You’ve heard of street photography?  This was parking lot photography.

I know Joel Conner from the horsemanship world, where like my daughter and son-in-law here at Silver Spade Ranch, he’s a lifelong student of quality horsemanship.  I love it when our paths cross.  Short story:  when he fell for Katie, so did the rest of us.

The sun was close to setting on this day, when I saw Joel & Katie walking slowly toward their horse trailer with their young son at a stock horse competition in Eugene, Oregon.  There was just something about the picture they made that…   I wanted to make a picture of that picture.

Joel wanted a picture with this truck, and who am I to argue with Joel’s vision?

He was right, right?

 

We walked to the edge of the parking lot to bring some greenery in & pulled Joel’s mom & sister into the frame:

Bentley had his own ideas about styling Dad:

 

These shots are all straight out of the camera, uncropped, unfiltered, unedited.  Sometimes, that’s how I roll.

And you can see, this crew doesn’t need filters…

Thank you, Joel & Katie & family…  You guys always bring out the smiles.