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Gemma Stevens and CHILLI KNIGHT win Burghley in fine style
Gemma Stevens won her second five star eventing competition on her home bred 16-year-old CHILLI KNIGHT, out of her first championship horse KINGS GEM and sired by the legendary CHILLI MORNING. They stormed this year's Burghley, staying on their dressage score throughout, the only combination to do so. Their first 5* success was at the…
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Opening of Barrowcliffe XC
Barrowcliffe Farm, in Leicestershire, is typical of much of the surrounding countryside in the heart of the traditional hunting homeland. Ridge and furrow fields of…
4th May 2021
Horse Event Photography
MembersPhotographing Horses Indoors
Photographing horses indoors is one of the most challenging of all the equestrian photography disciplines. Light levels are varied, but usually poor, meaning there is…
22nd April 2021
Members
MembersUse Adobe Lightroom presets to export social media images
Regular posting to social media platforms can become a headache. Each platform wants images of different sizes and we also don't want our images to…
19th April 2021
Members
MembersEvent Photographer’s Checklist
The event photographer's checklist is a short guide to packing what you need for a day's event photography, either as an employee/solo photographer or as…
19th April 2021
Members
MembersWhich Camera and lens should I buy for equestrian photography
In this course I will try to simplify the process of purchasing a camera for equestrian photography by discussing the differences between cameras and the…
19th April 2021
How To
MembersImage Management and Backup for photographers
A short intermediate level mini-course outlining a workflow for image file management, import, naming, storage and backup.
19th April 2021
British Eventing Photography
Five minutes with: Abi Boulton
Introduce Yourself I am Abi Boulton, more usually known as Tic Toc Eventing, I am 26 years of age and am based at my family…
7th March 2021
British Eventing Photography
Editorial Photography at Cornbury Horse Trials for British Eventing Life
The Cornbury Estate, built as a hunting lodge for Blenheim Palace, is owned by Robin Cayzer, Lord Rotherwick, and came up for lease in 2006.…
4th March 2021
British Eventing Photography
5 great minutes with: Bubby Upton
The next in my series of lockdown mini-interviews is with Newmarket-based Bubby Upton. Please introduce yourself So, my name is Bubby Upton (real name Isabelle)…
3rd March 2021
Interviews
Five minutes with: Heidi Coy
Please introduce yourself My name is Heidi Coy, I’m 21 years old and am a international event rider. I grew up surrounded by horses on…
22nd February 2021
Interviews
Five minutes with: Alex Tordoff
Please introduce yourself My name is Alex Tordoff and I’m a 24 year old event rider from Leicestershire. I’ve been riding for as long as…
9th February 2021
Interviews
Five minutes with: Simon Grieve
Please introduce yourself Looking at me, you wouldn't believe that I, Simon Grieve, have a couple of interesting similarities to Mark Todd, as he is…
7th February 2021