Barbara Wheeler Photography

05/09/2025

New Podcast!
Part 1 of a 2 part podcast interview by Camron Abibi, featuring wild horse behavioral specialist Mary Ann Simonds and I. We discuss "the myths about wild herds, the overview of how [we] operate, and functional and dysfunction behaviors in wild horses." To bring it full circle, Mary Ann brings the behavior Marty and I have witnessed in the wild and applies it to domestic horse behavior.

Which means this podcast is for people who love wild horses, have adopted mustangs, those who own and love domestic horses - and in particular for those wild horse behavior aficionados. I know there are many of you out there!

I haven't even seen this yet, so you can tell me all about it!

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Part 1 of a phenomenal interview with Mary Ann Simonds, an esteemed equine behavioral ecologist, and Barbara Wheeler, a wild horse photographer. This is the ...

04/24/2025

My Newest Blog is Available
Want to spend a day with the wild horses? Well, come along with us...

Have you ever wondered what wild horses do all day? Well, come and join us!

03/21/2025

I have a new blog for you - Wild Horses: Life at the Waterhole

This is a fun one, with lots of photos of popular horses and a whole lot of videos too.

If you happened to have missed my previous blog "Stargazer", do check that one out too. Just click on "Blog" at the top of the menu.

If you would like to be notified when I have a new blog or podcast (more coming very soon), please sign up to receive my newsletter. I promise you will only ever receive notifications of new content (blogs or podcasts). You can unsubscribe at any time, if you change your mind.

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Thank you!

Before you panic and think this will be a dry blog (pun intended), hang on. Water is such an important part of wild horses’ lives (wild animals, in general). You can learn a lot about them by watching them at their watering holes. I want to share some of the drama- and fun that we […]

02/27/2025

I AM HERE
What a crazy couple of months it has been! The easy transition from one website host to another has been anything but easy.

Finally, the new website is up and with it a brand-new blog. My website looks quite different though the address is the same: https://barbarawheelerphotography.com

The blog, which can also be accessed on the website, can be accessed directly here:
https://barbarawheelerphotography.com/stargazer-2/

This is a brand-new blog, with lots of photos, several videos and a pretty exciting story. It is sure a standout story for us.

Stargazer, who was not named at the time of this event, was a new foal in our favorite family band in the Onaqui HMA (Utah). He was not paying attention and was left behind when his family moved off to the valley. The events that ensued were startling, to say the least.

I hope you will take some time to read it. It should only take about 15 minutes – unless you read it again!

So, what are my plans at this point? Well, absolutely keep telling wild horse stories!
I have a long list of blogs planned - about 25 so far – and I hope you will suggest more. Some of them will be refreshed from years ago with the addition of more photos and videos and edited, if need be. It is definitely time to bring out those hundreds of videos that I have stored on my computer.

What else?

Well, many of you know I have done one podcast interview about some of our wild horse photography adventures. Recently, my friend Mary Ann Simonds and I were interviewed about wild horse behavior for two more podcasts. We are discussing a series of podcasts called “Wild Horse Chronicles” or something thereabouts.

The podcasts will be full of Marty and my photographs. I will tell the story behind the photo and Mary Ann will explain the behavior and how it applies to domestic horses. So, these are for wild horse afficionados and those of you who own domestic horses (or have adopted a mustang). There is much to learn from this wise woman. Mary Ann, that is.

So? More wild horse stories…

Are you getting the drift? Stories, stories and more stories.

My recent podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E69LQ3XSQsg

The new ones will be announced soon both here and on my website.

More soon!

12/31/2024

Cover – 2025 Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites Calendar
Mustangs at the End of a Rainbow – Barbara
Salt Wells Creek HA, WY

Well, here goes guys. My very last Facebook post. I didn’t expect to be so emotional but I am finding myself near tears today. It’s been a wonderful, satisfying near 24 years having a photography business and over 15 years of wild horse photography. It’s with very mixed emotions that I post this. Please read to the end to see what I have planned for the future…

It was a dark and stormy night.

I ALWAYS wanted to start a story like that. LOL

But. It was a dark and stormy DAY. It really, really was.

It was very unsettled (and cold!) weather. But unless the weather was such that we absolutely could not get out there (think getting stuck in the mud or roads washing out or…), we went. You never knew what wonderful thing might happen if you just put on your big girl panties (me, not Marty) and did it.

But the weather was very nasty. We were beginning to think the day was going to be a total washout. Pun intended.

We sat in the truck hoping against hope it would clear up.

We were parked on the high plateau that was our favorite place to photograph in Salt Wells Creek HA. At over 8000 feet, according to my elevation app, you never knew what kind of weather to expect. You could leave Rock Springs in the sun and drive that half hour plus to the turnoff, climb that steep hill and find snow. Or sleet. Or a driving rainstorm. Or maybe it was even too wet and muddy to get up that steep hill. That had certainly happened before. You just never, ever knew for sure.

Horses were around. They were in front of us, behind us and beside us. They didn't care it was raining. But it was much too dark to photograph.

We waited. And waited.

Now, it may surprise you to know that I am the more patient of the pair of Barbara & Marty. I cannot tell you how many times I said, just one more loop up that road, or just wait a few more minutes. I CAN tell you I have very often been right about that loop or that wait.

I’ve told you about our favorite way to pass the time when nothing was happening. We would try to one-up each other on all the things that might possibly happen. You know, the “What if a silver pinto stallion is standing in the golden light and another silver stallion comes up and postures with him?” Or something like that. The dreams often got quite ridiculous. LOL

Today, my joiner was about the magical things that can happen after a rainstorm... a mustang in a rainbow.

Oh, we’d seen plenty of rainbows in plenty of places. We’d seen mustangs in plenty of places. But never the twain had met.

Suddenly the sun popped out. In front of us. I said, “This is how a rainbow happens.” We turned around and both our jaws dropped.

Right there beside us a full double rainbow. Six stallions (the other two are out of the frame) wandering across the landscape, munching as they went. Going toward a double rainbow. Oh my gosh!

I'm sure at some point in my life I have seen a rainbow touch the ground. I know I've never seen both ends touch the ground. I know I've never seen a double rainbow touch the ground. And never, ever have I seen a mustang stallion standing IN the rainbow where it touches the ground, let alone three of them. And I never did again.

No, it's not a photoshopped rainbow and it certainly is not AI generated either. It was real, it was large and it was one of the most intensely colored we've ever seen. It was also one of the few rainbows where we could see both ends. Both ends were right in front of us - and at least one end had mustangs IN it. One was a cremello and one was a Curly. Sigh...

I can’t even tell you how many photos we both took. You do NOT miss an opportunity like that because you KNOW it will probably never happen again.

This was better than any pot of gold!

Though this is about the calendar cover, I thought I would post some of the other images we took that very memorable day. I think you will enjoy them.

You’ve heard me say it before and I will say it again – if I live to be 100, this is not something I will ever forget. I may forget Marty’s name but not this. LOL

So, no big surprise when I was trying to decide which images of mine that I wanted to put on our Favorites calendar. I have far, far more than 12 favorites, as you might expect, but this one absolutely HAD to be on it. In a place of honor – the cover…

OK. That’s done. My last regular Facebook post. But what now?

I am NOT going away, though I am doing some serious shifting.

My friend Mary Ann, who I have mentioned many times, and other friends have encouraged me to not just go away, to not stop telling the stories I love so much to tell. So, I will continue my long-abandoned blogs.

I have 15 blogs from many years ago. I plan on refreshing those, adding more videos and just making them more engaging.

AND. I will be adding more blogs. I have well over a dozen ideas for new blogs. I would love input from all of you too. If there is something you want me to write about (and it’s something I can write about), I will do so. I love suggestions from you all.

This will all take some time because I am moving to a new, more blog friendly website. It’s a bit of a daunting process that is going to take some time. But I will get there.

I have been interviewed for a wild horse podcast and there are several more in the future.

Do you want to follow me along on my new journey? You can be on my list to receive emails about new blogs and podcasts. Email me at [email protected]. Those are the only emails you will receive from me and I don't share information. I'd love to have you along!

I will also post announcements of new blogs and podcasts here on Facebook, at least for a while. Facebook just loves to suppress my posts, so I’ll have to see how that goes.

I honestly don’t have adequate words to express to all of you – my followers, fans, customers, supporters, encouragers, and extended family – what these last fourteen years have meant to me. Despite all the frustrations of Facebook, many of you have been with me for years and years and years. I don’t know how to thank you, as well as my newer followers, for all the support and love you’ve given me over the years.

THANK YOU.

I am now going to go find a hanky because I feel very emotional…

12/26/2024

Cover (2025 People’s Choice Calendar)
Four Mile HMA, Utah
The Story Behind the Image

Yes, you have seen an image very much like this one recently. It is on the cover of the 2024 People’s Choice Calendar. However, in that one, the stallion is standing in front of his band. Isn’t he so gorgeous?

This is an image of just his ladies – and they too are gorgeous. They are also the ONLY reason we were able to capture a whole lot of photos of these beauties. They were too curious to leave, for which we will forever be thankful.

As far as I know none of these horses have names. Four Mile is an out of the way HMA. I would seriously doubt the herd has much of a following and/or that anyone has named them.

In 2015, we were well into our intention of visiting as many different HMAs as we could. We visited the Steens, Onaqui and Salt Wells Creek HMAs every year, but every year we would plan to visit new areas around those. It did take planning and it also took us to some more remote locations.

This particular trip, we wanted to visit 4 Mile, Chloride Canyon and Sulphur HMAs, all in Utah. We were only familiar with Sulphur, where we knew there were beautiful horses that were very similar to the Kigers. We learned about 4 Mile and Chloride Canyon later.

Because we were on the road for two to three months and needed to be home before it got too hot, we left when the weather was still dicey. Especially, in the Great Basin.

Dicey means you might sit a few days in the trailer waiting for the snow to pass or the roads to dry enough you can risk driving on them without getting stuck.

This area was remote enough we needed to be very careful. We could be stuck for a very long time with no cell service and no cars coming by for who knows how long.

We almost always gathered “intelligence” ahead of time about the areas we were to visit. This usually included a visit to the local BLM office. But, in this case, the BLM office was miles and miles away and it wasn’t possible to visit. We were winging it.

Armed with a map of the area and some vague idea of where 4 Mile HMA was, we ventured out. It had been rainy, and the roads were very wet. We didn’t know how successful we were going to be. That’s part of the wild horse thing, though.

Our usual tactic was to stop and talk to anyone we could find and ask if they’d seen any wild horses. You never really knew what kind of response you were going to get because not everyone in rural areas are fans of wild horses.

For many miles, we never even saw another vehicle. Finally, we saw some railroad workers who waved in a vague direction and insinuated “go that way.” Okay. What did we have to lose? Well, that can be a complicated answer, but off we went.

This day, we got lucky. We saw horses and we were able to get somewhat close (thank goodness for a big camera lens). They were shy but curious and we had some success before they decided they had enough of us.

We drove on. We saw a few horses – all beautiful – along the loop we took. They were all very shy. But. You take what you can get in this situation.

We lost a day to weather but when we were able, we went out to see if we could find the original band we’d seen. The weather was not great and worsening. It had been sprinkling but now it was looking downright threatening.
In the distance. Horses! A large and gorgeous band with a beautiful dun stallion. Oh boy, oh boy.

What a large band! In fact, one of the largest we ever saw – eleven mares with a single foal. There was no lieutenant. This stallion was on his own.

These horses were very nervous. The band stallion would certainly have left but his mares were just a little too curious about us and kept turning to gawk at us, forcing him to stay.

The mares stood in the background staring at us while the stallion ran back and forth in the foreground.

This required Marty’s big lens. We knew from experience that a second person can be enough to scare them away and my camera lens is not adequate with that kind of distance. Getting closer would certainly cause them to leave. I watched from the truck.

Yes, it’s frustrating to sit it out, but watching through binoculars must do at times like this. I didn’t want them to leave. I stayed put and watched.

The weather had been steadily worsening. It got darker and darker.

That dark gray background is rain. It’s dumping back there. A few minutes later it was even darker and more ominous.

Rain doesn’t deter us. A deluge does. It’s that camera equipment thing…

It started pouring. The light was horrible. It was over.

We did see this band a day or so later, but we didn’t get close. They were even more nervous the second time and ran away after just a few minutes.

Though this was a brief interlude – less than a half an hour – it was memorable. I keep coming back to these photos. The horses were stunning; several duns, pintos, a cremello - and that dun stallion! It’s no wonder you thought it would be the perfect cover for the calendar! In fact, a sister image to this one is on the cover of a book – ‘A Horse by Nature’ by Mary Ann Simonds.

As an aside, Mary Ann and I will be guests on several upcoming podcasts about this very book. I will be telling the story behind many images in the book and Mary Ann will follow up with how wild horse behavior relates to domestic horses. If you are interested, I will be posting updates and links here on Facebook for a couple of months (my only posts). If you want more reliable updates on podcasts and wild horse blogs, email me and I will put you on an email list to notify you when I have something new. I will never share your email and you will only receive notifications of new blogs or podcasts. My email is [email protected]

A few years ago, I was contacted by a woman who had adopted two mares from this band. Though this was a remote area, the wild horse world can be surprisingly small! It’s very satisfying to have photos of peoples’ horses in the wild!

All sales are now closed on my website. You can still order a calendar through 5 pm on December 31. You can either email me or purchase through my Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BarbaraWheelerPhoto

I will not be posting the December photo for the 2025 Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites Calendar, since that same image (Marquee with the snow covered mountains in the background) is also on the People’s Choice calendar and the story has already been told.

That leaves one more wild horse story or image post for me. I will tell the story of the cover of the Favorites calendar next Tuesday. It is completely fitting, since that is a photo of horses at the end of a rainbow. What could possibly be more fitting?

12/19/2024

July, Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites Calendar (Marty)
A Fantasy (Kitsatchie National Forest, LA) The Story Behind the Image

Oh my gosh!! I forgot a month. There are too many calendars to juggle apparently!!

In 2014, we took, what was for us, an epic trip around the perimeter of the US. When we left, we fully expected to visit horses in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. Little did we dream, thanks to a friend's tip, we would see horses in Louisiana! Or for that matter, in Florida and Georgia...

The horses in the Kitchatchie National Forest, near Fort Polk Army Base, Louisiana, were not as easy to find as we first thought they would be.

For one thing, we were unprepared for the dense forest of Longleaf Pine trees.

Now, Marty and I both grew up in the forests of Northern California. We are not strangers to pine trees. We had pine trees all around us – even in the yard – and big ones too. But they are different than the pines of Louisiana.

The leaves (needles) of Longleaf Pine are much longer than the pine trees we were familiar with and grew very differently along the trunk. It was just a different sort of forest and we had to adapt our eyes to it – even to see big animals like horses.

One unique thing about the longleaf pine forests is that the Forest Service burns them regularly. There are many reasons for this, one being that the trees have evolved with fire, and their seeds are adapted to germinate in the open, mineral-rich soil created by fire. The heat from the fire melts the resin on the cones, releasing the seeds. Burning also reduces competition for nutrients by competing trees and underbrush and and provides habitat for small animals. And as it turns out, for big animals too.

After a fire, particularly in areas with regular rainfall, grass springs up almost immediately. And what do horses just love to eat?

So, we not only found ourselves in a very different forest, we found ourselves in a burned forest.

Fire was always a bad thing when and where we grew up, so naturally, burned forest was bad – and ugly.

So, imagine our surprise when we found it to be – well, beautiful. I certainly don’t remember OUR burned forests being beautiful! Here, the black tree trunks contrasting with orange and green needles and a green forest floor was stunning.

It was quite a magical environment. About twenty-five horses in a burned forest on a cloudy day. We really got lucky. If it had been sunny that day, getting good shots would have been next to impossible due to the sun and shade mix you always have to deal with in a forest. And the colors would have washed out instead of saturated. It was good. It was very good.

We were mighty happy with the results!

One question though. How in the world does a white horse stay white in a burned forest? LOL

If you would like to buy this image or any of the many renderings (prints, mug, t-shirt, canvas, etc), you can find it here:
https://www.barbarawheelerphotography.com/easternus/e250ba8c

I am telling the story behind each of the photos on the 2025 People’s Choice Calendar, and the 2025 Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites Calendar through the end of this year. I know not many people are seeing my posts these days. This is my gift to those of who have tenaciously hung in there with me. I am thankful for each and every one of you.

Three 2025 calendars are now available for sale on my website: People’s Choice, Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites (Marty and my favorite wild horse images) and a custom calendar (you choose the photos). You can find them here: https://www.barbarawheelerphotography.com/2025calendars

The last day to order “regular” calendars for Christmas delivery was yesterday, though you can order through December 31. The last day to order custom calendars (you choose the photos) for delivery by Christmas has also passed, though you can order through Christmas.

For those who have missed the announcement, my business is closing the end of this year.
My website will remain up through December 25.

Calendars will be available for sale on my website through December 25, 2024, and in my Etsy store, through email and from the printer’s website through December 31. All calendar sales will end on December 31, 2024. No exceptions.

Products, including prints, mugs, T shirts, etc, etc, will be available only until my website shuts down at midnight on December 25, 2024. This will also be the last day you can choose images for a custom calendar.

I am selling matted images in several sizes on my website. These are “left over” from art and horse shows and auctions for charity. Prices vary with size but all are priced below the price of unmatted prints of the same size and I am not charging shipping. That is a very large savings. I am discounting them further (25% off and still free shipping.) You can find them here: https://barbarawheelerphotography.com/mattedimages

If you want to see more about my business and page closing, that post is pinned to the top of my page.

Please feel free to share, we love it when you do, but these photos may not be used for any purpose, including personal downloads, without the express written permission of Barbara Wheeler Photography.

We have hundreds of wild horse photos, wild horse blogs, videos and other images (birds, landscapes, etc) on our website. Come and take a peek!

12/18/2024

December, People’s Choice Calendar
The Blue-eyed Bay and Black Curly Stallion, Salt Wells Creek HA, WY
The Story Behind the Image

Well, I have a dilemma.

The Blue-eyed Bay (AKA Ringo) was is also on the calendar for February, all by his lonesome. I told that story earlier. That image – one of my favorites of all time – was taken at pretty much the same time as this one. Oh, maybe there was a minute or two in between, but it wasn’t much.

Ringo alone in the windswept grass was my image. This one is Marty’s image. I love this one too.

It was always fun to see what the two of us got out of the same shoot at the same place and time. There were ALWAYS differences. In fact, we tried hard to make sure there were.

If we were on foot, one of us would find a different angle or background or band or whatever. Often Marty would do still photos and I would take videos, especially later. Thankfully, it was always easy to flip to still photos if something exciting happened.

But this particular time, we were confined to the pick-up. This was our first evening with this herd and the horses seemed a bit nervous of us. There is nothing worse than finally getting to photograph 100 horses, after a week of dribs and drabs, and then scare them off by getting out and trying to move closer. Nope. We weren’t going to risk it. So, there wasn’t going to be much in the way of different angles on this one, unless you are talking about the right side of the pickup vs the left side.

Well, then there were the times all I could get into my camera lens was Marty’s head, because something exciting was happening on HIS side of the truck. I hate when that happens.

That is a beautiful black Curly stallion that Ringo is standing with – I’m not sure who. This trip to Wyoming was our first time finding Curlies and we were fascinated. We actually stayed fascinated to the end.

Ringo was often with Curlies. A few years after this was taken, he became lieutenant to the giant sorrel Curly named Curly (no, I didn’t name him).

It was apparent that Curlies preferred the company of other Curlies. Though there were straight haired horses in the Curly bands, they were definitely in the minority. Who can say why Ringo decided to hang around and then join up with a band Curlies? Maybe there were Curlies in his natal band. Or maybe it is something else.

We were fortunate to see Ringo nearly every trip to Salt Wells Creek HA. And I never, ever failed to get excited when I saw him. You all know he was a particularly special horse to me.

And he was particularly beautiful, as well.

If you would like to buy this image or any of the many renderings (prints, mug, t-shirt, canvas, etc), you can find it here:
https://www.barbarawheelerphotography.com/wyoming/e7c64d1c5

I am telling the story behind each of the photos on the 2025 People’s Choice Calendar, and the 2025 Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites Calendar through the end of this year. I know not many people are seeing my posts these days. This is my gift to those of who have tenaciously hung in there with me. I am thankful for each and every one of you.

Three 2025 calendars are now available for sale on my website: People’s Choice, Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites (Marty and my favorite wild horse images) and a custom calendar (you choose the photos). You can find them here: https://www.barbarawheelerphotography.com/2025calendars

The last day to order “regular” calendars for Christmas delivery was yesterday, though you can order through December 31. The last day to order custom calendars (you choose the photos) for delivery by Christmas has also passed, though you can order through Christmas.

For those who have missed the announcement, my business is closing the end of this year.

My website will remain up through December 25.

Calendars will be available for sale on my website through December 25, 2024, and in my Etsy store, through email and from the printer’s website through December 31. All calendar sales will end on December 31, 2024. No exceptions.

Products, including prints, mugs, T shirts, etc, etc, will be available only until my website shuts down at midnight on December 25, 2024. This will also be the last day you can choose images for a custom calendar.

I am selling matted images in several sizes on my website. These are “left over” from art and horse shows and auctions for charity. Prices vary with size but all are priced below the price of unmatted prints of the same size and I am not charging shipping. That is a very large savings. I am discounting them further (25% off and still free shipping.) You can find them here: https://barbarawheelerphotography.com/mattedimages

If you want to see more about my business and page closing, that post is pinned to the top of my page.

Please feel free to share, we love it when you do, but these photos may not be used for any purpose, including personal downloads, without the express written permission of Barbara Wheeler Photography.

We have hundreds of wild horse photos, wild horse blogs, videos and other images (birds, landscapes, etc) on our website. Come and take a peek!

12/12/2024

November, Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites (Barbara)
Bugsy, Sand Wash Basin HMA, CO
The Story Behind the Photo

Bugsy is the November pinup from the 2025 Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites Calendar. Yes, he was also on last year’s calendar. However, this calendar is all about Marty’s and my favorite wild horse photos, and well, this one is one of mine.

We first saw Bugsy on our second trip to Sand Wash Basin in the spring of 2011.

He had a nice little band. Interestingly, there was a white (gray) yearling c**t in the band. I didn’t realize at the time how unusual it was to see such a young horse grayed out completely to white. But I do now.

We spent about twenty minutes with the band. And what a pretty little band he had!

Suddenly the mares decided it was time to move along. You know by now that the mares, more often than not, decide when it is time to move to water or grazing or just to move. In fact, unless there is some kind of danger, whether it be another stallion or human or whatever (or just a perceived danger), it’s nearly always the mares who decide.

That said, I do have a funny story, also set in Sand Basin HMA, but not about Bugsy.

Corona was with his band at the waterhole a few years ago. Now, those of you who are familiar with Corona in his heyday, know he had a very large band. He also had a beautiful long-time lead mare. Sorry, her name eludes me at the moment. Anyway, Corona thought it was time to leave. His lead mare thought it was time to rest around the waterhole. He snaked her. The other mares followed her but she circled back. He snaked her again. She, with the other mares and foals in tow, circled back again. They literally ran in circles for a few minutes while the power struggle ensued. She finally decided this was not a battle she wanted to keep fighting and off they went. But I really believe it was only because she decided to back down (pick your battles, right?). I’m still not sure who really held the power in the band. LOL

ANYWAY.

If you are a photographer, you learn to watch the lead mare. If you are in a large group of horses with lots of bands, you watch the lead mare of the dominant stallions. They dictate when to move and you had better be ready if you want to stay with them!

They also dictate when to stay. I can’t tell you how many times the lead mare wanted to stay when the stallion wanted to go. Almost always, they stayed. (See story above. LOL) But this also applies to times when the stallion was skittish about US but the mare was curious.

The first time we saw Renegade, he was more than a little nervous. He absolutely did not want to have anything to do with us. However, his mare seemed to be more tolerant of humans and was curious. He kept trying to snake her away. Thankfully, he was not very successful and we got some wonderful shots. Had he won the tussle, we probably would have only seen him for an instant before they vanished.

Anyway. Bugsy and his band were along a ridge line with storm clouds behind them, Bugsy was hurrying along at the back of the band, like stallions usually do.

Now, I think horses are the most beautiful creatures. I’ve photographed them laying down sleeping, standing up sleeping, eating, doing nothin’, drinking at waterholes, grooming each other, posturing, playing, fighting and half a dozen other things I can’t think of at the moment.

But in my mind, there is no more beautiful horse than one that is in motion. Like this.

On a ridge with storm clouds in the background? Oh yeah.

And Bugsy himself? Gorgeous!

You have probably heard me say a time or two. Buckskins are my favorite. 😉

If you would like to buy this image or any of the many renderings (prints, mug, t-shirt, canvas, etc), you can find it here:
https://www.barbarawheelerphotography.com/colorado/e8537572

I am telling the story behind each of the photos on the 2025 People’s Choice Calendar, and the 2025 Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites Calendar through the end of this year. I know not many people are seeing my posts these days. This is my gift to those of who have tenaciously hung in there with me. I am thankful for each and every one of you.

Three 2025 calendars are now available for sale on my website: People’s Choice, Barbara Wheeler Photography Favorites (Marty and my favorite wild horse images) and a custom calendar (you choose the photos). You can find them here: https://www.barbarawheelerphotography.com/2025calendars

The last day to order “regular” calendars for Christmas delivery is December 17. The last day to order custom calendars (you choose the photos) for delivery by Christmas is December 15.

For those who have missed the announcement, my business is closing the end of this year.

My website will remain up through December 25.

Calendars will be available for sale on my website through December 25, 2024, and in my Etsy store, through email and from the printer’s website through December 31. All calendar sales will end on December 31, 2024. No exceptions.

Products, including prints, mugs, T shirts, etc, etc, will be available only until my website shuts down at midnight on December 25, 2024. This will also be the last day you can choose images for a custom calendar.

I am selling matted images in several sizes on my website. These are “left over” from art and horse shows and auctions for charity. Prices vary with size but all are priced below the price of unmatted prints of the same size and I am not charging shipping. That is a very large savings. I am discounting them further (25% off and still free shipping.) You can find them here: https://barbarawheelerphotography.com/mattedimages

If you want to see more about my business and page closing, that post is pinned to the top of my page.

Please feel free to share, we love it when you do, but these photos may not be used for any purpose, including personal downloads, without the express written permission of Barbara Wheeler Photography.

We have hundreds of wild horse photos, wild horse blogs, videos and other images (birds, landscapes, etc) on our website. Come and take a peek!