Doggy Desserts
Homemade Treats for Happy Healthy Dogs
by Cheryl Gianfrancesco
photography by Sporthorse Photography - Tara Gregg
Orange Peanut Biscotti
Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Popular Dogs - PUGS
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Dog Fancy - July 2007
Roxy seen in the July 2007 issue of Dog Fancy, illustrating an article about Pit Bull Terriers.
©Sporthorse Photography / Tara Gregg
©Sporthorse Photography / Tara Gregg
Dog Fancy July 2007
Bungie doing agility. Seen in the July issue of Dog Fancy, illustrating the Pit Bull Terrier.
©Sporthorse Photography / Tara Gregg
©Sporthorse Photography / Tara Gregg
Monday, May 7, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
IHSA Western Semi Finals in Pomona, CA
Cal Poly University hosted the Western semi-finals for Collegiate riding on March 24-25, 2007 at Fairplex Park . Student from all over the country came to compete, with hopes of advancing to the Finals. In Intercollegiate shows, riders do not bring their own horses. Instead, they draw for their horses just prior to the class and receive no warm-up time. Sounds challenging!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Bio in Dog Fancy - May 2007
OURCONTRIBUTORS
A fairly new addition to DOG FANCY's team of contributing photographers, Tara Gregg believes her work reflects her love of the subjects she photographs and her appreciation for their unique personalities and beauty. A former equestrian student, Gregg's photography career stems from her knowledge of exercising and breaking racehorses, which led to photographing them, and finally to capturing images of all types of animals - including dogs, of course. "It's very entertaining to watch them because they aren't self conscious and are much more open than people," Gregg says about her animal models. Gregg's additional projects include building up her portfolio (www.sporthorsephotography.net) and becoming more involved in dog and horse rescue causes by using her photographs as a medium of communication.
-Satori Nakaue
A fairly new addition to DOG FANCY's team of contributing photographers, Tara Gregg believes her work reflects her love of the subjects she photographs and her appreciation for their unique personalities and beauty. A former equestrian student, Gregg's photography career stems from her knowledge of exercising and breaking racehorses, which led to photographing them, and finally to capturing images of all types of animals - including dogs, of course. "It's very entertaining to watch them because they aren't self conscious and are much more open than people," Gregg says about her animal models. Gregg's additional projects include building up her portfolio (www.sporthorsephotography.net) and becoming more involved in dog and horse rescue causes by using her photographs as a medium of communication.
-Satori Nakaue
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Paws In The Park - Raffle Winner
On February 24, 2007, Solana Beach Parks & Recreation Commission hosted the 1st "Paws in the Park" event. It was held at La Colonia Park, off of Stevens Ave, and included Agility and Flyball demonstrations, contests for pets and their people, clicker training demo, seminar about Healthy Diets from Tori Rosay of Dexter's Deli, seminar and opportunities to handle wild & exotic animals from Pacific Animal Productions & much much more.The event was held in conjunction with "SNAP" - Spay Neuter Action Project. Raffles were held to raise money for the SNAP program.
"SNAP's mission is to ensure there are no more homeless pets in San Diego County. We work to eliminate pet overpopulation through education and programs that promote and facilitate 
spaying or neutering pets in San Diego County. Our preventative approach addresses pet overpopulation and its tragic effects on companion animals as well as on people's health, safety and quality of life."
spaying or neutering pets in San Diego County. Our preventative approach addresses pet overpopulation and its tragic effects on companion animals as well as on people's health, safety and quality of life."The winner of a full session photoshoot, along with a very large package of prints went to, two chocolate labs, Boomer and Mocha, owners of Dave & Abbey Fisher. The shoot result in some amazing action shoots, and portraits done at the Del Mar Dog Beach.
Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets! The money went to a great cause!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Popular Dogs - Labrador Retriever Issue - Cover
Charlie seen on the Cover of Popular Dogs, Labrador Retrievers issue.
©Sporthorse Photography / Tara Gregg
©Sporthorse Photography / Tara Gregg
Monday, February 19, 2007
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
2008 Just Boxers calendar
Fritz seen in the 2008 Just Boxers calendar, published by Willow Creek Press.
©Sporthorse Photography
©Sporthorse Photography
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Work with horses leads to career capturing their images
By Michelle DeCrescenzo
COMMUNITY NEWS WRITER
February 25, 2005
LAURA EMBRY / Union-TribunePhotographer Tara Gregg with her dog, Layla, at Dog Beach in Del Mar, her favorite place to take pictures of dogs. She also works with horses.
SOLANA BEACH – Horses were always Tara Gregg's passion.
So, she found a way to include them in her career, after a few bends in the path.
Originally from Canada, Gregg attended an equestrian college in West Virginia, where she learned about show horses and studied jumping and dressage.
After college, the opportunity arose to break race horses, training the young horses to compete on the racetrack and exercising the animals to keep them in shape.
The combination of disciplines, working with show horses and later race horses, gave her a thorough background to work with the animals.
And to photograph them.
Gregg is the owner of Sporthorse Photography, based out of her home in Solana Beach.
She described her riding background. Dressage, Gregg said, is very disciplined riding where "every step they do is something you asked them to do."
She commanded a high level of control over the horses, getting them to do such things as pivoting on one leg or cantering on a spot.
Working with race horses, she said, was more like a rodeo.
"It's different," she said, "from having that much control over the horse to going to a race horse where you are lucky if you have any control."
Breaking the race horses proved to be a dangerous profession.
"I broke my back and broke a lot of other things," she said.
After getting hurt so many times, Gregg decided it was time to make a career change. She still wanted to work with horses, so she combined her love for them with a love of photography.
"After working with the race horses, I know how to get a horse to relax, and I'm very comfortable around the horses to take their photographs," she said.
Gregg photographs horses and dogs. Usually, she is hired by owners who want keepsake photos.
Some of the animals are easy to work with, and some aren't.
"Some of them seem like they're models, and they'll pose for you and do whatever you want," Gregg said. "Others start kicking and moving around."
She also does confirmation shots of horses, which are used to show whether the animals have good confirmation for breeding. The straightness of the legs and the build define their breeding chances, Gregg said. Confirmation shots follow a standard pose defined by the industry. Gregg said it is often difficult to get the horse to pose, and she may physically move a leg or use a horse handler to help get the shot she needs.
Gregg dabbled in classes at the University of California San Diego to learn photography, but said she relies more on her years of working and training horses to create her niche in the market.
When photographing dogs, she prefers to capture the canines in a natural environment, such as Del Mar's Dog Beach, where their true personality can be expressed.
"If you tell them to sit and stay, you might get a really nice picture of the dog, but it wouldn't necessarily bring out their character," she said.
Gregg takes digital photos and posts the best shots on her Web site. She gives customers a link to a page where they can choose the quantity and size of whichever images they like.
She sometimes uses Adobe Photoshop to give the pictures the effect of a painting.
To view samples of her work, or for more information, go to www.sporthorsephotography.net or call (760) 579-2197.
February 25, 2005
LAURA EMBRY / Union-TribunePhotographer Tara Gregg with her dog, Layla, at Dog Beach in Del Mar, her favorite place to take pictures of dogs. She also works with horses.
SOLANA BEACH – Horses were always Tara Gregg's passion.
So, she found a way to include them in her career, after a few bends in the path.
Originally from Canada, Gregg attended an equestrian college in West Virginia, where she learned about show horses and studied jumping and dressage.
After college, the opportunity arose to break race horses, training the young horses to compete on the racetrack and exercising the animals to keep them in shape.
The combination of disciplines, working with show horses and later race horses, gave her a thorough background to work with the animals.
And to photograph them.
Gregg is the owner of Sporthorse Photography, based out of her home in Solana Beach.
She described her riding background. Dressage, Gregg said, is very disciplined riding where "every step they do is something you asked them to do."
She commanded a high level of control over the horses, getting them to do such things as pivoting on one leg or cantering on a spot.
Working with race horses, she said, was more like a rodeo.
"It's different," she said, "from having that much control over the horse to going to a race horse where you are lucky if you have any control."
Breaking the race horses proved to be a dangerous profession.
"I broke my back and broke a lot of other things," she said.
After getting hurt so many times, Gregg decided it was time to make a career change. She still wanted to work with horses, so she combined her love for them with a love of photography.
"After working with the race horses, I know how to get a horse to relax, and I'm very comfortable around the horses to take their photographs," she said.
Gregg photographs horses and dogs. Usually, she is hired by owners who want keepsake photos.
Some of the animals are easy to work with, and some aren't.
"Some of them seem like they're models, and they'll pose for you and do whatever you want," Gregg said. "Others start kicking and moving around."
She also does confirmation shots of horses, which are used to show whether the animals have good confirmation for breeding. The straightness of the legs and the build define their breeding chances, Gregg said. Confirmation shots follow a standard pose defined by the industry. Gregg said it is often difficult to get the horse to pose, and she may physically move a leg or use a horse handler to help get the shot she needs.
Gregg dabbled in classes at the University of California San Diego to learn photography, but said she relies more on her years of working and training horses to create her niche in the market.
When photographing dogs, she prefers to capture the canines in a natural environment, such as Del Mar's Dog Beach, where their true personality can be expressed.
"If you tell them to sit and stay, you might get a really nice picture of the dog, but it wouldn't necessarily bring out their character," she said.
Gregg takes digital photos and posts the best shots on her Web site. She gives customers a link to a page where they can choose the quantity and size of whichever images they like.
She sometimes uses Adobe Photoshop to give the pictures the effect of a painting.
To view samples of her work, or for more information, go to www.sporthorsephotography.net or call (760) 579-2197.
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