Photographer Shares A Must See Moment A Smiling Horse Photobombs A Couple's Maternity Photoshoot

A photographer has shared what he calls the “best maternity session ever” and it's going viral.

Kristen Zaffiro was preparing an Ohio couple Amanda Eckstein and Phillip Werner for a maternity photoshoot when he asked their horse named Buckshot to smile.

The photographer didn't expect what came next.

Not only did the horse smile, but he then continued to smile and laugh along with them as they watched his expression.

“THIS photo session…I laughed so hard!” Kristen Zaffiro wrote on Facebook. “Who knew when I told THIS horse to smile, he would!”

Eckstein, who is due next week, isn’t the least bit surprised that 12-year-old Buckshot stole the show.

Eckstein, 37 said: “Buckshot loves to be the center of attention and being in the midst of everything.” “Like our maternity shoot is all about him. We were trying to get photos with the rest of our horses, and he would keep walking by. He knew what he was doing.”

Eckstein described Buckshot as the “class clown” and said he is notorious for getting into mischief on their farm.

“He’ll open the gates and set the other horses loose,” she laughed. “He thinks it’s funny to bust through fences. He’s constantly doing silly things, like we’ve had horses untied in the middle of the night.”

As for Buckshot's name, it's the one he came with.

“Everyone says it's bad luck to rename a horse, so it just stuck,” she explained.

The pictures have made Buckshot a star. More than 26,000 people have commented on Zafiro's Facebook post. Needless to say, it's a photoshoot Zafiro won't soon forget.

Zaffiro has been inundated with comments since sharing the pictures on her Facebook page.

“The horse is excited it’s getting a baby brother or sister. These are priceless!” one person wrote.

Added another, “Now that’s a horse with personality!”

Though Buckshot is a “good, sweet boy,” Eckstein and Werner will wait a bit before introducing him to their newborn baby.

“He gets a little rowdy sometimes,” Eckstein said. “But at the same time, he loves kids.”

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