One of my favorite events to attend is the Smoky Mountain Horse Sale. Not only is it close to home but it’s the event that gets everyone excited about the upcoming show season! This is normally my time to test my equipment and get the rust off my skills. This year, I took a different road. In light of my new outlook and business plans, I took this sale as an opportunity to test some prospect candid photographers.
The first one you already know. It’s Noelia Dixon. She works the table for me at shows. With the new set up, it’s going to make things so much easier for her and the customers to handle the viewing process. This will also grant her a little more time. She is a camera fanatic. Always catching photos while we are on the road. I have to watch myself sometimes because I never know what photographic coverage she will have posted to her MySpace page of me! Example – me chowing down on a bunch of waffles in West Virginia! She’s still learning horses but she has a catchy eye for children and arty moments. The two following images are hers.
Rebecca Britt’s family is no stranger to the show ring. Her brother, Nathan Britt, rides in many East Tennessee Shows and so does sis Amanda. Rebecca never took quite the pull to horses that her siblings did but she has one thing that can’t be taught – the artistic eye and hunger. She’s an artist! I came to know here through her mother, Angela. She told me Rebecca may like to do some candids for me. I found her on Facebook and got to looking at some of her art images. WOW! This girl has a lot of talent. This was her first time with a huge camera and lenses in her hands and I basically threw her out of the nest to see how far she could fly. She did wonderful!
Last but certainly not least is Darren Gilliam. Unlike Noelia and Rebecca, Darren is a serious horse person and knows a lot about how the Walking Horses move. He owns padded performance horses and shows about every weekend. He is constantly tormenting me with action shots he manages to get with his cell phone at neighboring barns. He has done some candids for me in the past but I wanted to throw the big rig in his hands so he could get a better appreciation for what the in ring camera person does. He has major potential. He’s just a little shy!
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