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Equine and Portrait Photography by Peter DeMott
• Farm Calls
• Equine portraits, small shows in the Dayton area, Endurance Rides in the region
• Environmental Portraits of Families, Children, Seniors
937-478-6222
Also please visit my other web site: http://www.photosbypdemott.com
My email address is peter@photosbypdemott.com
:: About the Photographer ::
Early Beginnings
I’ve been taking pictures avidly since before the age of 12. That's when a family friend helped me pick out a range finder 35mm camera from a pawn shop. I wore that camera almost all the time taking pictures for the junior high school newspaper and then for the newspaper and yearbook throughout high school. In high school I won Quill and Scroll national honors for published photo stories in our school newspaper. Much of my work then was black and white and I did all of my own film and print processing making a bathroom in our home into a darkroom on a regular basis. Many hours were spent learning and exploring all aspects of the photographic creative process.
People as Subjects
People have always been my favorite subjects. I enjoy capturing natural candid moments and have learned to create natural looking environmental portraits.
The Beginning of Equestrian Sport Photography
I’ve always loved horses and my wife Patty has had horses since she was in high school. She’s given me many years of opportunities to capture the relationship of horse and rider. I am also an active member of the Equine Photographers Network where I learn more each day about the best practices for photography of horses and their people.
Here is my profile on Equine Photographer's Network.
http://www.equinephotographers.org/members/photog.php?id=1493
If you would like to learn more about taking outstanding photographs of horses, I would encourage you to join the Equine Photographers Network as a general member. You can have a one month trial membership and try out the member forum where there is great learning going on every day.
http://www.equinephotographers.org/4um/
You can also sign up for the Equine Photographer's E-newsletter here.
http://www.equinephotographers.net/newsletter
Equestrian Sport Photography Today
Now I enjoy shooting horse shows, endurance rides, portraits of horses and portraits of horses with their owners. I am passionate about the challenge of capturing the right moment in time to show beautiful horses, relationships of owners and their horses, the joys, and the excitement of horse sports.
Published Work
My Endurance photography has been published in Endurance News Magazine with cover shots as well as full color and black and white photos and articles about various rides. Working with some of the writers, my photography has also been used to illustrate articles about subjects of concern within the sport. My images are gracing the covers of national catalogs, web sites, illustrating articles, and advertising in many other ways. Here is a short list of places where my pictures have been used.
Valley Vet Catalog Covers
Arabian Horse World
Pets Smart Web Site
Endurance News Magazine
AERC Directory Cover
AERC Calendar
Endurance World
Equine Chronicle
OLN Episode of Appaloosa Journal - Endurance Riding
Valley Vet Supply Gift Calendar
Trail Blazer Magazine
Riders Elite Academy, Inc.
Equine Edition
Appaloosa Journal
State Line Tack
Various Web Sites
Editorial & Advertising Photography
Although I enjoy photographing people and horses, I also have a full time career in advertising sales. I use my photography skills on a regular basis for my advertising clients.
• Farm Calls
• Equine portraits, small shows in the Dayton area, Endurance Rides in the region
• Environmental Portraits of Families, Children, Seniors
937-478-6222
Also please visit my other web site: http://www.photosbypdemott.com
My email address is peter@photosbypdemott.com
:: About the Photographer ::
Early Beginnings
I’ve been taking pictures avidly since before the age of 12. That's when a family friend helped me pick out a range finder 35mm camera from a pawn shop. I wore that camera almost all the time taking pictures for the junior high school newspaper and then for the newspaper and yearbook throughout high school. In high school I won Quill and Scroll national honors for published photo stories in our school newspaper. Much of my work then was black and white and I did all of my own film and print processing making a bathroom in our home into a darkroom on a regular basis. Many hours were spent learning and exploring all aspects of the photographic creative process.
People as Subjects
People have always been my favorite subjects. I enjoy capturing natural candid moments and have learned to create natural looking environmental portraits.
The Beginning of Equestrian Sport Photography
I’ve always loved horses and my wife Patty has had horses since she was in high school. She’s given me many years of opportunities to capture the relationship of horse and rider. I am also an active member of the Equine Photographers Network where I learn more each day about the best practices for photography of horses and their people.
Here is my profile on Equine Photographer's Network.
http://www.equinephotographers.org/members/photog.php?id=1493
If you would like to learn more about taking outstanding photographs of horses, I would encourage you to join the Equine Photographers Network as a general member. You can have a one month trial membership and try out the member forum where there is great learning going on every day.
http://www.equinephotographers.org/4um/
You can also sign up for the Equine Photographer's E-newsletter here.
http://www.equinephotographers.net/newsletter
Equestrian Sport Photography Today
Now I enjoy shooting horse shows, endurance rides, portraits of horses and portraits of horses with their owners. I am passionate about the challenge of capturing the right moment in time to show beautiful horses, relationships of owners and their horses, the joys, and the excitement of horse sports.
Published Work
My Endurance photography has been published in Endurance News Magazine with cover shots as well as full color and black and white photos and articles about various rides. Working with some of the writers, my photography has also been used to illustrate articles about subjects of concern within the sport. My images are gracing the covers of national catalogs, web sites, illustrating articles, and advertising in many other ways. Here is a short list of places where my pictures have been used.
Valley Vet Catalog Covers
Arabian Horse World
Pets Smart Web Site
Endurance News Magazine
AERC Directory Cover
AERC Calendar
Endurance World
Equine Chronicle
OLN Episode of Appaloosa Journal - Endurance Riding
Valley Vet Supply Gift Calendar
Trail Blazer Magazine
Riders Elite Academy, Inc.
Equine Edition
Appaloosa Journal
State Line Tack
Various Web Sites
Editorial & Advertising Photography
Although I enjoy photographing people and horses, I also have a full time career in advertising sales. I use my photography skills on a regular basis for my advertising clients.
