With the new website, we took the decision to make a fresh start with the blog page. We're hoping to develop the content to help with information relating to our photoshoots, as well as a few stories on the way. This is the first entry and provides a bit of background to our approach leading up to and including the photoshoot. Unlike other forms of candid or casual type equine photography, we often find ourselves having to capture the horse in quite specific poses. This can sometimes be at the request of the client, or for what we know is the good of the composition and artistic needs. Getting the pose right as well as considering composition and lighting needs does present a challenge and m
We took on a commission for Mike Davies at ‘Performance Horse Vets’ in Gloucestershire, to provide images for a vehicle wrap, as well as a miscellaneous selection for their website and promotional purposes. A quick meeting over a cup of coffee down in Gloucestershire and the remit agreed. The side of the van needed a dynamic image depicting movement, and the rear of the van should be an image of the rear of the horse. Ultimately Mike wanted eye-catching images. The horse would be Hellvelyn, a beautiful grey stallion, provided by Bucklands Farm & Stud, under the expert supervision & handling of manager Roisin Close. The challenge with this shoot was that we would be capturing a horse on the m
