Dave Daniel Photography

I’ve known Taylor for quite awhile, as she is the adopted parent of one of our Congo African Grey parrots. Among her other pet family members is her horse Arieat. Taylor has been riding for many years and now has Arieat as her own. The two are amazing to watch as they both have this giddy excitement once the riding gear comes out.

Taylor graciously obliged my request to shoot the two of them, and we coupled that with her need for a nice senior portrait set. After spending a couple of hours with them, I’ve found a new desire to shoot animals again. It’s extremely challenging as they have their own idea of what to do, along with being prodded by the errant fly biting their legs. But as you can see, the effort is well worth the effort:

Nothing is more fun than capturing pictures at a high school senior open house party, especially when the hot summer took a break, giving us a wonderful 80 degree day. Gracia asked me to take pictures of everyone at the party to put into a scrap book of the event. With a mix of portrait pics and candids, the day finished up with over 400 pictures to choose from. Here’s a very small sampling: