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Working for Carolina Carriage Company every Christmas season is one of my favorite parts of the year. We get to visit all of the Christmas towns, meet lots of people, and enjoy the Christmas spirits. All of the carriages are decked out in Christmas Decorations and the horses wear bells to help ring in the […]

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Carolina Carriage | Taylorsville, NC

percheron horse

Rylan was home from college and we decided to do a fun photoshoot because I had some new dresses I needed to take pictures of for the client closet. We started out inside of the venue with a fun dress and then we finished up outside at sunset with the horses. The black dress was […]

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Rylan | Equine Session | Ellendale Farms – Taylorsville NC

cowgirl with horse

I wanted to do a fun photoshoot with paint horses from a song that I heard: Little Old Paint HorseSong by Benjamin Dakota Rogers ‧ 2023 I ride a little old paint horse she carries me on my way she sure a foot in sturdy wild is the rainall the cattle they are lowing as […]

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Hannah | Equine Session | Taylorsville, NC

girl riding her horses in a field

The Leazer Family came to the farm for their family session.  They were the winners of a giveaway that I did and I was so excited they won. I’ve known G for several years and it was so much fun catching up with them and seeing how much their family had grown. They brought several […]

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Leazer Family | Farm Session | Taylorsville, NC

Mom, dad, 2 girls standing with 3 horses

With the Barbie movie just coming out I thought it would be fun to do a Barbie photoshoot and Kayla has a palomino horse, Ben, who has the really blonde hair and would be perfect for the photoshoot. Kayla found some really cute dresses and sunglasses to go with the theme and we had a blast! Here […]

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Kayla | Barbie Equine Session | Taylorsville, NC

Kayla sitting on Ben leaned over holding glasses

If you’ve ever met Halle you know she is a hoot and so much fun to be around and she is a blast in front of the camera! She got some gorgeous jewelry in from Turquoise Tuesday to do a shoot with so we did some around the farm.  We used good ole Gus, because we always […]

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Halle | Turquoise Tuesday | Taylorsville NC

Halle riding Gus smiling

While I was in Montana we stayed with my friend Mary Peters who is an amazing PRCA photographer.  She thought it would be a fun idea to do a fun photoshoot.  Brittany and Faith came out and were amazing models and had gorgeous horses.  Mary has a beautiful farm on the river with an amazing […]

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Montana Trip | Brittany & Faith | Lavina Montana

Cowgirls with all 3 horses

Natalie wanted to do a session with her sweet pony as he is getting up in age and slowing down a little bit. The first part of the session it decided to rain so we did some in the barn and they turned out so cute. We picked another day and hoped the rain would […]

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Natalie | Equine Session | Taylorsville, NC

Natalie & paint pony in black and white

Spartan was super special to Andrea.  We did a session with her and Spartan so she could remember his spunky personality and how much of a ham he is for the camera.  With old age it was time for him to go, but meeting him he sure was a free spirit. I love seeing the […]

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 Andrea & Spartan | Wingate, NC

Andrea and Spartan walking toward camera

Heather and her husband are the owners of Sport of Horses in Snow Camp, NC.  It is a gorgeous facility that offers trail rides, horse shows, camping and all kinds of cool stuff for horse owners. Heather wanted to take some pictures with her sweet guy on their farm.  We started with a few black […]

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Heather | Western Equine Session | Snow Camp, NC

Heather kissing horse close up

Lyza and Josie were such fun models for their photoshoot.  We kind of planned it on a whim and they both ended up with the same dress which was really cute.  Dolly and Gus were troopers putting up with these two crazy little girls but it was totally worth it to get some fun pictures […]

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Lyza & Josie | Equine Session | Taylorsville NC

Josie and Lyza in matching dresses

I was excited to get to photograph this gorgeous dress from Utah Rentals.  Danielle and Chexy were down to be models and we had a gorgeous afternoon with amazing views at Ellendale Farm Wedding Venue! Here are a few of my favorites from her session!

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Danielle | Equine Session | Taylorsville NC

Danielle sitting on Chex on top of a hill at sunset petting him

It’s hard to believe that Kendall is already a senior.  She is an amazing human and loves horses so much! It’s been cool following her during her horse journey and growing so much in her horsemanship. For her senior pictures she of course wanted to do some with her horse and her truck! Here are a […]

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Kendall | Equine Senior Session | Waxhaw NC

Kendall standing against hitching post with her horse

Kylie came to the farm for a western fashion photoshoot.  The first day she came out one of those July thunderstorms decided to sneak up on us and dump right when the photoshoot started so we just did a short little photoshoot in the barn and then rescheduled for a different day.   The second date that […]

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Kylie | Western Fashion Photoshoot | Taylorsville, NC

Model on horse looking left at sunset

 I was so excited to take a trip to Idaho to hang out with Theresa of Cowgirl Media.  I was going out to do some headshots of her for her business and decided to hang out a few extra days to do some cool photoshoots. The first photoshoot that we got to do was with […]

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Tevis | Equine Session | Idaho

Tevis wearing blue dress riding Palomino horse bareback

The second session while I was out in Idaho was with Dakota.  She is one of Theresa and Joe’s granddaughters and she was so kind to model for us.  Theresa has some cool Morgan horses that she has trained and we got to use one of them.  He was a ham and did so good […]

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Dakota | Equine Session | Idaho

Dakota riding buckskin with American flag at sunset

I first met Theresa through Instagram and had followed her for awhile.  She does websites for western businesses and western photography.  She was looking for someone to do her Branding pictures for her business, Cowgirl Media.  We did some pictures with her and her horse and then we did a few with her husband also.  […]

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Theresa & Joe | Branding Session | Idaho

Theresa and Joe with their horses

Getting to shoot with Rylan is always a blast! Especially at the gorgeous Ellendale Farms!We hit the sunset just right and got some gorgeous views. Here are some of the highlights from her session!

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Rylan | Sunset Equine Session| Ellendale Farms – Taylorsville, NC

cowgirl on horse in a dress at sunset

Getting to shoot with Rylan is always a blast! Especially at the gorgeous Ellendale Farms!We hit the sunset just right and got some gorgeous views. Here are some of the highlights from her session!

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Rylan | Sunset Equine Session| Ellendale Farms – Taylorsville, NC

cowgirl on horse in a dress at sunset

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