 Jenny Barnes grew up in Canberra and
became interested in horses at an early age. She began following horse racing and
showjumping as these were the only horse sports that received any television coverage at
the time. Jenny furthered her love of horses by taking riding lessons and, having really
been 'bitten by the bug', went on to a horsey job at the local racing stables.In between mucking out stables and strapping horses at the races,
Jenny read any horsey magazine she could get her hands on. She became 'inspired' to
learn more about photography by the wonderful photographs of Martin King whose pictures
appeared as 'one pagers' and centrespreads in Racetrack Magazine, Jenny now spent
every spare minute photographing horses of every type, colour, size and discipline, in
order to gain the experience she would need to make it as a professional equine
photographer.
 Jenny added to her practical experience by
taking a number of photography courses and she upgraded her 'brownie box' to a SLR camera
which enabled her to take professional action shots of race finishes and pre-race
warm-ups. Up until 1997 Jenny's photography was a 'passionate' hobby, but the move
to Adelaide in that year, gave her the opportunity to photograph a higher class of
racehorse and she picked the best photographs to send off to various national racing
magazines. This initiative paid off, as one of these magazines asked her to
provide South Australian racing photographs for them on a regular basis from August 1997.
 Soon after her work became seen by a wider
audience, Jenny was contacted by a national equestrian magazine looking to have her
cover South Australian equestrian events for them and she provided pictures, event results
and some editorial information from the top SA competitions. Jenny learnt lots from
this experience and having broadened her base she now had the opportunity to expand her
business to include all equestrian sports and general equine photography. Starting
with dressage, showjumping and eventing, she went on to cover agricultural shows,
particularly hacking events and breed classes. More recently Jenny has attended
Arabian, Appaloosa and Minature Championships, thoroughbred yearling sales, all of this
around her regular Saturday attendance at Adelaide race meetings.
In her 'travels' Jenny has met many people (and made many
friends) who have helped her to learn more and she has found this input of great
benefit when photographing dressage, western riding and breed classes - where special
observations are much valued when it comes to the pictorial record of a particular horses
appearance and performance.
On Saturdays Jenny can be found at Adelaide race meetings
where she would be delighted to discuss your photography requirements, or you can phone or
e-mail her during the week.
Phone: 0412 208 011
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