Bint Al Bahr Arabians
Preservation Breeders of Straight Babson Egyptians
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Bint Al Bahr Arabians Preservation Breeders of Straight Babson Egyptians |
Photo Tips - Page 7
For headshots
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Tip the horse’s head slightly towards you so you can just see the curve of the opposite side’s eye is almost visible. This will show the sculpting of the face, a broad forehead as well as the lovely curve from eye to nostril. I personally like a natural full forelock, dry and fluffy not greased. Frame the photo in your view finder down onto the lower chest and leave plenty of space in front of the nose as well as some space above the ears. |
Allow enough background around the horse to allow slight cropping. If later you want an 8x10 of a photo it will need cropping as a 35mm negative gives too wide (or tall) an image for 8x10 so framing too close will not give your photo its best look when blown up
For posed body shots
For side views stand even with the horse’s rib cage, check your background to see if you can improve the shot by lowering or raising yourself slightly to take out anything that parallels the horse’s top line that may distract from the horse or make his top line look strange. This also applies to the belly line but it is not as critical. Check to see if the background has enough contrast to let the horse stand out.
Think about how the horses in the magazine photos that you liked were posed and try to copy the pose. This is especially helpful if you are photographing a breed you are not familiar with. It doesn’t hurt if you sat down with your helper prior to the photo day and looked at the photos together discussing how the pose might be duplicated, noting leg and head positions. Once you have done a few horses and can work together as a team, it will be easier for the handler and "ears up helper" to understand what the photographer wants and how to get the pose the photographer wants when they ask for a “more upright stance” or “more neck” for example.
Your cursor on the photos will tell you more about the photo and the horse.