Recently, I started to learn more about flash photography. Especially the use of off-camera flash. I decided I wanted to try this with the horses at the local stable, where the girls readily volunteered their horses as models.
Technically, this is not the most challenging shots. I created a 4×4 meter grid and positioned a flash in each corner. After a few experiments, the settings were OK and we were ready to start shooting.
But if the technical stuff was easy, it was another thing completely to get the horses to cooperate. They did not want to stand still in their little square, and tried to run off all the time. We got some real exercise chasing them in the riding hall…
But after some adjustments we became quite efficient (or is it effective…), where we would have multiple horses waiting and one horse “in the box”
All in all, it was a great few hours where we had a lot of fun…
The rest of the portraits can be found on my Flickr page