Michelle Wrighton Fine Art and Photography

What a fantastic turn-out there was the the Summer Show Offs Horse Breed Show at Gosnells!  So many beautiful horses it was hard to know where to point my camera!

The full set of proofs can be viewed at South West Photography but here are a few of my favourites from the day:

Andalusian horse - © 2009 South West Photography

Andalusian © South West Photography

A bow for the paparazzi - © South West Photography

Black Andalusian © South West Photography

Bay portrait - © South West Photography

Clydesdale - © South West Photography

© South West Photography

© 2009 South West Photography

The full set of proofs for both the In Hand and Ridden competition at the Gosnells Summer Show Offs 2009 can be viewed and print purchase at South West Photography

It was a wonderful honour to be appointed as the official photographer for this years WA Palamino Associations Championship Show, and what a thrill to be able to photograph some very beautiful horse and ponies!

Palamino Stallion © 2009 South West Photography

Palamino Champion © 2009 South West Photography

Show Pony Photography © 2009 South West Photography

Palamino Quarterhorse © 2009 South West Photography

Golden beauty © 2009 South West Photography

Rosettes and Broadsash © 2009 South West Photography

Regal © 2009 South West Photography

Equine Beauty rewarded © 2009 South West Photography

Sleepy Welsh Palamino © 2009 South West Photography

Beautiful horse and garland © 2009 South West Photography

All images are available to view and purchase from the events section of my South West Photography website.

A selection of images from the Canine Association of WA’s Championship Dog Show

Rhodesian Ridgeback dog show photography Perth © 2009 South West Photography

Bearded Collie © 2009 South West Photography

Border Collie Show Dog © 2009 South West Photography

Boxer Dog © 2009 South West Photography

Boxer in the Show Ring © 2009 South West Photography

Rough Collie © 2009 South West Photography

Images available for purchase from dog shows are available to view on the events section of my South West Photography website.

There is nothing better on a hot summer’s day than taking the ponies for a swim down the beach!  Ok, well I didn’t take my horse, but I did take my camera and got some very lovely shots!

The Black Stallion - in miniature © 2009 South West Photography

Chestnut by the sea © 2009 South West Photography

Chestnut horse Portrait © 2009 South West Photography

What was that? © 2009 South West Photography

© 2009 South West Photography

© 2009 South West Photography

Images from this photo session are available for viewing and purchase in the events section of my South West Photography website.

Despite what many people may think, kangaroos are not a common sight for most Australians, especially for aussies who live in city and urban areas. We are among the lucky few who get to enjoy these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat several times a week, as our backyard is part of their natural habitat! Although the native wildlife is abundant in our area, kangaroos in the backyard is not a common occurence for most people.
I took these photos of this Western Grey Kangaroo from the back steps of my house. As cute as she looks here, the ‘roos that come to visit and mow our back lawn are wild animals and the closest I can get to them is about three metres. Not that you really want to get too close to a wild kangaroo – the males can grow up to two metres from head to tail and can weigh 50 to 60 kgs (120 to 144lbs)!

Scenes like this is enough to inspire any artist!

They quite often spend the night grazing on our lawn, and occasionally we see one that spends the day dozing in the shade under a tree but usually in the wild they can be seen at dawn and dusk grazing in jarrah bushland and open paddocks.

Female kangaroos are known as does or fliers, the males are called bucks, but are also known as boomers or stinkers (they have a very strong aroma) and baby kangaroos are called joeys. The most we have had on our back lawn at one time is five which is a pretty small family group (mum and previous years joeys), normally a kangaroo mob will be larger in size.
Michelle