A horse and the sea
Who doesn’t love to see a horse running along a sandy beach. Seriously.
Darby, a local Campbell River RCMP contacted me about photographing her 26 year old horse Tosca. Our schedules seemed destined to misalign forever.
Then, it worked. The tide was way out, and I met them at Stories Beach in Campbell River.
It was exhilarating. Tosca running her heart out along the shoreline. Darby clearly happy to be documenting what she had thought about for so long. Me, covered from head to toe in sand and the salty sea water. Near the end of the shoot Darby said “Would it look good if we went in the water?”
“UM. YES!!!” I was thrilled.
I love so much about these images. The incredible beauty of horses, and their power. The blatant love between a girl and her old horse. Their 14 years together. The reflections, the light, the uniforms, the history, the purely Canadian images that make me love where I live, and what beauty surrounds us. Love it.
What an honor to capture these images for you Darby. An honor and an absolute pleasure.
Tags: canadian, RCMP, RCMP horses
August 5th, 2010 at 2:46 am
omg how beautiful and cool are these? xo
August 5th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Stunning as always!
August 5th, 2010 at 2:52 am
These are phenomenal Erin!!!
August 5th, 2010 at 2:55 am
This is pure magic.
August 5th, 2010 at 3:27 am
My husband is a Mountie and your images bring a tear to my eye!! Gorgeous!!
August 5th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Absolutely beautiful! Brought tears to my eyes – you captured something very special
August 5th, 2010 at 4:13 am
erin…these truly brought me to tears…as a horse lover since i was small (and we know that’s a long time), you have managed to capture the love of these two amazingly…as always, your photography brings us all into the moment…thank you…xoxo
August 5th, 2010 at 4:23 am
Beautiful! If the images didn’t bring a tear to my eye your words sure did! Thanks for sharing!
August 5th, 2010 at 4:26 am
I really didn’t expect that these images would make me tear up the way they did I guess I’m more patriotic then I thought they are gorgeous!!!
August 5th, 2010 at 5:56 am
Just beautiful, Erin. You’ve really outdone yourself. Wow.
August 5th, 2010 at 9:54 am
wow. these are awesome. the girls will be so excited to see these too! so
Canadian – and such amazing pictures of a mountie and her horse. very cool.
August 6th, 2010 at 2:13 am
Your passion truely shows in your shots. Outstanding!
August 7th, 2010 at 5:25 am
Once again Erin truly amazing!!!!
August 15th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Incredible, Erin! What beauty you captured.
August 17th, 2010 at 12:59 am
full blown goose bumps!
August 20th, 2010 at 7:38 am
i absolutely love every single image in this series! Seriously! love it!!
October 26th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
breathtaking; truly amazing photos. very, very canadian and vancouver island. makes us miss campbell river even more.