I was born in Zimbabwe (a small country in southern Africa) and I have loved horses for as long as I can remember.

I started riding at the age of 9 but it was only four years ago that I received my first horse from my husband. We breed paint horses and have two stallions and thirteen mares at the moment.

I took up photography about 15 years ago in South Africa and it was a natural progression to photograph my passion, the horse. I started out using it as a way to finance my riding lessons covering small schooling shows and shooting personal portraits for the members of the stable that I attended and it grew from there to include farm visits and larger shows. 

In 1998 I moved to London, England and then, after meeting my husband moved to Indiana in 2001. I photograph a few smaller western paint, palomino, welsh and quarter horse shows in our local area every year. My first love is our young horses which I spend hours photographing each year when they are born. I can sit out in the field all day watching them and enjoying their antics and trying to capture them on camera. 

I shoot primarily for stock and my website is a work in progress. It is currently being updated to reflect my work.  If you're looking for foal imagery please contact me by visiting my website at http://www.prophotobylori.com or search for Lori Schmidt in the IHPA Imagebank.