We’ve been taking photos for a summer camp the past few weeks and thought we would share a little information on our lighting setup and show an example. Before camp started, we wanted to be sure that the school horses would be ok with having their photos taken and not spook at the flash when fired. We played with a few different lighting setups before deciding on what we share below. We really wanted to do some nice photos for the kids during summer camp and wanted to make sure we kept safety in mind (which we do at all times around horses – especially where there are kids around horses). We tried some outdoor scenarios as well as some indoor configurations. We ended up settling on keeping the horses indoor – in the arena. The summer horse campers would tack up, and then lead their horse into the arena. We can then line the horses up and have them step up to the front of the line to have their photos taken. They can then lead the horses away and over to the instructors where they have their final tack checks and can mount. It really helps get through all of the horses and campers in the quickest, safest fashion.
This is one of the example photos we shot while preparing for summer camp. Each horse was brought in and photographed to see if any of them would have an issue with the flash guns (no problems at all).
This is the lighting setup we use to shoot the photos:
We’re still tweaking the light configuration, but we’ve been pretty happy with the results. Anyways, we hope you find this information helpful. We will try to give you some other options to use when taking photos of horses in the coming days. We want to provide you with some alternatives to taking really nice photos without the need of professional lighting (natural light or on camera flash).
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