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Enjoy your photos and purchase the ones you love! Also, feel free to comment on your favorites.

Many ways to have your photos displayed; prints, puzzles, cups, bags, t-shirts, etc. Remember you can also get METALLIC prints, these are beautiful and available on Smugmug. I have 1/2" thick, black, granite (12"x12") with your pic etched into it, will last forever! Only $50 unframed, $75 with oak frame.

2009 for the most part, comes to a close. I so enjoyed photographing you and your horse and hope I did a job worthy of your respect. Hope to shoot you again in 2010! Have a safe and happy winter season!

Package deals available only via Snail-Mail. Simply email or call me for details. (304)377-9416
Please tell a friend and support your local shows!!

Someone asked how much money I make photographing the shows. Honestly I don't make a dime for my time. Neither on editing the pics afterward. I only get compensated when pictures are purchased. My time I donate for the love of the sport.

FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE: See my "Most Popular Photos", chosen by viewers like you . Set your viewing to "slideshow", say 5 sec., sit back and relax.....

If you are one that is uncomfortable ordering prints on-line, you can email me with size and pic# you're interested in. Please add the $5 for shipping in your check total. Mail to: JD Brandenburg P.O. Box 481 Spencer, WV 25276

my email: brandenburgphotos@gmail.com

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Dangit Jim, if I had a life i would have jumped in and rode down with ya. Keep up the good work! These look great!

Jim,
Thank you so much for attending the horse show in Marietta and taking all those great pictures. You did a fantastic job. I owned a photography studio a few years back and took portraits. I was never able to do action shots, and as well as I know horses, I could never capture them like you did. I hope you will come again next year and shoot one of our open point shows with everyone all decked out in their show clothes.
Hope to see you next year, Ray Sams (former president, PCRC)

** I love this picture of my horse and Gracie... I think the photographer did a wonderful job**
Andrea
http://favorites.smugmug.com/gallery/870963/11/39901390/Medium

"I live in Japan and I guess you're in the US,
anyway just wanted to tell you that dirty rat is really well put together"
Don Yoshizawa

Thank you so much for taking these photos. I love them. It was our daughter's first show. I like them because they just look so natural. They are just so HER. Thank you so much. I just received my email that they have already shipped. WOW that was fast!!
Thanks, Tracy

i just looked at your site...those are beautiful pictures. you sure do have an eye!! keep up the great work.
KC

Thank You for all the wonderful pictures.
Shannon

I love your pictures!!!
Chelci

Jim- What a great job you do capturing the fun we had at that show!! -thanks, Deneene

You should come back! I love the pictures. Very nice! Hope to see you again!~ Sincerely, Jessica

What skill and thought in creating the colored dust trailing the colored horse and rider. Beautiful work! http://favorites.smugmug.com/popular/3/104553938

Beautiful job beautiful girl! What a photographer, what a girl, what a horse!!!!http://favorites.smugmug.com/gallery/1672717/21/84963689

The photographer takes beautiful pictures.
Jill

On June 22nd a guest wrote:...this is the coolest picture ever....how did you do that? http://favorites.smugmug.com/gallery/2992788#165073013-L-LB

Dear Jim,
We received our pictures and just love them. You did a great job!
Thanks so much for giving us some great memories of Karrie to enjoy
for years to come. Melody

I was surprised. I usually don't like pictures of me but I really like those ones. Keep up the wonderful work you do! Katie

Went to your website. Unbelievable!! Marcus C. Roberts, M.D.

Wow! These are absolutely FANTASTIC!! This was the first show I had to miss this summer, it actually felt like I was there when I looked at your pictures. I got to see how everybody did (you all looked GREAT!). I especially love the kids' shots. Really special.
Thank you so much!
Paula W.

Mr. Brandenburg, Thank you for being at our first show. You played an important role in making it a wonderful day for Ginger and me! I also appreciated how you could take pictures and not have a loud flash that scares animals- amazing. P.S. Your work is amazing.
Donna M.

Jim We never knew there was a Rodeo School out East here for K-12th grade. This is excellent. The girls and I looked at what pictures are up and WOW you have some really good pictures. Looks like it was alot of fun. We will try to make it up for the last Sept. or Oct 1st Rodeo. We would like to get some information on this school. Now I have two girls yelling "RODEO MOM!!!" Just made these girls dreams!!! Kim Steele

You're the coolest photographer ever!
Tori

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Waterford  Miniatures : YES, it's the WEST VIRGINIA Miniature Horse Club in Waterford OHIO.
A unique club that travels the Mountain State exhibiting their miniatures!
This however is their benefit show. 
Graciously located on the 190 acres owned by Harley and Diana Sanders is the
"Heart of the Wolf Farms" on Wolf Creek.
This years event took place under a hot August sun with thundering threats of rain all around. 
Yet all 49 classes went off dry!  If you like the minis, you'll love this show! 
Judge Kathleen Woodard of Circleville, Ohio; presiding.
A side note: If driving through Beverly, stop in at Pepperoni's and say hi to my friends there!

Thank you everyone, all pics are in! All 256! An eye-ful for you to enjoy and treasure forever.  Your club put forth much effort (esp. the costume class) and the hard work and friendliness showed. God willing I can shoot you next year!

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Blue Creek Takes Top Honors : What a day!  Near 90 degree temps. Strange how Spring was skipped!?
The honorable Mike Smith from Middlebourne, WV presided this fine event.
The show didn't go without incident.  A horse (Thunder) and rider (Ami) were injured when the horse exiting the ring ran into the iron gate throwing itself into a light pole, ejecting Ami over the top and through the fence rail.   Thunder received a deep gash in it's shoulder, requiring 1,500 stitches.  Ami went to seek medical attention to an apparent injury to her neck.  Later a girl, #2; her horse reared up and fell back through the rail near the announcers stand.  Both the girl and horse recovered with no seeming injuries.  All in all, a good turnout for Blue Creeks first show of the season.  
I averaged 100 photos per hour for 12 hours.  That's right, 1,200 pics!  Narrowed it down to 355!  Thanks for the show! And your support.

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