Equine Photography at Elk Garden, Virginia | Elizabeth’s Mountain Horse Session

There’s just something about taking your horse up into the mountains that makes everything feel a little more magical.

For Elizabeth’s equine session, we headed up to Elk Garden in Virginia on a summer afternoon and brought her horse along for the adventure. While it was hot down below, the temperature was sitting in the low 70s up on the mountain—and it felt absolutely amazing.

We started the session with Elizabeth in her first dress, and the whole scene felt like we had stepped straight into another time. The mountains, the trees, her horse, and that beautiful dress all came together to create this almost 1800s feel. There was something so simple and timeless about the whole thing.

Elizabeth is an incredible horse trainer based in Millers Creek, and she is always so much fun to work with. She has such a natural connection with her horses, which makes sessions like this so much fun to photograph. Give her a beautiful mountain location, a horse, and a little bit of magic—and I’m definitely in my happy place.

And this was only the beginning…

Stay tuned for Part 2, when Elizabeth changes dresses and we stick around to catch that gorgeous mountain sunset. Trust me, you’re not going to want to miss it.