When friend and client Abby asked if I’d photograph her horse Barney my first question was “will he tolerate flash?” because I knew exactly the image I wanted to create.  We also needed a cloudy day which meant postponing the first date we had planned.  First time I’ve postponed a shoot because it was too sunny

Barney was super-tolerant and good natured and didn’t mind the portable studio light that I used to create the first two pictures in this set.  The first image is the shot I evisaged when I asked Abby the initial question.  Lola worked her photoshop magic to finish the images off to perfection (and get rid of a few raindrops).  The buttercups in the fields near Northampton were the icing on the cake.

No flash here, just making the most of super natural light:

A couple of images of Barney in the school:

Another splash of flash from a small flash gun hand held by Abby brings this image to life:

From a sequence of shots of Abby and Barney in action:

Close up of Abby and Barney