PONY PROBLEMS!

The new advert for Burwash Manor is out in Cambridge Editions. I say new, it’s a re-run from last year because due to bad weather and the time I’ve spent getting ready for the artists exhibition it’s been impossible to get a new one sorted! Anyway, I thought it might be interesting to write a little blogette about shooting the ‘pony ad’.

The pony is called Avocado and belongs to the farmer’s daughter. If you look carefully into Avocados eye you can perhaps detect a naughty little plan forming in that equine head. Literally a second after setting this shot she decided to kick all the paint tins over (sorry, Providence!) and try to eat the brushes. Later that evening, she actually jumped over the stable bar and escaped into the fields. Luckily she was later captured near the M11. To be honest, this is a fairly typical photoshoot for Burwash! I think Avocado probably resented having her stable redecorated (I think she’s more of a straw bales kind of a gal).

I would like to thank, very much, Jane (www.burwashdragonfly) who, prior to the shoot, gave Avocado a good old groom and managed her during the photoshoot. Without her, I’m almost certain that photographer Dan (www.mackandme.com) or myself would be sporting horseshoe shaped scars on our foreheads!