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So my new website is almost finished, but I could not wait any longer and I wanted to share my video with you.
To be honest with you I have no idea how Carl was able to put it together so well, I was just talking and taking…and he made it into such a nice piece! Thanks to Carl Craig, he is a talented musician and as you can see film maker and web designer and so many other things.
One spring day I was photographing in Stanley Park in Vancouver and came across the Mounted Police horse training. What an incredible experience! These horses are so well trained. I had a hard time to concentrate among the noise and sirens, but the horses were focused and unmoved by all the commotion.
They were training for a riot response. The horses had to maneuver around all kinds of garbage and debris. The police car had the siren going and one of the officers was banging on a giant oil drum to make even more noise.
I was so impressed seeing these guys working so hard.
I am amazed that none of them got hurt, stepped on something or got spooked.
I always admired horses, I started ridding when I was about 11 years old and my love for these big creatures is still strong. Now I just have more respect. Just like the police dogs, police horses are smart and well trained. They are hand picked and loved by their handlers.
I was very reluctant to post these photos since i was really not supposed to be there and take pictures, but the lady I talked to and gave my card to never contacted me..
I decided to post it, just because I respect these guys so much and also wanted to let them know that I have many more photos to show them, so call me?
If you want to know more about these creatures and how they are picked click here.
I am buried in orders and lose ends before my departure..Weather is not cooperating lately.. it is May! It is Vancouver! Why so cold? The forecast for Poland is lovely, I cannot wait!
So the day came! I did say I wanted to photograph the horses one day and I got what I wished for.. I have not ridden the horses for many, many years and just the smells took me back all these years and made me want to go back to the happy times of a teenage freedom.. Maybe one day I will buy a farm and have a horse or two. That would be nice! Well, it was supposed to be about Radish not me…
Radish is a mare in her twenties, semi retired and a happy horse. One problem I encounter was the fact the she was so interested in nibbling on the grass that she barely had her head up.
But as you see I managed to get some other shots too.
After photographing Radish, I ventured out to another place and got some other horses for my new portfolio.
I had such an adrenaline rush from working with the horses, such a gorgeous day!
The photos above would most likely not be popular with horse lovers, but I could not help myself and have some fun with it.
These animals were so beautiful… I had my feet stuck in mud, my heart pounding, as I did not know anything about these glorious horses and had to wonder about with my equipment in their territory with not escape..
Horses are smart, they must have felt that I was a little uneasy at times and decided to have some fun will me. When I started walking to the other side of the field, one of them began pushing me from the back. First gently and then more forcefully, moment later his friends joined in and rammed me into the fence.
The shot above is me trying to scare them away with my camera…it did not work…
I was trapped, my feet stuck in the mud, my body pressed to the wooden fence (with barb wire on it, ouch!), horse’s noses in my face. Pushing and pushing, my heart was ready to jump out of my chest.. The wired thing is that even when I was scared..it felt GOOD! I felt alive! For the first time in a while I felt like I am doing something exciting and loving it.
Not only I was pinned down by the horses, but the cows (who shared the field) also took an interest…
I do not know much about the cows, but I did not see any bulls in there..adventure continued until
Finally something made all the horses run towards the stables and leave me be, I have a suspicion that the stable boys had enough fun watching me scramble and called them in…
They all run away…
I know there is not much value in these photos, but it gets my blood pumping and I had to add it in!
I did not run out of there crying…I got back and gave it another try..just with a different guys and with the fence in between us!
I finished the day with a country drive, admiring the colors of the fall… I love life!
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