Tennessee memories

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Alisa came to visit friends and see the sights in Tennessee. What she thought would be a week or two turned into 5 or 6 as she fell in love with the break from life up north. Her last few days in town, she (more…)

ROLEX 2011

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

We woke up at 5:20am. Armed with a 2 tea cakes and a half a dozen lemon cookies from Ham & Goody’s ,the cameras and some gum, we hopped in the car and headed toward Lexington. A perfectly awesome day, 3 sunburns, 18 hours and 6 sore legs later, we (more…)

UNbridled {equestrian bridal}: Kati

Friday, April 29th, 2011

ok, I have to admit. This made me want to put my wedding dress on again. Isn’t she gorgeous? The buttercups (while otherwise a nuisance to horse owners) were a most gorgeous backdrop for bridal shots. Don’t we all dream of wearing a flowing white dress in a field of flowers with horses? (ok, well…hopefully its not JUST me…)

Watching the royal wedding this morning (well, I watched the recap of it…I missed it live) made me open my mind up to dream. So what do you do with this? Look around you.  Take a color, an expression, or a look and use it for inspiration. Dream in pictures of your own. Write a story, paint a picture, do something that expresses you and your unique view of the world. YOUR creative eye and mind.

These images are a direct product of dreaming…. representations of fairy tale longings I have seen in my (more…)

Penrose SPRING minis!!

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

What you need to know is that this farm is magical. Life abounds. Flowers, trees, animals, beauty. I was just telling Kristen the other day, “when I think of “home” I think of Penrose first.” And as strange as it is, its true. While I can only give you words to describe my experience, I wish that you all COULD experience it. Taking pictures there can give you a glimpse, but those who knew this farm as “home” at one time or another know what I mean.

Dear Penrose Spring Mini Sessioners, I envy you.

I seriously had a blast working with everyone and meeting your horses. You’d never even know that we (more…)

UNbridled {equestrian bridal}

Monday, April 18th, 2011

In this instance, the lucky one was ME. This was so very very cool.
Can you say with any true conviction that there is anything more beautiful than a bride among wild horses? I can’t. And while these horses are the opposite of wild (though at times their owners would surely object), they definitely let their more natural-side shine for this. Miraculous behavior swept across this herd and although they were clearly EXTRA curious, not once did they even consider a move in malice….not even toward (more…)

“Preparing…you’re always preparing? just go?”

Monday, February 21st, 2011

{this is a line from my all-time favorite movie from my childhood: SPACEBALLS} and not advice you should actually follow for your equestrian session with priddysweet.

So then, how DO you prepare? We talk in detail about styling and share ideas for your session long before it is executed. {That is part of the service that priddysweet provides to all clients}. But sometimes we get so wrapped up in what we’re doing for you (the human part of this equation) that we neglect to discuss how to prepare your equine friend.

1) Scout out places on your farm ahead of time. this will stream-line the process and minimize the extra excitement for your horse. Although most horses don’t have a problem touring the farm (the camera and lights don’t add too much in the way of shock for them either after the first 5 minutes), the less time spent on this “disruption of schedule” to your horse, the happier he will be.

2) Bathe, clip and groom horse ahead of time. Your portraits will be on your wall much longer than the time you’d be showing for (more…)