Diego Frolicking

It's not easy to photograph horses. This year, the theme of the Saanich Fair is 'Horses' - so the kids were determined to get some good shots to enter in the Junior Photography category.

Being a) tiny and b) on a hill, our place is terrible for getting horse photos. The other problem is that the horses are a) friendly and b) nosey so the only thing it's easy to get a shot of is a huge horse head lunging nose-first into the camera lens.

Fortunately, a neighbour up the road has a field where we can take the horses out for a romp. The nieces positioned themselves on a small rise overlooking the field and then we turned out the three geldings. A grand frolic followed, during which Cyd (age 11) snapped this great shot of Diego.

We will duly print it at the official size (4X6) and mount it on black construction paper and drop it off with all the other art and photography projects on Thursday.