Stock Collection: 5,000 - 15,000 photos

General Subject Areas: Equestrian, Wildlife, Endangered/Threatened Species, Nature, Farmscapes, Impressive Scenics, Americana.

Geographic Coverage: Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada, and strong representation of the Northeastern USA. Coverage includes national parks, preserves, natural areas, wilderness, and travel destinations.

Future Travel: Caribbean, Hawaii.

Other services: Photo Note Cards. Photo Essays. Extensive photo stock library continually expanding with fresh images. Images can be transmitted as JPEG files or submitted as well-edited, labeled transparencies or prints. F/T assistant available to ensure timely response to your requests.

Affiliations: Richard DaGasta travels nationally on editorial and freelance photography assignments. He provides on-location promotional equine and livestock photography for private farms, ranches, stables, and training facilities. Richard delivers high-impact images that will definitely enhance your magazine, book, home, office, or business project. Richard's images/articles have appeared in such national and international publications as American Turf Monthly, Balloon Life, Endangered Species, Sanctuary, Parade Magazine, Thoroughbred Times, etc.

Typical Stock Photo Examples:
EQUESTRIAN, equine, equestrian, horse, horses, horse drawn carriage, colt, pony, work horse, wild horses, stallion, thoroughbred, standardbred, arabian, miniature horses, mare lifting food basin, draft horses, race horse, sulky, steeplechase, equestrian events, stadium jumping, cross-country, equine grooming, massage, braiding, tack, riding exercises, lipizzaner stallions, Lipizzan, white stallions, andalusian stallion, spanish stallion, stallion leaping, levade, courbette, capriole, stallion jumping, croupade, trot, walk, canter, dressage, gray andalusian, amish horse & buggy, riding schools, english schooling, farrier, horse hoof, hoof frog, horseshoe cleats, Hudson valley horse events, millbrook horse trials, cross country jumping, stadium jumping, lipizzaner stallions world tour, equine head studies, halter, conformation, under saddle, stallion promotion, general farm, stable shots, equestrian stadium jumping, horse trials, individual or stable events, equestrian events, cross-country, exercising, horse portraits, horses at liberty, promotional shots for farm, ranch, stable, or training facility, equine grooming, massage, braiding, farrier craftsmanship, farriers, Lipizzaner Stallions, dressage, pas de deux, steps, trotting, galloping, piaffe, passage, pirouette, levade, courbette, capriole, croupade, quadrille, trot, walk, canter, horse looking out of stable, horse eating hay, horse trailer, horse transporter, thoroughbred racing, harness racing, harness racing museum, stallion park, kentucky derby museum, santa anita park, belmont race track, yonkers raceway, monticello raceway, saratoga race track, churchill downs, horses breaking from the gate, horses racing down the stretch, secretariat statue, seabiscuit statue. amish horse and buggy, il cavallo Leonardo da vinci's bronze horse, carousel horse, carousel horses,

WILDLIFE, animals, wildlife, endangered species, threatened species, bear, black bear, polar bear, brown bear, grizzly bear, grizzly bear coming down hill, bear scratching back on post, giant panda, panda bear, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, panda eating bamboo, panda in tree, panda sleeping on rocks, panda climbing down tree, panda relieving self, endangered feces, bison, buffalo, camel, caribou, cheetah, chimpanzee, chipmunk, deer, elephant, elephants, fox, endangered, gibbons, mother and baby gibbon, giraffe, gorilla, hippo, snow leopard, lion, lion head, lion cubs, lion portrait, lion lazy, lion sleeping, lions kissing, male lion, female lion, giant panda, red panda in tree, black gibbon, monkey, snow monkey, snow monkey in water, moose, prairie dog, white rhino, rhino profile, sheep, dall sheep, cottontail rabbit, squirrel, squirrel eating acorn, tapir, tiger, wolf, zebra,

BIRDS, american bald eagle, eagle in flight, eagle perched in tree, sharp, dramatic, bald eagle profile, juvenile eagle, immature eagle, adult eagle, red tail hawk, red tailed hawk, red-tailed hawk close-up, side views, red-tailed hawk landing, immature bald eagle, juvenile eagle fetching fish, bald eagle observation site, raptor, raptors, birds of prey, great egret standing on one foot in wind, egret front side views, egrets, great egret breeding feathers blowing in wind, hawk eyes, hawkeye, owl eye, emu, emus, falcon, gull, gulls in flight, gyrfalcon, hooded falcon lifting talon, peregrine, flamingo, fowl, canadian geese, water fowl, canada goose sleeping on lake, baby Canadian geese, abandoned goose eggs, geese egg, eggs, mute swan taking food from child, hawk, American kestrel, kestrel with wounded wing, merlin, black duck, ducks, mallards, heron, hummingbird, jays, macaws, ostrich, owls, barn owl, parrots, peacock full plumaged, penguin, ptarmigan, mute swan, turkey vultures in tree tops, wren, great horned owl, american kestrel with mouth open, barn owl flapping wings, pink flamingos, seagull flying over pacific surf, seagull in flight, soaring seagull, falcon with falcon handler, egret in flight, great egret with breeding feathers,

MARINE, dolphins, leaping dolphin, dolphin jumping, bottlenose dolphin, jelly fish, porpoise, stingrays, rays, sea lion, seals, elephant seals, elephant seals molting, sea otter, sea otters on buoy, whales, beluga, humpback whales, endangered, whale spying, whale bubble netting, humpback whales fluking, beluga whale swimming in glass tank near viewers, amphibians,
REPTILES, alligator, crocodile on log, tortoise, galapagos eating grass, Galapagos, turtle,

LIVESTOCK, sheep, cotswold, dorsets, merino, cattle, cows grazing, holsteins, guernsey, angus, belted galloway, oreo cookie cow, lone cow on hill next to barn, cows, dairy cattle, rooster, white rooster, goat, goats, hog, hogs, pig, piglets,

DOMESTIC, cats, dogs, various poses, man's best friend, boxer, angora mix, cat and dog sitting side by side, german shepherd, seeing eye dog, dog swimming, cat wearing eyeglasses, happy boarder collie, black dog with white chest and paws, dachshund, dachshund security dog, daschund k9 unit, toy poodle,

FARMSCAPES, farm scapes, general farm, ranch, stable scenes, horses, livestock at liberty, paddocks, silos, barns, farm equipment, harvest, rural landscape, agriculture, silo, barns, farm buildings, silo kaleidoscope, silos, decorative silos, tuxedo silo, smiley face silo, pasture, hay bailing, hay bails, cornfields, harvesting, pumpkin fields, cornstalks, gourds, apple bins, trees, pumpkins, hay bail family, animals, dairy, cows milking, milk cans, wagon wheels, farm equipment, twin silos with red white blue top, apple bins, gourds, bins, 1831 barn, abandoned silo, pumpkin harvest, fall mums, cows grazing, roadside stand, tractor pull, john deere farm equipment, four colorful milk cans on a bench, amish farms, amish horse and buggy,

NATURE, beautiful flowers, mums, geology, rocks, plants, trees, deciduous trees, coniferous trees, fruit trees, orange trees, tropical, cactus, cactus rows, colorful, fall foliage, winter pines, snow covered pines, tundra, rain forest, reeds, weather, caves, Carlsbad Caverns, Luray caverns, Howe caverns, stalagmites, stalactites, silhouette of boy looking out into jungle from cave, waterfalls, apple tree, willows, willow lined walkway, purple flower lined path near ocean, tall palm tree against royal blue sky, palm tree lined veranda,

IMPRESSIVE SCENICS, seascapes, crashing surf, waves, cityscapes, landscapes, winterscapes, farmscapes, barns, silo, silos, multi silos, abandoned farms, silo kaleidoscope, hudson river valley, hudson river, delaware river, delaware river valley, harlem valley, harlem river valley, Berkshires, housatonic river valley, valleys, river valley, coastlines, USA, east coast, west coast, rural landscapes, skies, clouds, fireworks, moonrise, rainbows, rainbow over Denali, sunrise, sunsets, moonrise over lake, atlantic ocean sunset, moonrise over the atlantic ocean, Hudson valley sunset, salt river valley sunset, Arizona sunset, cape cod sunset with silhouette pier house, sun rays over new york harbor, new york harbor sunset, fiery sky over new york harbor, verrazano narrows bridge sunset, world trade center at night, ground zero, Brooklyn bridge and manhattan skyline at dusk, Brooklyn bridge at night with world trade center under construction, mountains, hunter mt, mount beacon, storm king mountain, mount mckinley, denali, Alaska, hubbard glacier calving, Hawaii, volcanoes, flowing hot lava, lava covered beach, lava covered highway, haleakala, mauna loa, diamond head, black sand beaches, seascapes, breakers, roaring brooks, glaciers, calving, ice plunging, blue icebergs, icicles, lone icicle, winter's end, oceans, atlantic, pacific, seas, ponds, rivers, lakes, streams, brooks, waterfalls, ports, harbors, marinas, tall ships, whaling vessels, winterscapes, tree, autumn, foliage, fall settings, colorful trees, national, state forest, forests, deciduous trees, coniferous trees, pine trees, palm tree silhouette, palm trees, palm tree, winter pines, snow covered roads, country roads, mansions, castles, hot air balloons, foliage, reeds along the Delaware river, picket fence with fall foliage, road to shawangunk mountain shear white cliffs,

FALL FOLIAGE, colorful, orange, red, yellow and gold trees, autumn leaves, roads, fall evergreens, whitewash fences, corrals, trails, fall leaves, red maple leaves, fallen leaves, fall colors, autumn trees by Hudson river, leaf, autumn tree tops, gazebo in autumn,

WATERFALLS, powerful, dramatic, Niagara falls, American falls, American falls at night, aerial view of niagara falls, Horseshoe falls, Rainbow falls, Bushkill falls, Montmorency falls, chocolate falls, natural waterfalls, gorges, streams, oceans, rivers, lakes, chugach mountains water falls, sunrays, sky, rainbows, prisms, vibrant Denali rainbow, striking sunrise sunsets, sun, moon, moonrise, moonsets, clouds, cloud formations, fiery skies over New York harbor,

NATIONAL PARKS, mountains, Catskills, Adirondacks, Denali, Carlsbad, Hawaii Volcanoes, Haleakala, Los Padres, Mohonk Preserve, Minnewaska, white cliffs Shawangunk Mountains Mtns, Mount Washington,

COVERED BRIDGES, covered bridge, Perrine's Bridge, New Paltz Campus Bridge, Forge Bridge, Tappen Kittle Bridge, Grants Mills Bridge, Tuscarora Club Bridge, longest single span covered bridge, Blenheim Bridge, Fitches Bridge, Hamden Bridge, Downsville Bridge, Beaverkill Conklin Bridge, Bendo Bridge, Livingston Manor Covered Bridge, Van Tran Flat Bridge, Halls Mills Bridge, Jay Salisbury Center Bridge, Hyde Hall Bridge, Copeland Farm Newfield Bridge, Buskirk Bridge, Eagleville Rexleigh Bridge, Shushan Bridge, all seasons, beautiful skies, covered bridge museum, Clinton On Ivy covered bridge, Bulls Bridge, West Cornwall Bridge, Lancaster, Belmont road covered bridge, amish farm covered bridge,

HOT AIR BALLOONS, liftoff, hot air balloons lifting off, hot air balloons landing, hot air balloons inflating, deflating, tethered balloon flight, hot air balloon pilot chase team, Flying Purple People Eater, Dragon Fly, Electric Sunrise, Abraxas, Fire Fly, inside crown of Sounds of Silence balloon, Zephyr, Pinwheel, Cuervo 1800 Tequila hot air balloon, United Van Lines balloon, vintage, inside crown hot air balloon, hot air balloon festivals,

LIGHTHOUSES, lighthouses, Rondout Creek Lighthouse, Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, Point Pinos lighthouse, Absecon lighthouse, Brant Point lighthouse, Portland Head Light, Ram Island Ledge Light, Twin Lighthouses, Cape Elizabeth Light, Two Lights Eastern Tower, Two Lights Western Tower, Halifax Coastal Lighthouse, St. Martin's Lighthouse New Brunswick, George's Island Lighthouse Nova Scotia, Peggy's Cove Lighthouse Nova Scotia, Peggy's Point Lighthouse, St. John Negro Point Lighthouse New Brunswick, El Faro Natural Lighthouse Mazatlan Mexico,


BRIDGES, bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge at night with New York skyline, Verrazano Bridge, Verrazano Narrows Bridge at dusk, Verrazano Narrows Bridge at night with trailing car lights, time exposure traffic trails, cruise ship mast going under verrazano bridge, Washington Bridge, Tappan Zee Bridge, Mid-Hudson Bridge, mid Hudson, Kingston Rhinebeck Bridge, Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Mid-Hudson Railroad Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, covered bridges,

LANDMARKS, monuments, skyscrapers, statues, world trade center, statue of liberty, empire state building, Washington monument, u.s. capital, white house, Jefferson memorial, Lincoln memorial, IL Cavallo, Leonardo da Vinci's Horse bronze cast, Tallix Foundry, Beacon NY, US capital dome multi-colored under renovation, Bannerman Castle, Margaret Tower, Twin Towers, Bannerman's Island, pollepel, Bronx Zoo, old buildings, monkey house, lion house, elephant house, administrative buildings, 1934 Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gate, 1902 Circle Fountain with mythical sea creatures, flying eagle statue in front of education building, two life size stone jaguars guard 1937 inlaid brick stairs,

ALASKA, Celebrity Mercury, glacier tour, inner passage, inside passage, Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), Wasilla, Iditarod restart point, Iditarod, Ketchikan, Saxman Native Village, Tlingit Indians, culture, tlingit elders, children, native dress, ceremony dance, carving totem poles, bird head totem pole, Chilkat blanket, Creek Street row houses, Dolly's house, Skagway, 1936 Streetcars, period costume tour guides, gold rush cemetery, Inspiration Point, White Pass Yukon Summit, Tunnel mountain, gorges, Juneau, Lynn Canal, Aaron Island, Mendenhall Glacier, Sentinel Island Lighthouse, sea lions, otters, endangered, humpback whale, bubble netting, spying, fluking, eagles, juvenile eagles, bald head eagles, Mount Robert tramway, cruise ships, Celebrity Mercury, Galaxy, tenders, Port of Juneau, Yakutat Bay, Hubbard Glacier, hubbard glacier calving, mirrored Yakutat Bay, calving, blue icebergs, ice bergs, Valdez, Chugach mountains, waterfalls, Thompson Pass, Worthington Glacier, Prince William Sound, College Fjord, Portage lake iceberg, icebergs, mirrored ice fields, Anchorage, Sourdough Mining Co, chocolate waterfall, McKinley Express, McKinley Explorer Matanuska car wheels, hurricane Gulch, Denali Nat'l Pk rainbow, Mt McKinley summit twin peaks, tundra, wildlife, bear scratching back, Denali National Park Preserve, Denali State Park, Denali Mount McKinley, bear resistant food container, Polychron Pass, Primrose Range, grizzly bear coming down hill, Alaska Railroad trains, McKinley Express, Skagway, Juneau, ice field, Tongass National Forest, White Pass & Yukon Railroad, dall sheep, Alaska wild flowers, Mt McKinley, ice bergs, icebergs in water with glacier background, blue icebergs, ice fields, Native Alaska children in Skagway greeting passengers, Anchorage Alaska downtown flowers, state bird willow ptarmigan, McKinley Explorer Matanuska train car wheels, steam engine #73, thunderbird diesel engine, 129 ton train snow plow, grizzly bear looking eye to eye, chaugack mountains, hurricane gulch,

HAWAII, Hawaiian islands, Oahu, Maui, Big Island, Hilo, tropical beaches, Polynesian culture center, seascapes, hula dancers, aloha tower, diamond head, punchbowl crater cemetery, pearl harbor, U.S.S. Arizona memorial, oil surfacing from Arizona, black sand beaches, tall palm trees against rich blue skies, sunsets, palm tree silhouette, native dancers, dances, ceremonies, historic places, buildings, rainbow falls, Oahu, palms, flowers, sunsets, Polynesian cultural center, Maui coast, old churches, Haleakala National Park, Kipahulu, Big Island Hawaii, lava flows, kaimu black sand beaches, rainbow falls, Hilo, Hawaiian sunsets, Aloha Tower, King Kamehameha statue, Diamond Head, Iolani Palace, Honolulu Capital Building, clouds entering Haleakala crater, Mauna Loa, Steam vents at Hawaii Volcano National Park, Punchbowl National Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, Honolulu, Maui, Haleakala National Park, VOLCANOES, Haleakala, Mauna Loa, Diamond Head, Chain of Craters Road, Thurston Lava Tube, sulfur banks, lava flows, cold lava,

MEXICO, sunset, sunsets, cabo san lucas mexico, baja peninsula, land's end, the arch, playa del amor, lovers beach, surf crashing under the arch, cabo san lucas marina, cruise ship in sea of cortez, cabo bello, cacti mundo, glass blowing, mazatlan, el faro natural lighthouse, mazatlan high cliff divers, immaculada concepcio cathedral, Mexican folkloric dancers, papantla flyers, totonac Indians, puerto vallarta, mismaloya beach, le kliff thatched roof palapa,

NOVA SCOTIA, citadel Scottish regiment soldier, peggy's cove, guardian angel rock carving, old men of the sea rock carving, peggy's point sea shore, abandoned anchor against blue sky, peggy's cove fiddler, peggy's cove fishing village, Scottish soldier, atlantic ocean sunset, moon rise at sea, NEW BRUNSWICK, St. John, Negro Point Lighthouse, Hilton Market Square, St. JOHN Old City market, Reversing Falls, Bay of Fundy, Irving Paper Mill, St. Martin's fishing village, Lobster traps, orange markers, St. Martin's Lighthouse, St. Martin's seaside caves, wish rock,

CALIFORNIA, San Diego zoo, La Jolla seals face to face, missions, San Anita Race Park, seabiscuit statue, Cypress, jacaranda trees, topiary, Hollywood Sign, Rodeo Drive, Manns Chinese Theatre, Celebrity autographs in concrete, Hollywood walk of fame, stars, Santa Monica Pier, Engelbert's House, engelbert humperdinck house, Solvang, windmills, Solvang village shops, ostrich land, morro bay marina, San Simeon, Hearst Castle, Neptune Pool, emu, ostrich eggs, Los Padres Nat'l Park, National Park, female elephant seals molting, Morro Bay, Morro Rock, marina couple enchanted with surf, seascapes, Monterey Peninsula, coastline, old fisherman's wharf, purple flower lined pathway to shore, lone fisherman surfcasting, seagulls, 17 mile drive, colorful lone cypress crashing pacific surf, San Francisco, Alcatraz, Fort Point, Presidio, Golden Gate Bridge, 746 foot south tower, windsurfers below golden gate bridge, fisherman's wharf, Forbes Island, Pier 39 seals, Angel Island, Bay Bridge, San Francisco skyline, Coit Tower, Lombard Street, Trans America Pyramid, Ghiradelli Chocolate Company, Chinatown, Carmel, Hog's Breath Inn, Clint Eastwood's Restaurant, Clint Eastwood paintings, Pebble Beach, Monterey, Cannery Row, Bubba Gump Restaurant, Forest Gump bench, forest gump suitcase, box of chocolates, forest gump sneakers,

MISCELLANEOUS, Americana, red, white, and blue, red white blue objects, red white blue buildings, red white blue fire hydrant, door, telephone pole, red white blue pickle barrel, red, white, blue house American flag, old albany post road milestone markers, boston post road milestone markers, mile posts, mileage markers, red sandstone mileage markers, events, 1964 World's Fair (NY), 1976 OpSail, tall ships, 1976 Bi-centennial (NY), 1986 Statue of Liberty centennial (NY), Hudson Valley Garlic Festival Saugerties,

TRANSPORTATION, trains, railroads, 1947 Steam Engine #73, 1899 129 ton train snow plow, thunderbird diesel engine, Mt. Washington Cog Railway, Cog Railway Engine, Cog Railway Engines, ocean liners, cruise ships, Celebrity Mercury, Celebrity Galaxy, Royal Caribbean Serenade of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Legend of the Seas, Carnival Jubilee, tender, tendering sea of cortez, tender Juneau Alaska, pilot boat, cruise ship assembly drill, tenders, life boats, lifeboat, sailboats , surf, schooners, whaling ships, training ships, rigging, anchor, chains, ropes, oars, buoy, sea otters on buoy,

whale ships, masts, sails, tall ships, 1863 Star of India iron-hull sailing ship, Charles W. Morgan, Joseph Conrad, Balcutha, U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX-327), USCG Eagle with U.S. Navy Helicopter, Danmark (Denmark), Christian Radich (Norway), Libertad (Argentina), Esmeralda (Chile), Gloria (Columba), Gorch Fock (West Germany), Nippon Mara (Japan), Dar Pomorza (Poland), Sagres II (Portugal), Juan Sebastian de Eliano (Spain), Mircea (Romania), Tovarich (Russia), Kruzenshtern (Russia), Gazela Primeiro (U.S.), Blue Nose II (Canada), Amerigo Vespucci (Italy), masts, rigging, barque rig, top sail, schooner, barquentine rig,

antique cars, classic autos, automobiles, vintage cars, 1915 Metz, 1929 Franklin, 1932 Franklin, 1921 Ford T Huckster, 1923 Model T, 1935 Ford DLV, 1911 Maxel, 1928 Willys Overland Whippit, 1907 Ford Sedan, 1931 Ford Street Car, 1936 Streetcar, lion hood ornament 1929 franklin, wooden spokes 1928 whippit, 1928 Ford roadster,

AIRCRAFT, airshows, air shows, Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, War Bird fly-ins, vintage planes, Rhinebeck NY, World War I Aerodrome, US Air Force Museum Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton Ohio OH, National Air Force Museum, wright brothers 1901 wind tunnel, Jenny Albatross, 1917 Fokker Triplane, Sopwith F-1 Camel skitter, Fokker front nose propeller, rc, radio controlled planes, radio controlled jets, NYPD helicopter, Budweiser Blimp,

castles, Hearst Castle (San Simeon), Bannerman Castle (NY), mansions, estates, Vanderbilt, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, FDR Library, Olana, Mills Mansion, Montgomery Place, CIA, Culinary Institute, Culinary Institute of America, Monticello, West Point.,,,