Although most of my work concerns my personal choices for subject matter, size and medium, occasionally I will do commissions if the client likes my particular style and I can visualize how to capture the animal. The best conditions - always - are when I can meet the animal, gathering my own photos and observations to "feel" the personality of the subject.
So when a local legendary jockey requested a pencil portrait of her beloved chestnut mare, her photos reminded me of when I first met Mavourneen. When I finally located my images of her in my racing photo files, it brought back a flood of memories of this thoroughbred as she gazed at me, calmly exuding her kind nature.
Although most of my work concerns my personal choices for subject matter, size and medium, occasionally I will do commissions if the client likes my particular style and I can visualize how to capture the animal. The best conditions - always - are when I can meet the animal, gathering my own photos and observations to "feel" the personality of the subject.
So when a local legendary jockey requested a pencil portrait of her beloved chestnut mare, her photos reminded me of when I first met Mavourneen. When I finally located my images of her in my racing photo files, it brought back a flood of memories of this thoroughbred as she gazed at me, calmly exuding her kind nature.