Moving right along. Last week was hands, this week we move down to the feet and what covers them. Again, in no particular order.

Years ago, 2009 to be exact, I got wind of an English Riding event happening at the local county fairgrounds. As I live ten minutes away, I thought it would be a fun place to photograph something different. I love slipping into sub-cultures that are foreign to me. This was definitely one of those experiences. I’m SO not a horse person.

 

In 2020, my family traveled to Pinedale, WY to say goodbye to the father of my daughters who had passed away the previous November. Nothing could be more “Wyoming” than this pair of kids boots.

In 2015 I was in Sedona near Red Rock Crossing for a high school senior shoot. My subject had these boots on and as she was getting into position I fired off a shot. What great boots and clearly worn a LOT.

 

2014 found us in Santa Fe. The next three images were taken in shops along Canyon Road, famous for its art galleries and shops.

I find the artistry and leatherwork of cowboy boots to be rather beautiful.

 

The feet of my niece are in these rain boots as we explore a creek near the family home in Marin County, northern California in 2016.

 

One of my first workshops with Arizona Highways Photo Workshops was in 2014 on a women’s retreat in Sedona. Yes, there were stunning vistas to photograph, but also these great boots of our Jeep Tour guide!

 

The next three images were taken in 2017 at the Babbit Ranches Hashknife Colt sale outside of Flagstaff at their Spider Camp off of Hwy 89.

 

There were some well-loved boots at the auction. And once again, I’m there to shoot horses but found these details just as interesting. Talk about entering a different subculture. The whole thing was quite fascinating. So much so that I went back the next year!

 

I flew into El Paso, TX in 2017 for a photo workshop at White Sands, New Mexico. The other photoguide and I had a day in El Paso to wander around and take photos. these boots were being sold down near the border which quite honestly if I didn’t know I was in the United States, It would be easy to mistake my location for a street of shops just over the border.

 

These beautiful boots were at the 2028 Colt Sale.

 

Last but not least, earlier this year I was at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix with a dear friend and her son doing his high school senior portraits. He had taken off these boots to switch into his dress clothes and set them on the bench. As he was changing under his graduation gown I spotted them in the light with the background and BAM! I have this image. Talk about well-loved boots.