When pairing brides with horses, what is not to love? I am sure most photographers have magic words that if spoken they are immediately hooked. For me those words are photography, dance and horses (Corrie speaking). For James the hook words are boats, travel, flying and photography. Sign us up!
Our bride was a former competing equestrian whose horses had been retired in Atlanta. A local Johns Island barn was kind enough to allow us access to two of their stunning horses. The flea-bitten grey horse was a snuggle bug and showed us all it’s best angles. While the black horse with white socks was more pep so the bride looked where he looked and we had the walk a fence line to move out the wiggles. The bride’s mom, also an equestrian, was our designated the ears up lady. She knew all the tricks.
You’ll notice these are sepia toned. We are generally true color or simple black and white. For some reason this session pulled on the brown and bronze sepia tones, so I rolled with it. Equestrian bridals sessions are only something I would offer to a seasoned horse-person. Just being photographed in a wedding dress is alot, so adding the unicorns to the session requires a specific personality.
For all cringing moms, this session took place after the wedding so we were free to play worry free.
