I’d say don’t tell my other half.. but he knows. Arthur means just as much to me as the humans in my life. And if I’d get family photos, or wedding photos, then I’ll sure as hell get the horse photos.
What about you?

My photo sessions are for the everyday equestrians to celebrate their relationship - no special occasion or win required.

I know what it’s like to wait for the perfect milestone to come along to give your permission to give back to yourself- I did it for years with Arthur. I’ve spent five years building back my confidence with him after it was crushed by my previous young horse in a classic case of ‘green and green makes black and blue’. I can’t count the times I felt that I would only be deserving of that special thing I wanted when Arthur and I reached some arbitrary goal I would set. Then we would reach that goal... and the goal posts would move further back. Again and again I’d reach the my goal, only to still feel not enough.

I’ve come to a point now where I won’t do that to myself anymore. I’ve accepted that I am a work in progress and always will be - and that’s okay! Some days I have to fake it til I make it, and tell myself it’s okay until I believe it, but more and more I do. So I used the fancy saddle pad. I had the photo session. I ordered the prints. And there’s never been a time I regretted doing any of those things because “it would be so much more special if I’d done them now to celebrate X”. Those memories couldn’t get any more special to me.

So whether you ride, compete, win, or none of the above… I know you pour your heart and soul into your horse. And I think that’s enough. For every time you’ve given up a night with friends, a Sunday sleep in, or staying dry and warm inside to feed, rug or do a night check in the pouring rain, for every time it got hard and you got harder- that’s worth celebrating.

When you book with HSP, you benefit from planning support in the form of my welcome pack, our pre-session consultation, and the overall experience of working with an approachable photographer who you can message at any time.

My client magazine covers tips on selecting your outfit so it flatters you and works with your horse’s coat, presentation, and provides an overview of what to expect.

You’ll also enjoy a pre-session consult where we get to the nitty-gritty of your dreams and values. Let’s talk the perfect timeline, the perfect art, and most of all the perfect day.

Check in often! I’ll do it with you, and you can do it with me. That means text me at any time with outfit and location ideas. Send me that selfie of you and your horse to let me know you’re excited. Ask me that ‘stupid question (I swear it’s not stupid)!

During your session you won’t need to worry about knowing what to do. I’ll continue to give you guidance and help set you and your horse up to look your best, in positions which lead to genuine moments.

After your session, I’ll even help you narrow down your selections (there are so many phenomenal moments to choose!) and provide advice on the perfect artwork which suits your home and lifestyle. 

All of the prep and planning will pay off when on the day of your session you feel comfortable around me. Being in front of the camera is hard enough, let alone doing it in front of a total stranger! I’ll have gotten to the bottom of your values so well that you’ll know all bases are covered, and you can switch off and relax on the day.

This means you get to actually enjoy an afternoon to just be with your horse. No pressure, no where else to be, just making something magical: memories.

Not to mention that I bring a playful, down-to-earth vibe to every session. I don’t take myself too seriously so you’ll find me doing all kinds of crazy stuff to get those genuine laughs and smiles! By the end, you won’t believe you were ever nervous about having eyes on you - you’ll be too busy laughing along with the crazy antics from me, my helpers and your friends!

I offer an experience which I like to call “horse-focussed photography.” This means that my photo sessions show you with your horse. Engaging with them, loving on them. Your relationship and the way you feel about them will take the stage. I don't take photographs where the human couldn’t seem to care less that the horse is even there.

You know what I’m talking about. Those photographs you see in catalogues, or something straight out of a fashion magazine - it’s a photograph of a person where the horse is essentially an accessory. The horse in question often looks bored, uncomfortable, or both. 

That’s not what I’ll do for you. I don’t take photographs of people which happen to include a horse. My photographs have my horse lovers engaging with their horse. That means less ‘smile at the camera!’ and more intimate moments of you and your horse. While those moments have their place and they can of course are included, your session with me will be filled with eye contact, pats, kisses, bear hugs and more.

Your love is breathtaking, so your photos should be, too. As a HSP client, your images will receive the utmost care and attention. I don’t provide my clients with anything less than I would accept of Arthur on my own wall. So you can rest assured that when you choose HSP, you’re investing in the best possible attention to detail.

It’s important to me that I get the best out of your horse, and make you look A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. That’s why I invest in my education: that means training, courses, and resources from some of the best photographers in the world. Not just human photographers either - I believe your horse should look their best too, so I’ve invested in education specifically on posing and editing for horses.

When you work with me, I’ll use photoshop magic to make your images perfect. That means fixing a lazy ear, a closed eye, removing leads and using my special ‘naked halter.’ These edits are included in my collections.

I love for my images to evoke the light and joy your horse brings into your life. That’s why my images are edited in a style which is light, airy and whimsical, moreso than a dark and moody style. No style is more correct - it’s purely a matter of personal preference for what tone you want from your images.

Finally, my images offer a unique editing process which I like to call ‘contouring’. As make-up gurus would know, contouring is the process of using light and shadow to emphasise flattering features. This process is done by hand, and essentially results in me having almost done a digital painting of your horse on top of the photograph itself. Some photographers apply this level of detail to the human but not the horse (or not at all). Unique to the HSP experience and my horse-focussed style, this is applied attentively to you and your horse. This brings something truly special to your memories.

I’m forever putting off copying my thousands of Arthur photos from my phone to my computer, despite being constantly harassed by ‘dangerously low storage’ warnings. Why, you ask? Because I know the uncomfortable truth: once they're on my harddrive, I’ll rarely, (truthfully, never) look at them again.

That’s not what I want for the memories I’ll create with you. These memories are meant to be cherished, and experienced. They aren’t meant for a life of being hidden away on the computer, or to be quickly double-tapped and then to keep scrolling and forget.

I’ll help you make the impermanent permanent through the power of print.

When you hold your printed memories in your hand, they invoke all of your senses, and you truly experience them. Research even shows that the human eye spends more time on printed images, soaking up every last detail.

When your memories are buried away on your hard-drive, you need to remember your session and then seek out your photographs. Instead, when printed and proudly displayed, your memories come flooding back every day to spark joy into your life. Every time your eyes fall over your wall art or your album, you are transported you back in time. Your horse becomes embedded into your home in the best way. You’ll get out of bed each morning and your eyes land on your wall art. When your friends come over, they’ll pick up the album sitting on your coffee table and actually ask you about your horse (don’t tell me you weren’t waiting to bring them up!). Every day you have printed art in your home, you will allow unplanned joy and memories to come into your life.

I want that joy for you. I want your horse and your relationship to be immortalised through print. Because of this, all collections include a product credit or an album to take pride of place in your home.

Hype queen, cheerleader, call it what you want - but the outcome is the same. You’re not getting a stuffy, unpersonable photographer when you work with me.

Being in front of the camera isn’t easy, and not just for one reason.

I know it can feel awkward, like everyone’s staring at you. But besides the fun antics and laughs we’ll get up to, you can count on plenty of guidance and most of all, reassurance that YES you do look like a million bucks!

After your session I don’t ride off into the sunset, but I hang around. My job is to make you feel damn good about yourself, and that doesn’t end just because the photo session does. I’m that person still commenting on your wins three years later. Because frankly, I give a damn about you, your horse, and your story.