Kensington Equine photograpy

Kensington Equine Photography


Laila Josie, Lauren Stargirl,
Alyssa Yorkfield, and Ella Ras

If you want horse photography, KEP is the right place to go. We have about every size photograph you need.

Call or email us and we’ll come
and take pictures of your horses!  

(603) 997-9619
kephotographers@gmail.com

Wallet Size: $2.00
Small (4x6): $5.00
Medium:(5x7) $8.00 (already taken, $4.00)
Large: (8x10) $14.00 (already taken, $7.00)
Xtra-Large: (11x14) $20.00 (already taken, $10.00)

My first show: Warm-ups

We had just arrived at the horse show to discover that it was a bitter-cold morning. It was going to be a very exciting day for me. My first horse show!

My two braid were repeatedly bouncing on my back as I strode confidently into the barn. I was all dressed up in my show breeches and white show shirt that was tucked into my pants. I didn’t have my show jacket on yet because I didn’t want to get it dirty. My friend Allie’s mom was braiding Star’s mane. It looked great so far!

Okay. Warm-ups were about to start. Both Lucy and Chelise were in the indoor watching someone from our barn warm up. It seemed like hours that Allie was just sitting on Star waiting for one of them to come coach her in the outdoor ring. Allie and I were talking about how cold the weather was. “Brrrrrr.” she said. The fact that the wind was blowing did not help our frozen bodies. We had to constantly hugg Star for warmth.

Okay, finally Lucy walks out of the ring and tells Allie and I to start walking over to the outdoor warm-up ring. Allie walk-trot-canters Star in the smaller ring. Then Lucy calls her over to do a jumping course in the bigger outside ring.

After Allie finishes I grab my saddle and other stuff I need and switch tack with her.
Then I hop on and go in the bigger warm up ring to jump. Lucy tells me the course and I go right to it. I trotted the whole course because I couldn’t get her to canter. Oh well. Hopefully in the real class she will canter.

I walk Star out and Lucy walks up to me and says that I did a great job. I can’t wait for the real classes!

Selling Star? I Hope Not!

My absolute favorite pony Star, might be sold. I really don't want Chelise to sell her because I love her.I ride her in all my lessons and she's a great pony.

Standing around 14.2 hands, Star is a palomino paint pony. Her favorite little treats are soft peppermints. I really hope they don't sell her. Star is really sweet, and I still haven't got to show her yet. I was planning on doing just so in June but who knows, maybe she would have been sold by then. :(

Me riding Star

Star was at an IEA regional show yesterday. The IEA regional is when each barn brings 3 horses to the show. Names are drawn out of a hat, deciding which rider will ride which horse. My mom told me that the girl who was riding her, had asked about buying her because she was such a good pony. And I got really sad when she told me that.

My mom also told me that if we were to full-lease Star, Chelise wouldn't be able to sell her. Or something like that. Or someone could do the other half of her lease, which would make me very happy. And if Star is sold, I hope that girl will take good care of her.

Now I have some good news! when I got home from school yesterday, my mom told me that she had extended my half-lease so Chelise would keep Star until the 21st of July!

So now I am very happy that I can ride Star in a couple shows (at least) And I can ride her in my lessons! Plus, I am still learning how to canter and she is a great pony for learning. I don't think that any other pony in the whole world could be better to learn on then Star!

~Lauren

I miss you poem

I miss you

Stinging tears stream down my face

as I said my last goodbye.

I need you.

Of all the things that happen to you,

why did you have to die?

I love you.

Why did you leave me?

You were my only friend.

I miss you.

~Lauren

Fireworks Poem

Fireworks

I see them explode like a volcano.

They have a party above my head.

I watch them dance

in strange patterns

 that make me dizzy,

as though they are humans.

I see sparks fly

in an array of lights

that ends the night,

in a beautiful silence.

~Lauren

Standing Alone

Standing alone,   

                    In the freezing cold,                      

Was a little white pony,

Who was not so bold

So skinny and weak

He could barely squeak

He shivered and winced

But the man was not convinced

That he was worth the time

So he decided to commit the crime

He walked away, let him suffer

The pony's life just got rougher

There was nothing to drink,

Nothing to eat

No grass to graze

All he felt now was defeat

His life was becoming a haze

So he collapsed to the ground

Nothing positive to be found

Inside the little white pony

The Hunger Games

 Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun.....

~Back of Hunger Games book.    

In fourth grade I read the Hunger Games, a fantastically written book by Susanne Collins. That year I had a bad habit of whenever I think a book is boring, I barely pay any attention to it so basically I sort of didn't read the book. I couldn't remember a thing (except for the end). So I decided to reread it this year.

The Hunger Games is about people who live in one big land blob called Panem. Panem is all the land and countries in the world together. The Capitol decides to split all the land up and name them all districts. There are twelve districts total. The first four districts are called "career districts" because they are favored the most by the Capitol. Each district has a specialty like agriculture or coal mining. Well enough about that for now.

The main character of the book is a sixteen year old girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in district twelve. Her family is very poor and struggles to survive. She has a little sister named Primrose (Prim). Her Dad dies in an explosion in the mines, so they don't have any way to make much money. But they do make little money from Katniss illegally hunting in the woods with her friend Gale. They will shoot an animal with a bow and arrow or trap it with a snare, then go to the market to trade it for something edible or sell it to the butcher.

Every year the capitol holds the Hunger Games. The Reaping help decides who will represent their district in the Games. During the Reaping someone will choose two names out of a giant glass ball. One male. One female. Ages 12-18. They will be your districts tributes. Tributes represent are basically your representatives. You can enter your name more than one time in return for food.

The objective of the Hunger Games is to kill all the other tributes in the arena. In order to return home you have to win. Losing is certain death. All the tributes are left in an arena for a couple weeks and have to survive in the wild without being killed by other tributes. Only one person out of twenty four make it back home. The reason the Capitol does this is to remind everyone who lives in Panem that they have complete control over them. And to do so they take their children and send them away to be killed. Nice, right?

But little did they know that their lives would be changed forever because of the Hunger Games. When Prim's name gets called during the reaping, Katniss steps up and volunteers for tribute, thinking of this being her last goodbye to her family and friends. To Katniss'es disappointment, Peeta Melark, a local baker, was picked for male tribute. Katniss doesn't really like Peeta to much.

So that's my teaser about the Hunger Games. Hope you like it! Watch the movie on March 23, 2012!