Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Technique”
What are the best settings for taking photos of horses? Without doubt, this is the question I am asked most often. Here is my take on the settings to use when photographing horses, and why. I will cover: camera choice lens choice file type exposure modes autofocus mode autofocus point selection At the start of each section I will give …
This post covers: How embedded metadata is used by my website to automatically create meta Titles and Descriptions for the image pages Using Photo Mechanic to ingest/import images Adding IPTC metadata to the images as they are ingested The use of {variables} within the metadata to speed up the process and reduce work I’ve had a lot of questions about …
I have four different main clients this year so need to keep my wits about me. I’ve headed to Burghley early to give me a chance to sit down and plan my Thursday/Friday/Saturday around who I need to shoot and who, in theory, I don’t. I’ve decided to get to Burghley and set off onto the cross-country course just after …
Sunday is the last day of Dublin Horse Show and it’s a big one in every area. The show ponies are in the Ring One, as are the Pony Club mounted games, while the workers dominate proceedings in Ring Two. In the main arena we are building up to two of the most anticipated events at the Show, the Grand …
Saturday of Dublin Horse Show is puissance day. The familiar red brick wall has been on the grass opposite the show entrance up to this point where it is a traditional selfie spot. Now, though, it has been rebuilt in the main arena and all the arena party have new uniforms with Land Rover branding. There are several other classes …
Day five of Dublin Horse Show. It’s Friday and that means it’s Nations Cup day. I’m looking forward to this, but not from a British perspective. They haven’t been performing well this week so far. There are lots of quirks to the Dublin Horse Show. One of which is that it isn’t know as the Dublin Horse Show. Instead it’s …
We have quickly dropped into a routine and although our start is earlier than the previous day we are on it. It’s Ladies Day here in Dublin, so everybody has dressed up to come to the show today, and our PR photographer has her work cut out getting the best shots of the outfits for the Press Office. My ring …
Day three means we’re in business, literally. The show has started. The latest start of the show gives us a chance to sort of who is shuttling who in from UCC to the show ground. We can’t park at RDS so two drivers will drive us in shifts each day, before returning to our accommodation, parking the cars and getting …
Equestrian editorial photography what is the difference between event photography and editorial photography? what happens when the publication is an equestrian one? working a cross country course the results I’ve often been asked if covering an event for a magazine is like event photography, and I always answer, “yes, and no!” The difference between event photography and editorial photography is …
If you are reading this then the chances are you have a website yourself and you care about your content being found by others. You’ve probably read a lot about good practice in designing your pages, but have you thought about your images/graphics and how they can be optimised for good SEO? A quick summary of what I will cover: …
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think watermarks are a bad thing per se, I just think we, as photographers, are not using them effectively. Why do we use watermarks? This is the crux of the issue. Photographers use watermarks for different purposes. Some use them to mark their “proof” or website images in such a way that if they …
Very soon after I started photographing horses it became clear that there were flattering moments to capture the movement of a horse, and just as many, if not more, unflattering ones. This was then drummed home when I started working for event photographers, selling to competitors on-site. Images of horses which I created had to be taken straight from the camera and displayed on …
…or, how to shoot jumping horses in a very, very dark venue. A few years ago I was asked by one of the then Masters of the Quorn Hunt if I would attend their gate jumping competition at a local equestrian centre. I enthusiastically agreed, as I had heard a little about it and knew a few people who were …
Visit Candy Crush Saga page on Facebook App Center. At the bottom of the right-hand column, find and click on the “Block” link. In the popup asking you if you want to “Block App?”, click “Confirm”. Done. Phew. Stop Facebook Candy Crush Requests was last modified: June 10th, 2013 by nico
I’ve been meaning to add a multibuy discount option for some time now and I have now finally got round to it. Please enter 20%MULTIBUY if you are ordering 3 or more items. Please note that this discount only applies to items on the “Prints and products” price list as there are already offers in place for Downloads. Don’t forget! Multibuy Discount …
My experience of working for event photographers at every level is that social media has made a big impact. Ok, I didn’t have to be a genius to work that out, especially as you are probably reading this via social media right now. However, adapting the products I sell to the requirements of today’s client is very important to me. …
Recent visitors to the “Hunting and Hounds” area of the website may have noticed that all galleries in this section now have a “Download All” button at the top of the page: The more curious of you may even have clicked on it, only to be asked to log in or create a new account. To save you any more …
Several times recently I have found myself referring to “the golden rules of equestrian photography”. Quite rightly, someone asked me what they were! These rules I was referring to are not written down anywhere, instead I have learned them through discussion with riders, owners and other photographers; photographers with many more years of experience than I. They are the result …
You look at your sites stats and see that there is a big spike in visitors, but where have they come from? If you are using Google Analytics (and if not, why not?) then you can drill down through Traffic Sources > Sources > Referrals to get a list of your referrals and how many Visits they have referred. But …
I am regularly asked for tips on how to take better photographs of horses. Up to now I haven’t got round to answering the question online but I’m going to have a go.
