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The Derrer Family travels all over the midwest showing their 6 team hitch and it is so cool to see the horses and how majestic they are. When they got back from their summer run, they wanted to do a photoshoot with the horses and all of the awards they won. During the first part […]

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Derrer Family | Equine Session | Taylorsville NC

black background of a horse

I was so excited to take picture of Crystal on her farm. She owns Sink Longhorns and has some really cool longhorns and lots of babies all over the farm. And also she is a badass cowgirl as well. If you’ve ever met Crystal you know she’s super cool and a hoot to be around! […]

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Crystal | Western Lifestyle Photoshoot | Winston Salem, NC

cowgirl roping on her horse

I had a blast with Skylar and all three of her horses! She lives on a gorgeous farm in Mocksville surrounded gorgeous views. We had several fun ideas and several fun new dresses and outfits to wear that were out of client closet and some fun ideas for tiktok and other stuff as well. I’m […]

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Skylar | Equine Session | Mocksville, NC

cowgirl standing with 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

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

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

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

Morgan is SO much fun and I was so looking forward to her Bridal pictures with all of her horses.  I knew we would have a blast.  We started in the barn with all of her horses to do some black backgrounds with each one of them.   Then we did some outside and the weather […]

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Morgan | Equine Bridal Session | Charlotte, NC

Morgan and horse 1 black background

The parachute dresses are some of my favorites to take pictures of! They are so big and flowy and look gorgeous on everyone! I decided to have a parachute dress mini session day and we had some amazing ladies come out!  Here are a few fun pictures from the day of mini sessions!

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Parachute Dress Sessions | Taylorsville, NC

girl in hat riding Gus with black parachute dress flying out to the sides

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

If you have never met Elizabeth you are definitely missing out. She is an amazing horse trainer and so talented at what she does. Her farm, Shoals Creek Ranch, is located in Millers Creek. The facility is beautiful. The barn and arena up on top of a hill with views of the river and mountains. […]

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Elizabeth | Western Lifestyle | Millers Creek NC

cowgirl riding horse

Grace’s western fashion equine session at sunset was absolutely stunning. It was so much fun getting to know her and her story. I always say God places people in your life right when you need them and she was one of those people. Grace also does photography and is amazing! And she is a phenomenal […]

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Grace | Western Fashion | Taylorsville NC

cowgirl riding on a horse

I was so excited when Wendy was telling me her ideas for her photoshoot. She wanted to light some newspapers on fire, do a shoot with a big dress and do some pictures with the water trough on the hill at sunset.   We were able to make all of that happen in an hour! Wendy […]

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Wendy | Western Lifestyle | Taylorsville NC

Wendy riding Gus in black dress

Some of the hardest and most special photoshoots are the ones of old horses. DeAnne has had Buddy for many years.  They covered a lot of miles together and in his spry old age he was still a feisty old guy.  But time wears on them like it does us and his body was just getting older. DeAnne […]

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Buddy | Old Horses | Taylorsville NC

DeAnne kissing Buddy on his head

Some of the hardest and most special photoshoots are the ones of old horses. DeAnne has had Buddy for many years.  They covered a lot of miles together and in his spry old age he was still a feisty old guy.  But time wears on them like it does us and his body was just getting older. DeAnne […]

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Buddy | Old Horses | Taylorsville NC

DeAnne kissing Buddy on his head

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