Photo Shoot Follies

Skip and the author

I was recently featured in a photo shoot requiring horses (more about this soon). I had the best time with them, but as you can see from this photo that Skip had other ideas on how to pose for the picture! There is a cow pasture across the road and one of the cows had a calf. They were bellowing with each other. Apparently, Skip needed to see what was going on behind me. It’s not that this was anything new for him. He is pastured across from them every day, so he must have just been curious about the commotion.

Jester and the author

Jester enjoyed his grazing while we took photos of him and me. It’s a beautiful picture of him, but not so much of me. He was happy to take up all of the limelight in most of the pictures with him in them. We did manage to get a few that we could possibly use for the shoot. When he decided he was done posing for the day, he literally beelined (I couldn’t stop him!) right for Becky Milne , the horses’ and farm’s owner, who was gracious enough to share them all with us for the two and half hours it took to do the photo shoot. The farm environment made for a magical background in all of the photographs.

Stryker and the author

Ah, Stryker, grandson to the great Seattle Slew. He was happiest grazing for photos but not so happy when we wanted to take some poses with him standing near me. He suddenly pulled on the lead rope and insisted on saying hi to the author and model, T.K. Sheffield, who was busy using three cameras for the shoot. He, like Jester, decided when he’d had enough. You can see I’m pulling on the lead with zero response from him and I strength trained!

All in all, it was a successful and fun-filled day. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day to be outside and around the animals on the farm.

A huge thank you to T.K. Sheffield and Becky Milne for all of their help!

Eeyore and the author

Finding A Riding Stable Update

Pexels Photo

I am happy to report that last Friday I met with a trainer at a nearby stable who teaches dressage. Although I’ve ridden mostly hunt seat, I am interested in learning more about dressage, basically that beautiful seat where the horse and rider work together in perfect harmony. I have a lot to learn, but I am so happy to be able to ride and be around horses regularly again. My first lesson is this Saturday. I’ll try to remember to take pictures to share next blog entry.

Happy horses!

Author Kerri Lukasavitz and the middle grade Oak Lane Stable Novel Series: Books written for young readers, but enjoyed by horse lovers of all ages.