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Thank you! I wast trying to post another photo but for some reason I cannot. Not to worry!

The equestrian centre is attached to the race course. If it had not been for Islamic State it would have been open already. The stands are built, the rails out, the sand laid. They have a bunch of small apartments to let as well, between the course and the stables, which will be for holiday...

Thanks! If people are prepared to pay you for your work or for your time that is certainly a very a positive step. That has happened for the first time this year. Sadly between turnover and profit there are a raft of costs and overheads, and I would not call myself a professional until I...

Excellent and very thorough response. Thank you!

There is hope, then! An acquaintance of mine is a papper. He is very coy about earnings. He told me I should be charging £400 a go for some of my images, which is good for the ego if not for the wallet. He snapped someone recently and I asked what he thought it would be worth. He said 'I...

I guess the world is awash with cameras now, and there is less value attributed to images. I would go do it for a living, and may do yet if I can see a way to clear £500 a day 4 days a week, but it is competitive and highly aspirational market, with low barriers to entry. On the other side of...

I have heard that of Facebook but I am not entirely sure how true that is in the UK. In fact you sparked my curiosity, and I did a quick search. I think posting your photographs on FB does not remove your property rights. I am a complete amateur in this field though, I am sure it has been...

I took some photographs at a social.. I was doing it gratis for two friends of mine. I am an amateur, but not bad at it, and I get fee paying work. I went in to the venue beforehand and told the band I would be taking some photographs that night, and to contact me if they want to use any...

I can imagine! 'The Ministry of Justice' always makes me smile when I walk past it in London. Vaguely Orwellian... I am still haggling over contracts at the moment. They seem to expect me to turn up in the office and sign a contract before heading to the airport, but my days of doing that...

Thanks for the positive feedback - always nice to hear. I have lots of equine photographs and lots of travel photographs, but not many that are both. I had a quick flick and found these from Erbil; Boxes; Neil on Lesson 1, day 1; Saddling up; I have all sorts of snaps...

That's brave... at least Erbil is safe. Off to Baggers fairly soon. Should I pack my jodhpurs? If nothing else it would reinforce a gazillion stereotypes!

I thought there may be a bit of interest for this, in your foreign section. I was working in the Kurdish region of Federal Iraq recently, and managed to get time to drop in to the Erbil Equestrian Centre. I took a few photographs and will try to post them up here... What makes this place...

Thanks Millie :)

I do enjoy snapping and horses, but have no idea who anyone is. Which can be quite fun in itself!

I have been photographing horses on and off for a little while; you can see a few here: http://randomsnaps.smugmug.com/Equines I've just stopped by to ask if anyone can tell me who this is, snapped at Tattersalls recently. I like the snap and was going to send it to them;