, just follow the instructions.

This was a new venue for the Ludlow to run a fun ride and almost 100 riders turned up to enjoy the day. Riding through a beautiful landscape in the sunshine is hard to beat, though there was a light shower later on. Pictures are now available in the Shop area.

Yesterday Jo & I covered the Wheatland Hunt Pony Club Show at Valley View, Broseley. The rain held of till later in the afternoon and lots of little people had a great time. There were various activities from Show Jumping to Fancy Dress and Handy Pony. Photographs from the event are now available in the Shop. If you have not already registered, you will need to do so to view the images.