Michelle Wrighton Fine Art and Photography

The bright arena covering at the Peel Horse and Pony Club grounds and the dust that it created under the horses hooves was initially a bit of a challenge, but a little post processing cleared the dust away and I ended up with some shots that I am very pleased with.

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

Showjumping © South West Photography

Showjumping © South West Photography

Showjumping © South West Photography

Showjumping © South West Photography

Showjumping © South West Photography

Showjumping © South West Photography

Showjumping © South West Photographyat South West Photography

Please visit South West Photography to view all proof images and to make print purchases for the Peel Horse and Pony CLub Showjumping day.

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

A fleeting day trip through the south west.

Boyup Brook Farmland © 2009 South West Photography

Children's Playground - Donnybrook © 2009 South West Photography

Running from the mob © 2009 South West Photography

These images below show a tiny part of the devastation caused by the deliberatly lit bushfire that raged in the Bridgetown area in January 2009.  These images were taken out the window of the car while we were traveling at 110km per hour on South West Highway, so please excuse the less than perfect composition and clarity!

And no, I wasn’t driving *and* taking photos at the same time!

Bushfire devastation - Bridgetown © 2009 South West Photography

Bushfire devastation - Bridgetown © 2009 South West Photography

Bushfire devastation - Bridgetown © 2009 South West Photography

Bushfire devastation - Bridgetown © 2009 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.

The new photograph gallery is now available for viewing all proofs and online ordering of prints, including from selected canine events in 2008.

In order to maximize speed of viewing of proofs, the proofs galleries are hosted on a new website SouthWestPhotography.com.au

This website will also list selected canine and equine events that I will be attending in 2009.

Prints can be ordered and payment made direct from the website using the Paypal buttons to order, alternatively the order can be emailed and paid by Direct Deposit or Money Order.

For photograph printing on items such as mouse pads, t-shirts, gift cards, calendars, canvas prints or other giftware, please email me with your order.

Cheers

Michelle

I’ve always loved the South West, the country life and small friendly towns.  We have made the decision to leave Perth and move to the country, to give our family a better environment to live in.  These things take time of course, so in the meantime I will have to be satisfied with the occasional day trip:)  These images were taken between Harvey, Donnybrook, Boyup Brook and Bridgetown.

South West Hayshed © Michelle Wrighton, South West Photography

South West Landscape © Michelle Wrighton, South West Photography

Round Hay Bales © Michelle Wrighton, South West Photography

Rolling Fields and Blue Skies © South West Photography

Cloud Patterns © 2008 Michelle Wrighton, South West Photography

Cows under Clouds © 2008 Michelle Wrighton, South West Photography