Two photos from my upcoming California Mustangs series have earned top honors in the peer juried Equine Photographers Network Summer Solstice Project competition. This unique contest encourages photographers to document the life of the horse and illustrate their surrounding and relationships on the summer solstice, June 21. As you may recall, thanks to my dear friend Laura Roberts, I had the very rare and unique opportunity to photograph these BLM mustangs in the high desert of central California earlier this summer. As luck would have it, our adventure just happened to fall on June 21, making these images eligible for the EPN Summer Solstice Project competition. Competing against other photos taken by professional equine photographers around the globe, California Mustangs at Sunset and California Mustangs - The Duel at Dusk, both earned top honors in the peer juried contest, with California Mustangs at Sunset receiving the most votes overall and The Duel at Dusk finishing in the top eight. In addition, I was the only photographer to have two photos place in the top eight. There is perhaps no greater prize than to have fellow professionals judge your work as worthy, and for that, I am quite humbled and honored. A huge thanks to the Equine Photographers Network for putting on this contest and for the outstanding prize of a six-month membership. Images are available for purchase at special pre-release pricing. Please contact me for more details. 

One of my favorite parts of my job? Helping customers to chose the right photos to decorate their homes. Last night, I spent two hours with a client deciding on the perfect large wall collage of photos for their master bedroom. Today, I delivered a custom-sized canvas (a sneak peak of the California Mustangs series) for another client that consulted on the best way to fill a 'hole' left by another photo. (Isn't she a beauty?Can't wait to share more from this series). Whether they be portraits from their family session or wedding, or prints of my work, it is so much fun working with my clients to create the perfect look for their home while staying within their budget. And there's never any extra charge for design/consult service! Contact me today to turn your walls into the ultimate gallery!