Some weeks ago I was approached by
the owner my stables asking me whether I’d be okay with Qrac taking part
in a fashion photo-shoot with Fémina, a Swiss magazine. The magazine had called him the
previous day to talk about the project; the photo-shoot would have an
equestrian theme, and they needed to a couple of nice horses for their model to
pose with.
I love fashion magazines, so was excited and agreed immediately.
So, a few weeks later the photographic crew arrived. They
were incredibly lucky with the weather as they got one of the few sunny days we’ve
had since, well, I don’t know when. The weather has been atrocious since last
October over here in Switzerland. It’s almost June, yet the forecast for this
coming weekend is snow down to 700 metres, with rain and wind and shivery
temperatures for everyone below. Yippedy skippedy. And I have a show on
Saturday. But that will be another exciting tale to tell!
Anyway, the crew settled into the saddle/coffee room of the
stables and spent the first three hours or so doing the model’s makeup and
hair. Then they went outside and took some photos of her looking all pouty and seductive
while leaning against the barn door, a saddle by her side. Again, this took
forever; I’d already had time to ride Qrac, clean my tack, and down umpteen
cups of coffee before they were even close to ready to move on to photographing
the model with my horse.
But eventually it was Qrac’s turn to face the camera. I was
a little concerned he might be worried about the giant light reflectors and
other photographic paraphernalia the crew was lugging around; I’ve mentioned
before that he’s not the bravest horse on the planet, but the only eyelids
batting were the model’s. Qrac seemed to enjoy posing with this pretty young
blonde, and I was very proud of him.
The editorial finally came out the weekend before last, and
I got a real kick out of opening the magazine and seeing my horse looking
absolutely fabulous!
Don’t you think he looks handsome?! Have your horses ever
been photographed for a magazine or an advertisement for something?
