LLF Rider – Jessie Parson Jessie Parson is the second LLF Rider for 2019 and I’m so excited to introduce you to her.  She has been a barrel racer her entire life, she is an equine/human massage therapist at Parson Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, a vet tech for Statesville Equine Clinic, and a mom to […]

An Equine Photographer I met Cassidy of Cassidy Brooke Photography out of Charlotte, NC on Instagram.  I saw her work and we started chatting and instantly hit it off.  We are both laid back photographers that love horses.  It is so much fun meeting other photographers and getting together for a fun shoot.  I invited […]

Equine Session Teagan has been my side kick since she was little.  She fell in love with horses at a young age and they have been a part of her life ever since.  She is already 17 and turning into a beautiful young lady.  Teagan has a heart of gold and will always let you […]

Do I Trust God to be God? This hit hard, like smacked me in the face hard.  We go around as Christians saying we are living for God, but do we really mean it.  Do we really turn our problems over to him when the going gets tough, or do we try and fix the […]

A Girl and Her Horse Reid is already 14 years old.  I remember when she was born and when her mom first brought her home.  There is nothing to make you feel older than watching your cousins grow up. We scheduled a fun shoot with Reid’s new horse, Jed.  This was the first time I […]

Tuesdays Together – Hickory About 2 1/2 years ago I was looking for a community of people that I could bounce ideas off of and just talk about photography and business ideas.  I reached out to a few local photographers to see if they would be interested in getting together and starting a group, but […]

Western Maternity Session I don’t get to do a ton of maternity sessions but when I do, I love doing them on the farm.  My cousin Chelbe and her husband Seth are expecting their first little girl.  We spent the evening walking around the farm, laughing, and taking a lot of pictures! Check out a […]

For the month of March, CDPhotog had his monthly photography competition.  This month we had to use a wide angle lens and capture some kind of action without zooming in but getting up close and personal with the action.  It was a little scary being 8 months pregnant and having Jessie spin super fast circles […]

AQHA Amateur Heading World Champion MJ Razor Wire was the AQHA Amateur Heading World Champion in 2018.  This was a title that Rodney had been working for, for many years.  It has been a lot of long nights, traveling, and riding on days where you don’t feel like saddling up. It has been good days […]

April 24, 2011 it was Easter Sunday and I was camping with some friends in the mountains of North Carolina.  I got up that morning got the horses saddled and was getting ready to head out on a ride.  I heard my phone go off and I looked down…I’ll never forget that text message…It said […]

Farm Maternity Session Having my pictures taken is not one of my most favorite things but I know it has to be done. Tasha Barbour of Tasha Barbour Photography is a good friend of mine and she came over and did some beautiful headshots and maternity pictures.  At the time of our maternity pictures I […]

LLF Rider 2018 End of Season Samantha Collins started her year out in North Carolina wanting to do cutting horse shows and ended up on a barrel horse ranch in Colorado. Throughout the year she faced a lot of trials and hard times and wasn’t really sure how she would end up.  From an injured […]

Jaidyn finished out the year strong! She has grown so much over the past year in her barrel racing and goals. She finished her High School Rodeo Year second place in the Jr. Division. This was a big deal for her because it was her first year running on Poo and she was running against […]

Born to Ride Hadley’s first birthday came so fast it was hard to believe she was turning one. Jessie is one of my long time best friends and seeing her become a mom for the first time was one of the coolest things I have ever gotten to see! Jessie always dreamed of having a […]

Grace Askew This past fall I took a trip out west to visit some friends in Colorado and Oklahoma.  On the way out I got the chance to meet up with a singer that I have been following for I know over four years, Grace Askew.  I first heard of her when she was on […]

Barrel Racing Bride A few weeks ago there was an image of a barrel racing bride going around facebook.  I saw the image and instantly wanted to do a version of that.  I made a post on facebook looking for someone who would be crazy enough to do it and April was the first one […]

Elder Family Farm Session You might remember these two from their wedding in Fort Walton Beach, FL last May.  They had a gorgeous wedding on the beach and I was so lucky to be a part of it!! The first time we had their session scheduled we were getting over 16″ of snow in early […]

Dixie Classic SRA Rodeo I was excited to tag along with my friend Heather from 555 Photography as she shot the Dixie Classic Fair SRA Rodeo in Winston Salem, NC.  We don’t get to see each other very often but she was going to be so close that I had to go hang out and […]