For those who don’t know me well, I grew up on a horse farm. I could ride shortly after I learned to walk. I grew up in Pony Club and competed in 3 Day Events, Horse shows and later Steeple Chase.
So it’s no real surprise that I enjoy combining two things I love and still get away with calling it work.
Make that three things. Mayi is not only a gorgeous girl, but an absolute pleasure to work with. So, yeah, let’s just say I got to combine three things I love into one lifestyles session.
Brightview Farms is where my mother keeps her horses and if you asked her why she’d likely tell you to look around you. Although she has Andalusians herself, the farm is used for breeding race horses. Everywhere you look, you’ll find foals staying close to their mothers or a filly dashing across the rolling hills and endless pastures before it’s time to go in for the evening or two colts exerting their boy-like behavior with one another. It’s about 300 acres of heaven really.
For this shoot, we wanted to show Mayi in a more natural setting but it was important to accentuate her sense of style. The ever amazing makeup artist, Wenya Chang, joined us and helped in so many ways. Like throwing sticks for the dog who kept entering the shot in hopes Mayi would throw it for him. Wenya is one of the finest makeup artists in New York, but I won’t lie, she throws a mean stick too.
We started inside one of the main stables and then worked our way outside. Due to time and a rapidly setting sun, we didn’t use nearly enough of the property. I could have shot her in that place the entire day. Easily.
Please meet Mayi.
