A Guide for Photography at Equestrian Events
Saturday, 4 January 2020

A collective of New Zealand's top photographers have put together as a guide for events and photographers. But it is also a good read for riders who do not appreciate what "copyright" means in terms of our sport!

You can download a copy of this document at https://www.main-events.com/event/723/nz-equestrian-news/downloads

It’s a hugely changing space in the world of media – whether that be photographers, writers or videographers. There are more and more people keen to shoot equestrian but as we all know, not all photographers are created equal.

Without changes in the industry, professional photographers will simply hang up their cameras or just move away from equestrian if it continues to be difficult or unprofitable to cover events, which will lead to New Zealand having a bunch of snappers giving low quality images to all and sundry.

Everyone generally wants the same thing – a good outcome for the sport – but there needs to be more awareness around what role each party plays. Riders, officials, events, photographers and journalists to name but a few.