tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66038322605649437222024-03-05T21:04:00.445-07:00v18cUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-70116624301560014302010-07-17T14:07:00.005-06:002010-07-17T14:26:37.288-06:00Elder Horse Project - Mary Cornelius Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveler passing through. Your stay is but short and the moment of your departure unknown. ~ Dhammavadaka Countless times we have seen on the news after a disaster in which people have lost their homes, one of their first reactions after making sure their family members are alright, is to try to retrieve the family photos. Everything elseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-73860101388360450652010-04-15T03:36:00.001-06:002010-04-15T03:38:07.722-06:00Naughty Bits - Terri MillerI was taking inventory in my supply closet the other day and came across three rolled up canvasses. It was a triptych, removed from its support stretchers, that I had completed nearly 30 years ago. When I unrolled it, I was transported to my college days at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. For all of senior year, the Fine Art majors were given studio space. We took over several floorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-36268012355085403912010-04-05T22:17:00.002-06:002010-04-05T22:20:27.871-06:00Wild Horse Workshop - Kimerlee CurylJoin award-winning photographers Tony Stromberg & Kimerlee Curyl and renowned wild horse behaviorist Neda DeMayo for a 5 day equine photography workshop to be held at Return to Freedom in southern California. the highly acclaimed American Wild Horse Sanctuary that is home to over 200 rare and beautiful mustangs from all over the US. This a magical week spent with America's Wild Horses. If Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-16741464327419662332010-02-03T00:53:00.003-07:002010-02-03T00:57:17.473-07:00Latest Artworks on Canvas - Mary CorneliusThis past Christmas I was commissioned to do a montage of a horse and rider in a leg yield series as a gift. I had photographed this pair, Rheining Scholar and Mary Arnold last spring at the Heart of the Valley Dressage show. The sequence of images fit together well for some fun ideas in collaboration with the mare's owner Gayle Atkins.Mary and Gayle each have a large mounted canvas print of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-39134544556687979512009-12-21T21:13:00.007-07:002009-12-21T21:29:09.935-07:00Ex Arte Equinius IIIVision 18 Collective member and artist, Kim Vickrey recently won several awards in the Ex Arte Equinus III Equine Art competition. Her work "Equestrian Angel" was awarded 1st Place in Photography by Juror Susan Friedman. Susan said of Kim's print, "Out of all the entries this piece stood out, here in one frame Equestrian Angel captures perfectly the enchantment of imagination of myth in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-292523746081622932009-12-05T02:10:00.002-07:002009-12-05T02:13:14.283-07:00Giving Permission for use Forever, Even Without Winning - Lynne GlazerI'm seeing it all the time, from equine magazines to commercial horse product manufacturers: prizes offered for entering their photo contest. The latest is from Troxel, the helmet people. Offering about $250 in prizes of a helmet/vest/carry bag for the first place, helmets for 2-5th. Everyone who enters has given the rights to have their photo used in perpetuity for any use Troxel deems useful, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-75225879204219008592009-12-02T02:11:00.002-07:002009-12-02T02:13:47.350-07:00Terri Miller wins the World Cup Photo Contest Dressage Dream Terri Miller Wins the Third Offield Farms Shoot to Win Photo Contest Harbor Springs, MI—World-renowned equine photographer Terri Miller was chosen as the winner of the third Offield Farms Shoot to Win Photo Contest held at the Rolex FEI World Cup Dressage Finals. Miller’s winning photo, titled “Dressage Dream”, of Elizabeth Ball on Iris Eckstein’s Orion, was selected from dozens Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-70676373530730884802009-11-13T02:43:00.011-07:002009-11-13T02:54:18.859-07:00The Wee Horse Project - Terri MillerWhen we discovered that Susan 's leukemia was incurable, her "sisters" of the Vision 18 Collective decided to start a project. It began merely as something to cheer Susan through difficult days.I searched for an icon that each of our 14 members could easily carry everywhere, and I found the Wee Horse. He's tiny enough to fit in a purse or a camera bag, and for weeks now we have treated him as ourUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-41809648824007978822009-11-12T17:30:00.005-07:002009-11-12T17:33:33.968-07:00Susan Sexton by Terri MillerOne of my oldest, dearest friends died last night. We first met, of course, at a horse show. It was 1981, at Knoll Farm on Long Island, and I felt like the circus had come to town. Susan Sexton and her three teenage kids had arrived in their motor home to photograph the dressage show. I was a budding equine photographer myself at the time, and I’d just graduated from the School of Visual Arts in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-20468644556367551952009-10-24T23:49:00.002-06:002009-10-24T23:53:50.362-06:00Helena, Montana - Mary CorneliusBut 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-57601025994953451282009-10-11T01:55:00.003-06:002009-10-11T01:59:31.652-06:00Horse Show Food, France vs. U.S - Terri MillerI consider myself something of an expert on horse show food. After all, I’ve been sampling it for the better part of 30 years. But at no time do I see the contrasts more clearly than when I dash directly from a show in France to a show in the US. Now, there are some things about life in France that can confuse me. Like the plumbing thing. If you’re going to outfit a hotel bathtub with a shower Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-18557637818165348322009-09-17T02:58:00.007-06:002009-09-17T03:04:42.554-06:00Life Swirls... - Mary CorneliusThis time of year time just goes too fast. As a photographer I must make hay while the sun shines. Photographing dressage shows, sport horse events, breed inspections and showcases and farm calls. All of that running around time, gathering images is doubly matched at the computer downloading, backing up, editing, processing, uploading, delivering etc etc etc. Its a busy time and I guess I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-58194263703061614852009-08-19T22:30:00.007-06:002009-08-19T22:56:35.688-06:00The Great Sand Dunes - Amy E. RileyHigh Prairie CCI** is now under our belt. We survived some hot weather as well as a hefty thunder, lightning and hail storm that put off an entire cross country division until day three. We has a few minutes of panic wondering how we were going to cover two stadium courses and be back out on the cross country course at the same time. Fortunately the event organizers also had similar conflictsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-44636377273468706822009-08-19T14:41:00.001-06:002009-08-19T14:44:22.096-06:00My Big Wide World - Cristy CumberworthWhen taking photos of horses, one of the huge rules of thumb is to use a zoom lens. 100mm or more was a guideline I was once given and the longer the better. Wider angles distort the horse, often horribly. Huge noses and tiny legs... You see them everywhere in family pet snapshots and once you learn to see it, you find it often crops up in many artist's paintings and drawings because they were Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-7787681745888698732009-08-09T10:53:00.007-06:002009-08-09T11:01:47.343-06:00Painting for the Cure - Terri MillerI spent two full days painting on location at Dressage at Devonwood. The weather couldn’t have been better, although maybe it was a little too warm on Friday – so unusual for Portland, Oregon! The days are long and the light luscious this time of year. The grounds of the Devonwood Equestrian Center are a delight for riding, spectating… and as it turns out, plein air painting! The last time I’d Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-25107632645519830942009-07-31T18:37:00.010-06:002009-07-31T19:01:25.950-06:00Blog Scenes - Susan SextonA recent trip to Cave Creek, AZ, from Ignacio, CO, provided endlesspossibilities for unique images.I'm never sure which phrase I prefer. I'm very accustomed to "taking"pictures, but what we're actually doing when "taking" a picture is "making" a picture. Where did the word "take" originate in this concept? The word "making" has always felt a bit contrived. "Capturing" sounds like it's against Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-39620661256268465502009-07-09T01:18:00.009-06:002009-07-09T01:25:08.154-06:00Independence Day Photo ExplorationsWe actually took a day off on the Fourth of July. We watched tennis from Wimbledon in the morning, went to a barbeque in the afternoon, and came home just in time to watch the fireworks from our patio. Okay, I cheated on the “day off” thing long enough to take photos at that point! Now, the Fourth is definitely not Tinto’s favorite day of the year. Although our neighborhood is pretty much Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-52217739676386696502009-07-05T15:37:00.009-06:002009-07-05T15:47:31.778-06:00Back from the WildsI am back (albeit reluctantly) from SE Oregon and the wild horse herds. I absolutely love the Steens area and have made sure to revisit the area periodically ever since I "discovered" it when in my twenties.The aromatic spring sagebrush this trip was intense. Especially when you drive over it. oops... okay, we did A LOT of that but how else are you to get to the wild herds I ask. High desert wildUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-26144228815600749262009-06-19T21:11:00.003-06:002009-06-19T21:18:54.898-06:00Pony ClubPony Club is a great organization! It offers our youth a chance to learn so much, not only about horse care, but about life and working with others on a team. The older ones, helping the younger ones. I photographed the Deep South Region’s Dressage Rally over the Memorial Day weekend. I hadn’t been able to photograph for several years due to personal and work obligations. I was delighted to find Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-67486565178682087142009-05-12T12:52:00.004-06:002009-05-12T12:59:02.486-06:00Tinto The Terrier Checking InBetween book designing, painting, World Cup, and the spring dressage scene here in California, I realize that Tinto has been missing from my blog scene for a while. To his fans, Tinto sends his regards. And expects a cookie, please. As you can see in his pictures, his coat is in the “sheep” phase. People keep commenting on how big he’s gotten: I just reply that underneath all that hair is the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-45389511075902992632009-05-05T00:44:00.004-06:002009-05-05T00:48:44.994-06:00Kim Vickrey publishes in Creative QuarterlyKim Vickrey, has work published in the March issue of Creative Quarterly, the Journal of Art and Design. Creative Quarterly brings together the creative community in the best of art and design in a quarterly publication and is published by 3x3 Publishing Company, New York, N.Y. Produced four times a year, Creative Quarterly has features on illustration, graphic design, photography, and fine arts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-25924981317134660892009-04-28T14:14:00.004-06:002009-04-28T14:23:22.256-06:00Darlene Wohlart has been sitting on news of several recent sales.Pennfield Feeds, official feed of the USEF, has licensed an image from Darlene of four-in-hand driver Chester Weber to promote their feed.Voyager Press is publishing a 2010 box calendar of horses using images she supplied. Included with the calendar is a miniature Breyer horse. Some of the calendar images will also be appearing in aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-61548343786347626102009-04-23T01:07:00.003-06:002009-04-23T01:15:05.522-06:00Princeton Show Jumping ClassicKarin Naimark just finished shooting the 5 day Princeton Show Jumping Spring Classic, April 15-19, 2009, held at Hunter Farms in Princeton, NJ. The all jumper show had an exciting finish on Sunday when Linda Sheridan, riding Invitational, won the USEF 3-Star, $25,000 Grand Prix of Princeton out of a group of 20 entries. Laura Chapot won the $5,000 Welcome Stake on Wednesday. Both classes were Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-34693979864287917402009-04-20T13:10:00.004-06:002009-04-20T15:29:04.234-06:00Helping Thoroughbreds find their second careers!Sharon P. Fibelkorn has taken the opportunity to use her photographic powers for good instead of evil and has joined the freshly minted SoCal CANTER organization!For the scoop on what CANTER is ... go here: CANTER site.For the scoop on Sharon...Sharon P. Fibelkorn siteMore to come as I find my place in the herd.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603832260564943722.post-62629177723466467302009-04-16T20:18:00.013-06:002009-04-17T12:58:29.028-06:00Steffen Peters Wins Grand Prix at World CupToday history was made when Steffen Peters riding Ravel won the Grand Prix at the Rolex FEI World Cup in Las Vegas. This is the first time an American rider has achieved this goal. He had to beat out two of the most decorated riders in Dressage, Anky Van Grunsven of the Netherlands, and Isabell Werth of Germany. The fans went wild.The Vision 18 Collective are well represented at World Cup. MarieUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0