My sister, Kristy, and I had wanted to do a shoot with our
horses for a long time. So on a day in early spring with high storm clouds we
decided the time was perfect. We went to work styling the shoot with a worldly
flare. Our dad brought back the beautiful blue woven serape form Guatemala in
the late seventies. The scarf was a gift from a good friend upon here return
from Kenya Africa. Handmade feather hair piece by Laura Brothers. Shells from
Hawaii. The bracelets were from as far away as Belarus, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Moccasins from the American west. And a hand crafted turquoise ring from a
Navajo jeweler, Herbert Platero. The
horses were their curious selves, the younger ones coming right up to check out
the camera and nibble on our clothes. The older ones had a little more spunk,
desperately wanting to avoid being ridden. Fortunately we had Riley there to wrangle
the ornery ones. The horses still
had on their winter coats, which photographed beautifully. The shoot was an
overall success and an all around good time. We were girls again playing dress
up with our horses.
