Photographers

[spidge]

I have just read and contributed to the catering thread. As a full time equine photographer, whilst I prefer to regard our product as somewhat above fast food, I am of course aware that we are a service industry just as the caterers are , not a necessity and no, I'm not a diva.

So my questions are:

1: Do you buy pictures from an equine photographer at an event based purely on their good reputation and if so why?

2: What do you love about your favourite equine photographer and why?

3. What do they not offer that you would really like to have available?

 

[ISHmad]

1. No. I buy pictures from an equine photographer because I like the image. Nothing to do with who took the photo

2. Because I'm married to him.

3. I think something owners would like - provided it paid enough to make it worth your while - would be a photographer for the day if it is at a really important event. From start to finish, grooming, loading, tacking up etc.

 

[LizzyandToddy]

1: I tend to buy after the event online rather than at the event (sometimes a bit hectic and don't have time at the event), but reputation is important, yes.

2: He is incrediable, his shots are perfect, and he always captures horses at their most flattering angles.

3. Can't think of anything

 

[Kaylum]

I have just read and contributed to the catering thread. As a full time equine photographer, whilst I prefer to regard our product as somewhat above fast food, I am of course aware that we are a service industry just as the caterers are , not a necessity and no, I'm not a diva.

So my questions are:

1: Do you buy pictures from an equine photographer at an event based purely on their good reputation and if so why?

2: What do you love about your favourite equine photographer and why?

3. What do they not offer that you would really like to have available?

As a photographer myself, I often give christmas presents of my photos to my friends of their horses, so know how to edit photos and actually take them, not like so many terrible photographers at these shows who seem to have no idea.

So

1: Would have a quick look at the photos but not buy until have had a good look on line.

2: They can take photos and can edit them. They dont put rubbish photos on their site just for the sake of it, some photos make me cringe they are so badly taken.

3: I think more people want to buy electronic copies of their photos rather than the printed image.

 

[spidge]

Thank you for all the responses so far, interesting to see that so many are from photographers and mostly related to eventing.

 

[TinselRider]

So my questions are

1: Do you buy pictures from an equine photographer at an event based purely on their good reputation and if so why?

No I buy for the quality of the photos although the main areas I compete are covered by one photographer

2: What do you love about your favourite equine photographer and why?


Reliability, Quality of his work, Good attitude to customers, The fact he sends me pictures via facebook and allows me to use them on here, He manages to send pictures of myself and horses to regional mags and get them published.....the list goes on, He is just an overall fab person

3. What do they not offer that you would really like to have available?


Can't thing of anything to be honest

 

[spidge]

So my questions are

The fact he sends me pictures via facebook and allows me to use them on here,

I have just spent the last 20 minutes sending out jpegs to customers that we have supplied in addition to prints that were purchased at an unaffilated SJ show yesterday.

Interesting that you appreciate the fact he sends pictures to publications, very few actually pay for these pictures in my experience. H&H does for me set the benchmark that all other publishers should meet in my opinion- credit where it's due.