I have been a member of the Equine Photographers network for 4 years.  I have learned so much from this strong community of Professionals.  Along the way I have enjoyed participating in the monthly challenges.  This month is a Photo a Day.  This is indeed a challenge since I do not live on the farm where I ride.  I plan to visit Germania Stables and other local farms as well as get extremely creative in order to continue the Photo a Day Challenge while in Texas at the NARHA conference for 6 days!!  Stay tuned!

  Day 1: Hair   Day 2: Environment  Day 3: Blur Days 4: Legs  Day 5: Texture  Day6: Behavior

 Day 7: Curves  Day 8: Water

  Day9:  Eye

I returned to do a second Farm call with Gabi of Habibi Arabian Sport Horses and her wonderful stallion Focus Aveeon.

He truely is the sweetest stallion ive ever met.  He is also a handsome young man and is great at showing it!

This visit was undersaddle and braided. The fall color in the background was great.

Im begining my 6th year in business here in Missouri. While I do offer other types of photography, my greatest love is Equine Photography.
I have photographed horse shows from Springfield to St. Louis. I have done several Senior portrait sessions that include
horses as well as several Farm calls. I have spent many hours just hanging out in the pasture with the horses i see the most often. The painting in my blog banner is one of my favorites and is a memorial to a truely wonderful Tennessee Walker named Hogan. The painting is titled “Hogan and his girls”.
I truely love capturing the spirit and personality of a horse as well as that special bond between a horse and its owner.

Here are just a few of my favorites from the past 5+ years.

Erst Photogrpahy will be the Official Photographer at the SMHJA show at Shadowbrook stables in Fairgrove, Missouri on October 10, 2009.
Be sure to put your name and email on our sign in sheet to be entered in the drawing for a free 8X10. (image must be from this show)

Erst Photography is also available for Farm Calls and Portrait sessions. If you are interested in setting an appointment and/or
hearing about our pricing for these services please call (573-528-2683) or contact us via email erstfj@cablemo.net

A few images from the June 2008 Show:

I am a firm believer that one never stops learning. Over the past two years I have participated in 5 online photography classes that have
brought me new insight and helped to improve my overall style of photography. 2 of the classes were from Betterphoto.com and
3 of these classes were taught by the brilliant pro photographers from the Equine Photographers Network.

Advertising & Promotion II with Peter DeMott
Equine Photography Basics II – by Carien Schippers
The Art of the Equine – Human Portrait II with Shelley Paulson

Shelley is an amazing photographer and has provided alot of valuable information.
Thank you Shelley for a great information packed class!!

I had some volunteer Models and their Equines Pose for me for this class.
Below are a few examples from these sessions.

Erst Photography now has a facebook page.

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Check often to see if there are any specials!

Sunday night was an exciting night for me.  I did a farm call with a beautiful Arabian stallion named Focus Aveeon.

The first visit was in halter and at liberty. The next visit will be braided and undersaddle.  I cant wait!

We went to the Soldier show and fireworks on post at Fort Leonard Wood.  Always lots of fun.

I had the pleasure of photographing my best friend and her horse while on a recent trip to Florida.

http://www.erstphotography.com/gallery/8790181_t5kgp#581921094_3bAqQ The rest of the photos from the shoot can be seen here.

Didnt have anything in my schedule today so I took my camera and went down the back roads in Dixon.