And The Results Are ...

After a week (or is it two now?) of technical difficulties including the motherboard in my desktop dying and my photo website being hacked, I got some amazing news - my photo "The Warm Up" photographed at Hitching Post Horse Trials in 2008 won first place in the Professional Performance category of the 2009 Equine Ideal Photo Contest!

Talk about exciting~ Susan Sexton, one of the judges and a legend in equine photography, had this to say about the photo "This is an outstanding picture on every level: contrast, COMPOSITION, action, professionalism, use of light, shapes, depth of field, leading lines, and more. ALL the rules of photography and of this contest are acknowledged and adhered to. Especially interesting is the line from this group of three in the bottom center, leading to the next person straight ahead, and on to the white horse going against the traffic, so to speak, and nicely caught between the riders and framed by them. That line takes you right back into the picture."

So after the silver lining of the dark clouded weeks, Im in the process of rebuilding my website and catching up on orders. All of my 2009 images are posted and Im slogging thru 2008. Ill be at Beland USDF this weekend - shooting the FEI ring w my wonderful new camera - wish me soft cloud cover and temps in the 70s~