Just Enjoy Photography

08/24/2026

WOW!! GO for it!! ONE SPOT left and this race is for every and anyone!!

08/23/2026

Genuinely excited to be there to capture the action again this year!! Are you going? Don't miss out!!

You are now entering (THE WAIT LIST for) The RAPID Standard Barrel Race! (September 12, 2026) at Lakeside Acres (near Cochin, Sask). We aim to host events where the standard is HIGH and the runs are RAPID! This is a 4D OPEN (1 Run/1 Day) Barrel Race. Every age is welcome to enter and every level is....

08/21/2026

Sask. Reining Horse Assoc., from the bottom of my heart, I thank you!! You have all been superstars.
I am out on the road again today but I have your photos edited and the digitals ready for emailing later this evening. Awards collages will be put together over the next several days and posted for you.

08/19/2026

☕ Country Coffee & Cameras

I’m not a drinker...but I may have been pushed to the brink!! 😂

Is it too early to crack this open after a day and a half of computer chaos?

Grab your beverage of choice and pull up a chair...because despite what today’s “coffee” might suggest, things are finally looking UP!

Last week, I was the turtle stuck on the fence post.

This week started with a plan. I was going to be away with a personal thing and should have had some time away to get some good uninterrupted sit down time and edit...like hours of waiting time and editing to keep me busy.

Then those plans changed.

Okay...roll with it. I could stay home, get caught up around here AND edit.

Excellent. New plan!

Then Photoshop crashed.

Not just a little close-it-and-open-it-again hiccup.

Oh no.

A day-and-a-half, most of it in the wee hours of the night of troubleshooting, uninstalling, reinstalling, resetting, testing, Googling, ChatGPTing and questioning my life choices kind of crash.

Hence...today’s “coffee.” 😂

BUT!!

After a day and a half of fighting with technology, Photoshop and I have reached an understanding.

It works. I don’t touch anything. (even though I hadn't in the first place...windows auto update was the culprit in the end)

And more importantly...

I AM BACK TO EDITING!

There are galleries to finish, orders to get out and a whole bunch of photographs sitting here waiting for me—and I am genuinely excited to finally get some good hours in.

Sometimes getting back on track looks nothing like the track you originally planned.

But today, things are working, things are looking up, and I’m moving forward.

I’ll drink to that! 🥃😂

Okay...probably still coffee. But Jack was willing to pose for the photo.

08/17/2026

Will this monkey ever run out of wrenches to throw?
This is my summer in a quick ai video- but for reals...can someone please stop the monkey, the circus he escaped from - and take his wrenches away!!

08/16/2026

All the barrel racing beauties out there - do not miss out!!

08/15/2026

Okay barrel racers…RBF™ isn't finished yet. 👀

The coasters made their debut at the SBRA Finals.
001 made it onto a shirt.
And now RBF™ is starting to show up in the wild. ❤️

A HUGE thank you to those of you who have already sent me photos or shared where your RBF™ ended up. Keep them coming! I have an idea brewing for those pictures down the road...and there may just be a little something in it for those who join the fun. 😉📸

Next stop: Second Annual Lakeside Acres & Rapid Standard Barrel Race in September.

And I've been thinking...

I want to bring a little more RBF™ — Ruthless Barrel Focus with me — and this time, not just for competitors.

Spectators. Vendors. Friends. Everybody.

Something fun. Something you can wear, stick somewhere, trade, collect or take home.

🔥 So tell me: if you saw RBF™ at the barrel race, what would YOU want to grab?

Sticker? Temporary tattoo? Window decal? Wristband?
Or something I haven't thought of yet?

Tell me. I might just make it. 😉

And if one of those original RBF™ coasters found its way home with you at the Finals, snap a picture and tag Just Enjoy Photography or send it my way. I'd love to see where they've ended up!

Someday those photos might just become part of the RBF™ story. ❤️

RBF™ — Ruthless Barrel Focus
From the Light Side of My Lens™
…where I see things a little differently.

08/13/2026

It all started with one comment... ;)

08/13/2026

☕ Country Coffee & Cameras

Coffee (turtle) on a fence post—let’s sip on this a bit.
Have you ever heard the saying “turtle on a fence post”?

Well, this morning, as I saw the beautiful sunrise, I realized that it was time for another Country Coffee & Cameras post. I started with the cup on one of the old trucks, tried a few other places and eventually set it on the fence post.

That saying came to mind...I could finally put into a picture and words what I have been feeling all summer.

But “turtle on a fence post” doesn’t have the meaning I thought it did.🤦‍♀️🤣

I visualize it kind of like this: if you are a turtle on a fence post, once you’re in that position, you are hooped. But when I asked Google about it...A turtle on a fence post means that a person in a high place did not get there by themselves. Because turtles cannot climb or jump onto posts, someone had to put them there.

Well, in my world, I’m going with: once you’re a turtle on a fence post—you are hooped. You’re stuck with circumstances you can’t necessarily change until the right person, support or circumstance comes along and helps you down.

I am that turtle right now. Right before the beginning of summer break, things went a “little sideways” around here with some personal things. It was okay. I figured summer break was coming up, so I would have more open days to catch up in between the chaos.

Little did I know that the turtle wasn’t just about to start sitting on top of the fence post—it was about to be hurled up there and stuck with super glue.

One thing after another, it seems, has happened throughout this summer. My attention and time has really been pulled away from editing and fulfilling orders. With the last few days of the break looming, and yet another big change happening, feeling like a stuck turtle on a fence post hits HARD!!

To those who have been waiting longer than I ever intended, I truly apologize. You haven’t been forgotten. Your photographs haven’t become less important...Life has simply put me somewhere I didn’t plan on being for a while.

I am still working at things as much as I can. One photo, one order, one day and one fence post at a time.

So, the next time you see a turtle on a fence post—maybe you’ll think like Google and wonder who helped them into a high position...

Or maybe you’ll think about checking to see if that turtle is stuck and could use a little help, a little grace, or a hand getting back down to solid ground.