This image came from an old and tattered postcard. The woman, dressed as an angel had feathery wings that were hand tinted and overdrawn with oranges and reds. It's hard to tell with a postcard this old how much of the coloration was original hand tinting and how much was added over the decades. I gave our angel and her horse a more exotic and dreamy background to match her wings.
Into the Woods is a digital collage using artwork from La Vie Parisienne. I wanted to capture the sense of adventure you get when you ride off into the woods, your dog by your side.
I love the vintage postcard that is the base of this collage. It’s from the early 1900s. Her hat is just adorable! And I’m pertty sure she’s doing her best to ignore the horse. I layered this with four other images.
Can you tell I’m still wasting time with photoshop?
These two collages use vintage real-photo postcards that show couples dressed in foxhunting garb. A nice image to hold in my mind as I look at the slush outside.
Foxhunters on a misty morning
Kissing Leaves
For Christmas I bought myself PhotoShop Elements 10. I’ve been itching to make collages using some of the vintage postcards that I’ve collected. This weekend, I finally had the chance to start playing with the program. Here’s my first one.
The images are beautiful on their own . . . and creating layers is so much fun. Just what I need: Another way to eat up time!
This is one of my favorite vintage postcards. It's from the early 1900s and the elegance of the wman in the sleigh, the beauty of the hand tinting and even the writing on the front of the card make it just about perfect.
Now this is a fabulous idea for equestrians. I wish I could buy one of these locally . . . but it was posted by someone on Facebook who said their sister makes them. What a brilliant idea.
Deanna Gurugé needs to tell her sister that there are lots of equestrians out there who want one of these!
Horses & Hope the 2012 Calendar from Sarah K. Andrew. 100 % of the profits will be donated to One Horse at a Time. What a great way to donate to a good cause and enjoy Sarah's amazing photography every month.
Sarah K. Andrew and HoofPrints have teamed up to create a 2012 calendar, titled Horses and Hope: My Year at the Auction. If you aren’t already aware, Sarah takes photos every week of horses that are at the Camelot auctions. Her photos do an incredible job of capturing the personalities and conformation of the horses and the quality of her images I’m sure goes a long way toward helping them find a safe landing.
The calendars cost $14.95 each and 100% of the profit from the sales of the calendars will be donated to One Horse at a Time, a 501(c)(3) organization. Sarah especially likes the fact that OHAAT writes “gelding grants” to help stallions find homes. Her hope is that a good part of the funds from the calendar can help with gelding grants and clinics. So far, the calendar sales have brought in $26,000! Make sure you buy one — they make great gifts and they are for a well-deserved cause.
The calendar contains over 100 photos of horses, and represents almost two years of volunteer work. Since the Camelot Auction volunteer effort began, over 2,800 horses have been given another opportunity at new homes through a massive social networking effort.Every week, I photograph all of the horses who have been sold to the feedlot, and the photos in the calendar were many of my favorites. The purpose of the calendar is to inspire people to look at horses in need in a different light. Although the photos were all taken at Camelot Auction, my hope is that it encourages other people to think about their own local efforts to help horses. In addition to photography, the calendar contains some positive quotes and information about how to help in your local equine community. We worked very hard to give the calendar a “can-do” theme, instead of a gloomy one.You can click here to order the calendar: http://www.hoofprints.com/organizers.html
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