Erin's first birthday

My daughter Erin celebrated her first birthday this week.





Just started walking, talking and much more..

Peaks and troughs

An action packed couple of days shooting horses at Perth Races. I spent Tuesday covering the meeting from a trainers/stables point of view. The stables in question are owned by Alan and Lucy Normile. On Tuesday they had two horses running and the aim was to cover them from start to finish, so I started at the stable photographing head girl Libby Brodie and stable girl Caroline Barclay preparing the horses for the race (they were a joy to work with though I'm not sure how much they enjoyed being in the limelight) then onto the racecourse. Access to areas of the racecourse can prove difficult, even with a press pass, but thankfully I got what I needed. The Evening Telegraph ran the story on the Wednesday which I was pleased with as it was my first feature I had pitched.


Here's how it looked.

Also on the Tuesday tragedy struck as Mighty Fine, a 13 year old grey, died of a suspected heart attack after winning his race. He had ran a good race minutes before. I think his trainer Paul Blockley summed it up best.

"This is a tragic end to a fantastic horse. At least he died doing something he enjoyed and has gone out on a high."

Here he is winning his race.