Horse Photography

Photographing your horse:

• Make sure the horse is standing in sunlight and not shadows.
• Keep the sun behind the camera.
• Face the horse to the left.
• Make sure the background is clean, and doesn't distract from the image of the horse.
• Make sure the horse is properly groomed - mane and tail dressed, and feet painted.
• The horse should stand alert in the natural correct balanced pose.
• The near side (left) foreleg should be straight from the shoulder to the fetlock joint, and the off side foreleg set slightly behind.
• The near hind leg should be straight from the hock to the fetlock, in line with the rump. The off hind leg should be stepped slightly forward.
• The head should be erect and alert, the ears pricked.