February 5 Blog There's Always Hope Today I received a call from my mom. "Happy Birthday!!!" she yelled into the phone, bringing a smile to my face. After some chitchat regarding how my day went and how lucky I was to have such good friends to make it special, she began to tell me how the horses were doing. I honestly did not believe my ears when she announced that "Rolex jumped great," and "Bravo is clear to ride." Now, Rolex is my hunter. He was gifted to me at the beginning of my Junior year of High School, and I was ...
February 5 Blog A Cowgirls Guide to Getting Great Photos- Part 2 Part 2 Composition - The Rule of Thirds At the ranch there are so many great images to capture, (the aspen covered mountains, calf roping in the arena, two-stepping in the saloon, rifle shooting at the range, the list is endless) that it can be somewhat overwhelming. The eye, courtesy of the information sent to the brain can see much more than your trusty camera, so the most fundamental thing to remember about composition, (or how to squeeze all this into a great shot) is this: What you ...
February 2 Blog Wide Open Spaces Oh my goodness. Did I really just title a blog post after a Dixie Chicks song? I'm not sure how I feel about that. That has been rattling around in my head all day as a possible theme for the post. But just now when I wrote it down, I realized what I had done. Oh, well. I'm sure you get the idea. To say that I spend most of my time in uncrowded places is an understatement. If you put everyone that lives in the area that you can see from the top of Black Mountain, you ...
February 2 Blog Super Bowl Sunday 2013: Bring on the Horses super bowl commercials [caption id="attachment_3198" align="alignnone" width="640"] Star of 2013 Budweiser commercial[/caption] Tomorrow is it. The game of all games, Super Bowl Sunday. We at Black Mountain Ranch, fans of both good beer and a good football game, will be watching. I personally am looking forward to the commercials and as a horse lover, the Budweiser one to be exact. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is now considered a de facto American national holiday, and is the second-largest day ...
January 29 Blog Shetland Ponies in Cardigans: Only in Scotland horses Some of you might have already seen a few of these photographs circling around the internet, but in case you didn't, we here at Black Mountain Ranch had to make sure that you did. Yep, you haven't read incorrectly, that was in fact Shetland Ponies in Cardigans. In an effort to drum up some attention for VisitScotland, Fivla and Vitamin took center stage. They didn't seem to mind the attention, either. Needless to say, you don't have to worry about us getting any fancy ...