On a misty Monday a few weeks ago, we met Emily at a barn in Harlem, GA.
I am embarrassed to say that prior to this afternoon, my only experiences with horses were on a trail ride in Tanglewood Park at age 10. and a pretty extensive "My Little Pony" collection. Besides sitting in school and trying to determine which girls rode horses based on the unruliness of their pony tails, I never gave anything equine a second thought. Horses can be massive, and I was small. I was afraid to fall off of one, and lets not forget that they are outside (which I never really cared for, anyway).
Considering this the second time I have been close enough to touch one, I was intimidated when I first saw Emily next to her towering horse. Un-phased, Emily led him around with confidence. She spoke to him, not as a pet, but as a peer. I started to imagine their relationship, and the massive trust a girl must have in her horse. I imagined how exhilarating it must be to ride one, and how it might have made me different if I had been interested in that experience.
Mom and Dad, is it too late to ask for a pony?
All of that aside, we hope you enjoy these images of Emily! Unpretentious, effervescent, confident and kind; we would love to spend a sunny afternoon with her soon!
On windy days such as been the case the first two days of this years Master's, it can make me somewhat wistful when it comes to the idea of a photography studio. Through the years I have come across several spaces that have suddenly come available, or in terms of downtown Augusta, spaces that have been vacant for many years, and stood outside of the door, checked every window, checked certain apps on my phone to see when and where the sun rises or sets in relation to those windows and dreamt of what could be. Enterprise Mill, the White building, that secret room in the Miller Theatre, large, small, and everything in between. I think Rachel has heard the phrase "I think I found it" so many times, well, at this point it has gone beyond any sort of response, even the "yes dear."