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a two-handed cross-body thrust at the shark’s head. The next thing I knew, I was on the surface about 20 feet from my boat.” He made the five min- ute swim to shore never releasing the paddle, but all the while glancing back to make sure the shark didn’t return. “Maybe I shouldn’t have said, ‘Time to go troll-
ing!’ when I put the kayak in the water that day,” he says with a grin. Another Hinton pas-
sion is photography and his friends from across the country have urged Matt to publish a book of his amazing photos. “I started taking photos in high school”, says Hinton. “I’m not a very patient person and with photog- raphy I found a way to create art quickly.” He's made a habit of
shooting lots of images to learn how to create the im- pact he wants with digital photography. He says, “I see something and think ‘This is beautiful, how do I communicate this to people?’” The “how” of Matt’s photography is to place the lens in just the right place to capture images for maximum effect. He feels that his horse show job has given him the opportunity to take photos of many places he might otherwise not have seen. Also an avid writer, Matt’s articles have been
found in the Chronicle of the Horse for many years. He could often be seen interviewing a Clas- sic or Grand Prix winner at the announcer’s booth at days end for inclusion in one of his articles. He says, “I don’t remember when I started writing, but there were no PC’s nor e-mail then, I had to hunt down a typewriter and Fed-Ex my copy.” At the same time, and in addition, Matt is an un- finished novelist with two mysteries; one contem- porary and one historical in the works. He has also written a series of essays about the natural world and would like to do more along those lines. As he looks back on 30+ years of horse shows
since those first weekend back gate jobs, Matt believes his success can be attributed to the fact that he never tried to be a manager, or to take
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