How do you feel about...

[midnight star stables]

How do you feel about people bringing cameras when they come to visit your farm?

 

[lyn_j]

I encourage it, I have nothing to hide . We have frequent visitors who just pull into the driveway and ask if they can take pics. I always say yes but ask them not to hand feed the horses any treats .

Lyn

 

[Reble]

Cameras that goes with these cute little guys.

Being in a small village, mine should be famous by now.

Have some come back with friends and family:BigGrin

 

[Mona]

I think it's wonderful!! I love watching the smiles on the faces of all those proud Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, and Dads taking pictures of their little ones interacting with the horses, and the kids' faces as they are doing it!

 

[Minimor]

Well, it's not a big deal here; mostly it's the non-horse people that want to take photos, usually they want a photo of themselves and one of the little horses. If the photo comes out really bad of the horse, they don't care. It's unlikely that anyone outside their immediate families will ever see those photos, so no harm done.

However, I know very well how a bad photo can ruin a good horse, and honestly there are some people that I would prefer that they not bring their cameras if they come here. I know farms that do not allow visitors to take photos, and I can understand their point of view. They spend big money to promote their horses, and a visitor that comes and takes a bad photo and then passes it around to other breeders or buyers can do harm to their promotional efforts. And yes, for sure a bad photo can make a good horse look bad. Very bad.

I've been given some photos of a World Champion stallion at home in his paddock--taken by a friend when the owner wasn't around, and I'm quite sure that the owner would not be happy to know that those photos were taken. If I were to post those photos here for you, you would never guess who the horse is!!

 

[SHANA]

I don't mind as I have nothing to hide. Also my horses are pastured right next to the road so kind of hard to stop people from taking pictures. In the summer every weekend I have car after car after car stop. There was only one person who I was not impressed with that stopped. This was the first summer I was here and I had I guess 7 minis and 1 arabian here(had another arabian at the riding school). I had the minis in one pasture and the arabian by herself in the other pasture. Anyway I was not here but my in-laws were and told me. Anyway this person threatened to call the SPA on me because my arabian was lonely and had no buddy and that I should have her with the ponies(what she called them) to keep her company. She was from Montreal(city person) and had no clue. Anyway my in-laws politely told her that she was by herself as one kick from her and the miniatures could get badly hurt or even get killed and that we had bought a buddy her own size for her but she had not yet arrived. The arabian I had at the time was Kharouf who was a 2 year old and the buddy I bought was Shahmi, another arabian mare who was 3. The next time the lady came Kharouf had Shahmi with her. I wasn't there that day either as I worked weekends at the time. I do have one mini in with my 3 arabians and that is my gelding, Sanka. He has always been with big horses and is a large B size. He is the only mini I will pasture with my arabians as I know they accept him and he is the boss. He is the only male(gelded), the arabians are female.

 

[Genie]

I can't see why it should be a problem, except as a previous poster said, that the pictures are poor quality and do not do justice to the horse.

 

[Leeana]

I always take my camera, normally i will get a ton of photos once i narrow it down to the few i like i come home and reference those photos

. I do not all mind people bringing cameras here, infact allot of people have and it does not bother me one bit

.

 

[End Level Farms]

This is a mixed subject.

Pictures I am afraid specially in this day an age are a fact of life.

Those who know horses know that a horse in the pasture is not the horse that steps into the show ring.

If someone was to come and take a picture of Sam people would think WHY does she keep that a stallion. He has about 4" of hair and looks fat and fluffy at the moment. As do 99% of minis everywhere where its cold. I would expect a professional or knowledgeable horse person to understand that.

Those that cant look past a pasture or down time horse I dont really want to be dealing with them as they are not seeing the horse they are seeing the hair.

 

[shelly]

I love having people take pictures of my minis...I'm always taking my camera to farms when looking for horses to buy and would take home the pics to study further at a later date to help decide on a potential purchase. There is nothing worse than going out looking at several horses and coming home and trying to remember what they all looked like!!!

Plus you might see something in one of the pics that you didn't necessarily catch when you were looking! OH!

 

[midnight star stables]

As has been addressed, I fear poor camera skills could make my ponies look yucky

I show and advertise my horses. I try to represent my horses as honestly as I can.

I must just be paranoid, but I hate the idea of others having "yucky" pictures of my horses - cause lets face it, no horses look good in their winter woollies and mud... I try pretty hard to have MANY, good pictures of my horses on my website, so I don't really see the point of taking pictures of other peoples' horses.

I have only ever taken pictures at other's farms of horses that I have bought. I didn't see a point to take pictures of the other horses there.

It's been said "You need to take 100 pictures to get 1 or 2 good ones."

I have nothing to hide either - That is why I open my doors in the first place!

Is it wrong to feel that way?

 

[End Level Farms]

If thats the case what you can do is before they take pictures have a legal contract drawn up so that pictures are for personal use and to be destroyed after they have decided on the horse or not.

If pictures of the horse are given to anyone with out your written consent you could do a law suit for breech of contract as well as slander of pictures with out your knowledge or consent.

There are a lot of ways that this could be easily dealt with so that the pictures are only used for reference in a decision of purchase.

 

[Echo Acres]

I can look at this from both sides. I have pretty much given the okay for anyone here to take pictures. Including an artist who wanted to take pictures for inspiration on her art work. Yes they have been fuzzy pictures, but her work resulting from it has been great. She is already planning to come out again in the summer when they look their best.

I also have taken pictures at places many times and for multiple reasons. First is if I am interested in buying one. But I also really like taking pictures and it is fun to see what I get. I go home and look thru them and send them the best ones. None of the people have told me I couldn't take pictures. As a matter of fact, now when I go out to see their horses I think they just assume I will have the camera with.

 

[Joanne]

Forget the cameras!

All they need is a cell phone!

Most novices take a photo shooting down on the horse and then the horse has no legs.

But we encourage them to bring a camera and leave their horse treats at home.

 

[Candice]

We welcome it here. We even have people pull up out front and take pictures. Several weeks ago we had a real estate appraiser here from out of the area and he went nuts walking thru the barn. He was taking pictures left and right saying "my wife and daughter won't believe this." I then invited him to attend the show coming up this weekend in Ocala and more than likely he will bring his wife and daughter to see the horses there. He was awestruck. I love that!!

 

[Katiean]

When I go to look at a horse I always take a camera with me so if I don't buy on the spot I can look back and see what I was looking at. The pics are taken from the angles I want to see the horse from.

 

[funnybunny]

Over the years we've visited many farms with our cameras. We've never been asked not to take photos.

I know that taking shaggy winter photos is not something that makes horses look nice. On the other hand, I'd never publish the photos I took of other people's horses unless I had permission. The only time is when WE bought the horse in question.

We don't mind people taking photos of ours.

 

[MooreAcres]

I am forever taking pictures of other peoples horses. I snap photos from all angles, most come out looking "iffy", but I always get a few that look awesome. When looking at the horse in person, I can see its charisma (or lack of) first hand. If I am able to capture that in a photo then I am really pleased.

I dont ever post photos of peoples horses without their approval, as its already been said, a bad picture can ruin a good horse. I have pictures of national champions from other farms that I have taken. Not all the pictures look that great, but its winter. They are hairy, fat, and happy being horses.

Horses are just that, horses. They deserve their downtime. They can't always look their best and in reality, they shouldn't have too.

 

[Miniv]

No problems about cameras here........Infact we often recommend that people bring one when "shopping". And we are in a situation where we often have people driving along the road who stop and snap (and giggle)......

When someone does come in and starts taking pictures, I often try to advise them about getting down low while shooting. No, the photos won't be wonderful, but it does help them remember their experience and if they have a particular favorite horse.