Lebanon Horse Drawn Carriage Parade on 12/3/11, Photos of every carriage in the parade
I had a great time taking pictures at this year’s Lebanon Christmas Festival and Horse Drawn Carriage Parade during the day 12/3/11. I was able to capture several images of every single carriage that came by.
For those who participated, I have a gallery where you can purchase images if you would like. Anything from wallets to 30×40 canvas prints are available. You can also purchase shirts, mouse pads, and other merchandise. For the next two weeks until 12/17/11 you can use the coupon code: “parade” to get 20% anything you order.
This is the link to all the photographs of all the carriages in the daytime parade.
Lebanon Horse Drawn Carriage Parade and Christmas Festival 12/3/11 Picture Gallery
Here are a few images to give you an idea of what you will see.
Here is a link to my Facebook gallery: Facebook Gallery Preview
If you missed the link above, the rest of the photos are here:
Lebanon Horse Drawn Carriage Parade and Christmas Festival 12/3/11 Picture Gallery
Still her favorite picture – In Dressage Today page 27 of October issue
Hello Peter,
Two seasons ago you took a really nice photo of Skylar Shane at one of Greenstone’s dressage shows. You might remember that I emailed you and asked if it was okay to submit the photo to Dressage Today magazine to be considered for a column where a high-profile trainer/rider critiques riders via their photo. You approved the submission as long as I included your name as the photographer. I never heard anything back from the magazine and since it was sent in over a year ago, I had completely forgotten about it. But, I received my November issue, which features junior riders, and on page 27 the first critique was of Skylar. The credit to Peter DeMott Photography is on the left, near the spine of the magazine. The critique was done by none other than Olympian, Courtney King-Dye.
It was a very nice critique, and the photo is still one of my favorites. Thanks again for allowing me to send it in.
Cindy Coffey
Royal K Horse Show Pictures September 11, 2011
Royal K Horse Show pictures are available for review here: Royal K Horse Show . There are over 1000 images and the gallery displays the pictures in order of go. Please order pictures within 30 days. Share this post and link using the buttons at the bottom of this page.
The Royal K Open Horse Show is a fun and well run one day show
This open show had classes for all ages and levels of experience. Each year The Tacky Horse is the major sponsor and puts together a charity horse show. The show had 45 classes and occurred on Sunday September 11, 2011. The address of the barn and The Tacky Horse is 185 N. Alpha Bellbrook Rd. in Beavercreek, Ohio.
The show lasted from about 10am to about 6pm and the last three classes had some rain to deal with.
After the show, I did some Mini Portrait Sessions with a couple of the participants and boarders at the barn.
Royal K Horse Show pictures are available for review here: Royal K Horse Show . There are over 1000 images and the gallery displays the pictures in order of go. Please order pictures within 30 days. Share this post and link using the buttons at the bottom of this page.
I also do farm or barn calls to capture portraits of you with your horse, senior portraits with horse, or horses alone. If you are interested in a farm call session please call to schedule.
Peter DeMott • Peter DeMott Photography • 937-478-6222 • peter@photosbypdemott.com
Lebanon Christmas Carriage Parade 2010
We have lived here in the Dayton area for over 20 years and we had never gone to the lebanon Christmas Carriage Parade. This year a couple friends invited us to meet up with them and check it out. They go every year.
Of course I took pictures, but the snow was problematic. It was like a curtain hiding the people and horses from my camera. Still the pictures are fun (see link below) and you are welcome to use the LIKE button under the pictures, the Tweet button, or you can download any picture you want (if you download a photo, please make a comment on the image first as a favor to me). In addition I am allowing prints on this gallery for anyone.
The Annual Lebanon Ohio Christmas Carriage Parade of 2010
Each carriage had one or two people walking along beside the horses to ready if there were any problems. With the pavement wet, some of the horses were slipping as they rounded the corner where we were located. It was fun to see and I hope to go again with Patty next year. Hopefully it will not be snowing during the parade next year so I can get some better pictures. We did not stay for the evening parade when they decorate the carriages with Christmas lights.
Costume dressage horse show at Dancing Horse Farm in Lebanon Ohio – perfect for October
Need some ideas for horse constumes? Here are a couple from the October costume dressage horse show at Dancing Horse Farm in Lebanon, Ohio.
The following was so adorable. A tiny little pony dresses as a tiny little pony being attached by a polar bear in the coldest parts of the world. Blood streaming down the neck of the pony where the bear had bitten it. A very scary thought, so well done it’s cute.
How about a rider being eaten by a shark?
Another small pony becomes a rain deer with santa walking along side and ridden by an elf.
Now, for a more advanced rider. Horse as a “Money Pit”. I can relate to that sometimes.
If you participated and want to purchase photos from the costume dressage show at Dancing Horse Farm in Lebanon Ohio, just click on this link:
The Rolex Three Day Event at Kentucky Horse Park
Almost every year Patty and I make a trek down the the Kentucky Horse Park to watch the cross country jumping part of the Rolex. The weather forcasts for the day (Saturday 4/24/2010) were not good. However, we decided to go anyway and hope for the best. As it turned out, we drove through rain, but by the time we got there the pavement was dry and it was already starting to warm up.
I use the event to hone my skills and become a better photographer. We typically watch each jump for one or two riders then move on to the next jump taking in almost the entire course.
Another fun thing is touching base with photographer friends that I see there. I ran into Jennay, Kelly, and Danita this year. There are hundreds of photographers honing their skills all over the grounds and another thing that I do is introduce myself here and there and mention the Equine Photographer’s Network. “Have you heard of the Equine Photographer’s Network?” I say. Then I say something about what it is if they have not heard of it. Usually the response is, “That sounds great.” I give them my card and ask them to send me an email so I can send them a link the EPnet so that they can check it out for themselves. http://www.equinephotographers.org/
We saw one refusal, but we didn’t see any wrecks this year. However there were a couple of wrecks. One both horse and rider were walking. The other happened just before the end of the event and the rider was careflighted to the hospital by helicopter. I did not hear how it happened or about the horse. http://www.kentucky.com/624 http://www.kentucky.com/2010/04/25/1239175/bashed-and-bruised-townend-out.html
This year, many of the jumps were modified and there were several that had “sythetic break-a-way logs” made of styrophome. In prior years there had been some jumps that presented serious problems for horses and riders involving solid heavy logs spread out several feet. A minor miscalculation by the horse or rider could have serious consequences whenever horses are jumping, but these past jumps proved particularly difficult and dangerous in the past. I was pleased to see less complexity in this respect. At the same time, the biggest wreck last year was on a simple jump at the beginning or the course. However, this is an intense sport anyway as are all horse sports, even recreational riding, so injuries do occur no matter how well planned the jumps can be. Just last weekend, my daughter Sarah was dismounting at an endurance ride and her horse started bucking and reacting to something. She fell and was kicked in the head cracking her helmet. No long lasting injuries because of wearing correct protective gear (head ache and stiff neck for a day). And yet there are still those who insist on riding horses without head protection (of course everyone at the Rolex is required to wear protective gear).
Here are some of the images from the day. This first photograph is where the one major accident happened on Saturday.
