Official Photographer with Wey Valley Riding Club at Combined Training Day at Iping Cross Country Course, near Midhurst

Today I visited the Cross Country Course at Iping near Midhurst in West Sussex. I was the official photographer for Wey Valley Riding Club and their event on 5th June 2011 – one of a range in their Omnibus 2011 Schedule in which I am pleased to be advertise and am listed as their ‘official photographer’.
You can view the (new for this season!!) website of Wey Valley RC and find details of all their events, membership, news and results here: http://www.wvrc.co.uk/
The contact for these events at WVRC is Storme Whittaker: 07765 124 955 or email stormewhittaker@tiscali.co.uk Storme and her team of members and volunteers did a great job at organizing this event, which was very enjoyable to support.
I captured images of the show jumping arena, giving me a widerange of fences and shots. I hope these have given the riders ample choices.
The images will be available for viewing very soon. For a limited time of around 4-8 weeks you can view all my images in the order online section on the website: http://www.martinlewis.biz/ There are a few sample images here, just to give you a flavor of the event. I am looking forward to the WVRC next events which include dressage on the evening of 6 July and Show Jumping on 17th July.
If you are an event organiser and might require an experienced equestrian ‘official’ photographer – please feel free to get in touch to chat about your ideas and requirements and to see if I am free and available to help you.
As always these images are © Martin Lewis Photographer and are protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from myself.

Equestrian photographer at Fair Oak, Rogate, West Sussex for the Wey Valley Riding Club.

Today I visited Fair Oak - the Cross Country Course at Rogate in West Sussex. I was the official photographer for Wey Valley Riding Club and their event on 8th May 2011 – one of a range in their Omnibus 2011 Schedule in which I advertise and am listed as their ‘official photographer’.
You can view the website of Wey Valley RC and find details of all their events, membership, news and results here: http://www.wvrc.co.uk/
The contact for these events at WVRC is Storme Whittaker: 07765 124 955 or email stormewhittaker@tiscali.co.uk Storme and her team of members and volunteers did a great job at organizing this event, which was very enjoyable to support.
I captured images of the furthest field on the course, giving me a widerange of fences. As it was also a training day, it gave riders free opportunity to jump any fences, or none, and in any sequence. This made it fairly tricky to cover as a photographer as there was no rythum or sequence to the riders, unlike in a competitive event.
The images will be available for viewing very soon. For a limited time of around 4-8 weeks you can view all my images in the order online section on the website: http://www.martinlewis.biz/ There are a few sample images here, just to give you a flavor of the event.
If you are an event organiser and might require an experienced equestrian ‘official’ photographer – please feel free to get in touch to chat about your ideas and requirements and to see if I am free and available to help you.
As always these images are © Martin Lewis Photographer and are protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from myself.

West Sussex sports event photographer. Goodwood Racecourse family fun day

Today I went to Goodwood Racecourse with my young family and attended their Bank Holiday Family Fun Day Race schedule. Whilst I have previously photographed a number of weddings at Goodwood House: http://www.goodwood.co.uk/weddings/weddings.aspx and The Goodwood Hotel: http://www.goodwood.co.uk/the-goodwood-hotel/the-goodwood-hotel.aspx this trip was purely recreational for me today.

Whilst I enjoy taking photos on a professional basis, I rarely take time to photograph purely for fun nowadays. I enjoy photographing equestrian events as an official photographer, but thought it would be fun to capture some images of these fantastic racehorses – and I much prefer photographing action and speed to equestrian ‘portraiture’ if that doesn’t offend you!!

They do put on a good show at Goodwood and there was lots of family entertainment, although its difficult to capture images from the main public viewing area as the railings are naturally blocking or restricting the view for photography at least. That’s not to say that you don’t get close to the horses as they gallop past, throwing mud and grass everywhere!!

I captured images from most of the races, but we left before the final race to avoid the crowds leaving at that time. Despite the chilly weather, my kids had a great time at this family fun day event.

There are a few images here, just to give you a flavor of the event. I hope to go back to another Goodwood event and take some more action shots – it was FUN.

As always these images are © Martin Lewis Photographer and are protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from myself.

Equestrian Photographer in West Sussex. Wey Valley Riding Club - One Day Event at Fair Oak.

Today I visited a new location for me – Fair Oak - the equestrian One Day Event / Cross Country Course at Rogate in West Sussex. I was providing the official photography for Wey Valley Riding Club and their One Day Event event on 9th May 2010 – one of a range in their Omnibus 2010 Schedule.

You can view the website of Wey Valley RC and find details of all their events, membership, news and results here: http://www.wvrc.co.uk/

The contact for these events at WVRC is Storme Whittaker: email stormewhittaker@tiscali.co.uk Storme and her team of Committee Members and volunteers did a great job at organizing this event, which was very enjoyable to be part of.

The website for the Fair Oak Cross Country Course in Rogate is here:
www.fair-oak.co.uk

We had a dull and cool / overcast (but dry!!) day, which made for great opportunities for equestrian photography. We captured images of the first hour or two of the various dressage classes, before I focused on the outdoor Show Jumping arena. A second photographer and friend and experienced photographer called Mike French assisted me on the day and covered the Cross Country section – Thanks Mike.

It was a long day, with riders setting off almost continuously, at 2 minute intervals - all of which kept me fully occupied and pretty tired by the end of the event by late afternoon. The riders all seemed to have a great day and I saw many familiar faces (Elstead RC had a large entry for instance and I used to photograph their events on a frequent basis) and people having a great experience at this fantastic venue.

The images will be available for viewing very soon. For a limited time of around 4-8 weeks you can view all my images in the order online section on the website: http://www.martinlewis.biz/ There are a few images here, just to give you a flavor of the event.

If you are an event organiser and might require an experienced equestrian ‘official’ photographer – please feel free to get in touch to chat about your ideas and requirements and to see if I am free and available to help you.

As always these images are © Martin Lewis Photographer and are protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and may not be used for any purpose without written permission from myself.