1st Horse photos

Today I was asked to take some photos of a friends horse which they are selling, I was limited to the background area and think this one turned out good. I ended up shortlisting it to 127 photos from I don't know how many.

Has anyone else had experience taking horse photos? This is basically straight out of camera with just some minor cropping.

my Dad always told me to look at the fetlocks !! not sure if thats going to help you Scott

I did some a few years back...Thought I might make a few dollars doing things like this...

Here are a few more.






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Nice photos, Scott. I do know that when photographing horses you need to shoot from a lower angle so that the body and legs appear more proportional (like the first one in the second series you posted).

Looks like he's pretty well-schooled in dressage.

ohkphoto said:

Nice photos, Scott. I do know that when photographing horses you need to shoot from a lower angle so that the body and legs appear more proportional (like the first one in the second series you posted).

Looks like he's pretty well-schooled in dressage.

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(3rd time lucky)

Here are some shot at a lower angle. I was limited with the space that I had and the location, also seeing as he is a young horse he spooks easily and it was a windy day. Luckily for me the owners were happy with the photos (which were free anyway ;-) ) and they have a few that can be used in a horse magazine to sell him. I may be asked to take some jumping shots at a later date though.

Also they have mentioned that I could probably make money from my photos lol.

Scott Murray said:

(3rd time lucky)

Here are some shot at a lower angle. I was limited with the space that I had and the location, also seeing as he is a young horse he spooks easily and it was a windy day. Luckily for me the owners were happy with the photos (which were free anyway ;-) ) and they have a few that can be used in a horse magazine to sell him. I may be asked to take some jumping shots at a later date though.

Also they have mentioned that I could probably make money from my photos lol.

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LOL . . . you can't win with a young, spooky horse. If you crouch by the fence, they notice. If you climb a rail, it's even worse. And God forbid you lose your balance . . . rider dump.

These are absolutely perfect, Scott! Great job.

ohkphoto said:

LOL . . . you can't win with a young, spooky horse. If you crouch by the fence, they notice. If you climb a rail, it's even worse. And God forbid you lose your balance . . . rider dump.

These are absolutely perfect, Scott! Great job.

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Yeah he had a few moments lol. I was using my 80 - 400VR at 400 where possible so he could be relaxed.

I was photographing one of my horses in the barn and decided to shoot tethered The computer made a "sound". I had not heard so much snorting and heavy breathing in a long time. Photo session ended.