Katie Mortimore Photography

16/02/2026

I have just heard the news from Michael Jung on Instagram that sadly at the age of 26 he has lost Sam this evening. 😢 Sam was an utter legend, one in a million doesn't do him justice. This horse rewrote all the record books and more with MJ at the reins. They were the perfect partnership.

To watch them many times was a privliedge, to photograph them a joy. This photo from Badminton 2017 is a personal favourite of mine, as although on it's own it's not necessarily anything hugely special it actually is when you look at the details. You can't see the fact the fence was huge, nor that it was soon followed by a huge corner (click on the photo and then on to the next to see the corner!), but you can see that MJ and Sam were perfectly in sync, both looking to that next fence. But also both totally at ease. They made an exceptionally difficult combination look like it was on a BE 90 course.

RIP Sam, you will be missed. And thoughts to all his connections, especially MJ his best friend of 20 years. 💕

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10/01/2026

Happy New year. All that follow me know I'm awful at the best times with social media and that's not going to change any time soon! Sorry! 🤣🙈

Work carries on though behind the social media scenes and I had a fabulous mixute of work in 2025 so a thank you to all my clients.

Today it wasn't a job though, today I found myself at a loose end this morning so volunteered last minute to be the photographer at my local park run at Teignmouth. If you don't know about parkrun you really really should. I would normally run myself but I was helping set up for my run clubs race later in the day which would be a fair bit of mileage plus doing the race tomorrow so it was best to have a week off, so only fair I took a turn to give back.

Enjoy the photos in a slightly random order thanks to FB! Plus at the end are a few body borders and kayakers who were enjoying the remarkably calm seas after Thursday's storm. The runners did not enjoy the deep sand left by the storm though, I was rather glad not to be running this week I must say!! 🤣

27/11/2025

Are you coming to the Westpoint Exeter Equine Fair this weekend? If not why not?! See below for a discount code for tickets...

I will be there with the opportunity to win an equine photoshoot, with gift vouchers all ready for Christmas presents, and also a selection of seasonal cards available to purchase.

I will also be bringing along the illustration side of my business Creations By Katie , I have a number of originals ready to purchase and also the opportunity to complete a very limited number of bespoke commissions prior to Christmas

Please do come say hello and take a look at some of my work.

Followers can buy half price tickets by using the code HALFPRICE when purchasing through the Westpoint website

Look forward to seeing you there