It’s so hard to believe how much our kiddo has grown since I did the Cowboy’s Daughter 2015 blog a year ago. I cant imagine life without these two and know how blessed I am to share it with them. It was a busy year as client weddings and engagement sessions kept me hopping from one end of the country to the other…

Through photography, I have gotten to see a lot of ranch country and meet a lot of folks. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that while we may do things differently, or call stuff by different names…the ranchers, cattlemen, cowboys, and buckaroos I have photographed this year all have one thing in common.

I still vividly remember the moment as a kid when I decided I wanted to be a photographer. As the local veterinarians daughter I’d gone to work with daddy and we’d been vaccinating heifers on a rural New Mexico ranch. As usual we had been invited inside for lunch by the ranch wife and I was standing in their rustic living room when I looked up and saw a picture above the mantle. It was a picture of a cowdog working cattle and the horseback cowboy in the background. That photo made such a huge impression on me I thought “I want to take pictures like that!”

“I never knew how much I loved your father until I saw how much he loved you.” -Unknown

2015 Year end review of our little “Cowboy’s Daughter”.

As I was working on these photos from our ranch weaning today I got choked up wishing I could show my Papa these. He always loved seeing my photos and it always lead to him telling some wild tales about days gone by when he was the one riding a good horse off into the sunset. It’s been almost a year since he’s been gone and oh I miss him so much! 

Living in the ranching community, one of the most incredible things to see is when friends and neighbors come together to help accomplish the things necessary for a safe and healthy herd of cattle. Nelson and I always enjoy being able to work with the crew that come to help at the Deadman Ranch. While it’s not that far “as the crow flies” from where we live, it’s a nice trip up into the mountains for us. It was an absolutely beautiful day, and as you can see, I was obsessed with combination of the dew, wildflowers and warm sunrise light. The start to ones day just doesn’t get any better than that!

Living in the ranching community, one of the most incredible things to see is when friends and neighbors come together to help accomplish the things necessary for a safe and healthy herd of cattle. Nelson and I always enjoy being able to work with the crew that come to help at the Deadman Ranch. While […]

Tonights opening for the Cowgirls With A Camera Exhibition & Sale at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum was truly a joy to be a part of! It’s exciting when dreams begin to become a reality and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have some my ranch life images displayed along side the incredible work […]

Tonights opening for the Cowgirls With A Camera Exhibition & Sale at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum was truly a joy to be a part of! It’s exciting when dreams begin to become a reality and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have some my ranch life images displayed along side the incredible work […]