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Kathleen Riley Photo Full Session Giveaway!

Time for a special photo session giveaway!

Not only am I giving away a session, but I'm adding up to twenty five digital images as well.

How hard is it? Not very! Once you win, all you have to do is show up and then get ready to enjoy yourself!

This giveaway is going to be using a plug in called Rafflecopter, and all you have to do is follow the instructions below to enter, right in the Rafflecopter plug in. If you can’t see the widget here, try refreshing your web browser or enter or you may enter on Facebook too.

Rules: Not too many rules -- that works best for everyone! For the FREE session, you'll need to be in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metro area, or willing to travel here. Additional options include dog or horse events that I am attending -- see, pretty easy. I can come to you too, but you'll be covering the cost for me to travel outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area. (Yes, I'm planning on being at AKC-Eukanuba Dog Show in December.)

The giveaway starts at 12:00 AM Saturday 5 April 2014 and run until Saturday 19 April 2014 at 12:00 AM. This giveaway is run by Rafflecopter and you must sign in with your personal Facebook to complete the mandatory steps -- it's how the Rafflecopter will know you have entered.

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Eukanuba Dog Show Florida December 2011

This was a fun year -- lots of people we knew were at the show and the weather was wonderful too. So much has happened since 2011!

Eukanuba Dog Show Photos December 2013

Photos from the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Dog Show dog show -- hope you enjoy looking through them. All these images are available individually on my web site. http://rileyphoto.zenfolio.com/ Thanks for stopping past, I really appreciate it!

Joe Lewis Graduation gathering photos - June 2013

I love doing destination shoots and this was no exception! Have passport, whip, props, will travel! You may see more of my images here



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Bernese Mountain Dog Photos by Riley - June 2013

Jason the Bernese Mountain Dog at the Summer Solstice dog show - June 2013. He is an import from Russia bred by Alla Morozenko owned by Kikue Shimizu and Masaaki and Sachiko Tamada. Photo by me -- you may see more images here

Photos from the Anoka-Cambridge Kennel Club Summer Solstice dog show held in June 2013 in Minnesota. Jeni West of Jenda Bernese Mountain Dogs is shown in a number of the images -- she is a professional dog show handler, groomer, and also a very nice person.




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5 tips to better horse photos

This weekend is the Minnesota Horse Expo and I am excited to head over and take some photos. If you are interested in learning how to take better horse photos, let me know and we can meet at the event.

Before you even get started taking photos of horses, you'll want to know how to be safe around them. If you are not experienced in this area, have someone help you -- better safe than sorry. 

1. Find a location to take your photos and clean up any "junk" that won't look good in your photo. While you are cleaning the area, clean your horse and tack too. Clean and polish anything that will be in the photos.
2. You'll get the most flattering light for your images if you shoot at the "Golden Hour"  the first and last hour of sunlight in the day. These times produce great photographs and make it easy on you too. Want to know when the times are in your area, check here: The Golden Hour Calculator / Sunrise and Sunset information for photographers
3. Get the ears up (pointing forward) so the horse looks good. Most horses like peppermints and I always have some along on a shoot as a reward and so I can crinkle the wrappers and get them to get their ears up.
4. Have horse-savvy helpers to let you know if something needs adjusting and to keep the horses looking their best. 
5. Study your subject and the disciplines you are shooting -- knowledge is power and it will help you get better images. Dressage horse photos will look different than stock horse photos and those are different than Saddlebred photos.  

Here are some samples of my images.

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