Palm Beach Dressage Derby 2009

Susan Sexton an icon of the horse world
Susan Sexton. That famous signature SS on so many photographs.   I always thought of her as the grand dam of sport horse photography having started her business in the mid to late 70's.  She had been a household name to me practically all of my adult life. I've waited awhile to write anything about Susan who we lost on Nov 11th after a year's battle with Leukemia. I had to settle my thoughts and come to some level of acceptance that she is gone.  

Skipping Ahead
My blog updating has been paved with those proverbial good intentions, but once I got so far behind, I kept thinking that I had to wait until I was in a writing mood to tackle catching it up. By this time of year, I have slowed down and am in the recovery mode and coming in for a landing.I

Stampede to Oblivion
As many of you know, I have taken several trips out this year visiting and photographing the wild horse herds in Oregon, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho and this subject is near and dear to my heart. I have a really hard time with injustices and lies and greed especially when our government is supporting it all. It is very hard to watch history repeat its

Helena Montana
But first... a few words about Helena Montana and surrounding area. Helena is so much more than I had expected for a "western town". It built up during the silver and gold rush and was home to more millionaires than any other city in the world. This is reflected in the beautiful big churches, wonderful old city center buildings and the mansion district up on the hill. For an architecture nut, I was in heaven. The Great Northern Carousel in Helena features all kinds of animals that one would find in Montana. I had a blast photographing the swirling buffalo,wild cat, antelope, horses, frog, indian pony, bear, otter (you could ride on his belly)mountain goat,trout, my favorite, a sort o

Catching Up
Much behind in updating my blog and so much has happened. I was swept up into the whirlwind of photographing several events in a row which always take days afterward at the computer sorting, editing and processing images for uploading to galleries. At the same time, I am processing the photo orders th