Today Ghost turns two and in the past two weeks, Ghost has raked in the points at local shows. He won a total of four points at the Octo­ber Bel­ton, Texas shows, then this week­end he snabbed his first major in Austin for another 3 points! Quite the birth­day treat, a few days early, for this lit­tle cream/fawn boy.

Our big treat was the pho­to­graphic record­ing of a great day by noted pho­tog­ra­pher friends, Alan Klemp and his wife Jill. They hung out ring­side, with Alan cap­tur­ing Ghost’s wins in the morn­ing and Jill his Group 1 win in the Bred-by com­pe­ti­tion that after­noon. (Ghost won Best of Breed, Bred-by along with that major, by the way. :-) )

Alan is known for his spec­tac­u­lar macro and man­dala work of nature sub­jects, par­tic­u­larly flow­ers. (View his work at Alan Klemp Pho­tog­ra­phy.) The low light­ing and fast-moving show ring sub­jects put both pho­tog­ra­phers through their F-stop paces, but the results are above par. See their lovely por­trait work below, but then we are rather par­tial to the sub­ject. ;-)

(Click on pho­tos to enlarge.)

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