What can one Beer do?

Well, as it turns out, a lot more than she ever thought possible! My life, it seems, goes in a million directions in a day. Primarily, I consider myself a professional equine photographer. But you have to add to that notion a few dozen other semi-occupations including rancher, writer, graphic designer, webmaster, marketing consultant, video producer, horsewoman, business owner, friend and, most importantly, seeker of cosmic truths.

This site explores my many passions. They are listed along the menu above and I hope you find them interesting. The goal here is to share and hopefully inspire. If you have questions about anything on this site, you can e-mail me at kimberlybeer@gmail.com.

One final note, everything (photos, writings, art) on this site is copyrighted. Please do not copy any of it without my permission.

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Photography

I am a professional equine photographer. Although any animal will do in a pinch -- even human animals -- I much prefer the swift beauty of an equine moving through my viewfinder. Over the years, I had the privilege of shooting literally thousands of horses and every one of them I found beautiful. This is a fact those who are enthusiasts of a specific breed or discipline or color find strange. Not to me. Whether it's the stoic gaze of a mule, the fiery passion of a Paso Fino, the athleticism of a event horse or the solid determination of a western cowhorse every equine possesses that certain something that makes them poetry in motion to my lens. It is this passion -- passion for all that is horse -- that I try to portray in my images.

So why horses? This question gets asked of me frequently. In many ways it makes perfect sense that horses are my chosen subjects. First, I was blessed with a mother who never outgrew her crush on horses. To her, the greatest of magic existed between flowing manes and tails. I have never known a day without a horse and for that I am truly thankful. And if you believe in prophecy, I was also born in the year of the Fire Horse.

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Creative Writing

Before I became a photographer -- well, really since I learned how to talk -- I have been a writer. I have always made up stories and told stories and wrote stories. In my marketing work I often have to write marketing copy, but that is not really what I'm good at when it comes to spinning prose. I much prefer fiction (although I do like to spout my opinion and anyone who knows me can attest to that).

If you'd like to read some of my stories, you can download some of the older ones below. For more recent fiction and non-fiction, you'll need to visit my blog. The link is http://beerexpressions.blogspot.com/ or you can click the icon below. I am trying to post to the blog a fiction draft about once every couple of weeks.

Artwork

Sometimes my vision can't be contained by simple photography and I need to use Photoshop to enhance reality to fit my perception of the world. The slide show at left show you some examples. If you'd like to see more, download my portfolio or visit my Picasa Web Albums.

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The Big B Ranch

I am lucky enough to have inherited a beautiful 750 acre cattle ranch located outside Adrian, Missouri. Some photos I've shot at the ranch are scrolling along at left.

Future plans for the ranch include the reason I recently went back to college. My friend Donna Helms and I intend to open a facility for equine assisted therapy. Through the organization we founded, The WHIP Foundation, Women and Horses in Partnership, we intend to build a place where women (and men) can come to heal from domestic abuse, mental illness, and the mental trauma of physical disability. Our dreams our big, but so are the needs of those who could benefit from t his type of facility.

Midnight Productions, Inc.

Midnight Productions, Inc. is my company. Through it I provide the following services:

• Photography
• Graphic Design
• Videography
• Video Production
• Web Design
• Public Relations Services

I have been providing these services to the equine industry since 1996.

About Me ...

Since 1996 I have provided photography, graphic design and video services to the equine industry. My clients include equine related businesses as well as horse owners. I am proud of my work and love my job most days.

I am also a writer at heart. I write fiction and non-fiction and have been published in both. I am working toward getting more of my work published and that includes my photography as well as my prose.

In 2008, I decided I wanted to work toward helping people more in the second half of my life and so I went back to college (University of Missouri, Kansas City) to get a degree in Psychology. I am on track to finish my Master's in 2011. I will have a degree in counseling and will use that degree along with my knowledge of horses to help people overcome and heal. I look forward to this chapter of my life and the changes it will bring, but make no mistake, I will always be an equine photographer and writer.