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Become the equine photographer
you dream of being.

Master the art of equine photography, develop your signature style and build a photography business around the work you love.

The Equine Photography Method

by Eliane van Schaik

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Ready to take your photography to the next level? You’ll find the education, tools and inspiration here to help you grow.

Eliane van Schaik kneeling on a forest lane to photograph a white horse at golden hour

Master the art of equine photography.

Create

01

​Learn to confidently photograph horses and their humans. From camera settings, light and composition to posing, storytelling, horse behaviour and running a complete photoshoot.

Before and after: a palomino horse and a woman in a pink dress in the heather, straight out of camera and edited

Turn your images into your signature work.

​Learn how to bring your creative vision to life through Lightroom and Photoshop and develop an editing style that makes your photography recognizable as yours.

Edit

02

Coming soon

Eliane van Schaik speaking to an audience of photographers at an equestrian event

Turn your passion into a photography business.

​Learn how to build a strong brand, create irresistible offers, price your work, attract your dream clients and grow a photography business that feels like you.

Build

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The method

Your journey as an equine photographer

​Becoming a great equine photographer is about more than learning how to use your camera. It’s about learning to see light, understand horses, create meaningful images, develop a recognizable style and, if you want to, turn your passion into a successful photography business.

That’s why The Equine Photography Method is built around three pillars.

Featured course

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The Equine Photography Course

From simply taking pictures of horses to creating them with confidence.

A complete online course designed to help you understand your camera, light, horses, locations, composition, posing and storytelling so you can create beautiful equine photographs intentionally. Learn through in-depth lessons, real examples and behind-the-scenes photoshoots where you can watch exactly how I work.

Camera

Take control of your camera.

Light

Learn to see light differently.

Horses

Understand the animal in front of your camera.

Composition

Turn ordinary locations into beautiful photographs.

Posing

Create natural horse & human portraits.

Storytelling

Create photographs that make people feel something.

Be the first to know when the course opens.

Eliane van Schaik laughing with two students during a photoshoot, a horse waiting behind them
Eliane van Schaik with her camera and a buckskin horse in the dunes

About Eliane

Hi, I’m Eliane.

Equine photographer, educator and the founder of The Equine Photography Method.

What started with a camera and a love for horses grew into more than 15 years of equine photography, a full-time photography business and years of teaching other photographers how to grow their craft.

15+ years

Thousands

Guest judge

Speaker

My work has taken me from photographing horse and human stories to teaching thousands of photographers, speaking at major equestrian and photography events and sharing my expertise as a guest judge on Dutch television.

of photographers taught through courses, workshops and online education

​And that’s exactly why I created The Equine Photography Method.

of equine photography experience

on the Dutch television photography competition Het Perfecte Plaatje

at major equestrian and photography events

I believe that becoming a great photographer is about developing the skills, confidence and creative vision to create work that feels like you.

Eliane van Schaik smiling as she looks at the back of her camera
Eliane van Schaik guiding a photographer through the settings on her camera

Personal guidance

1:1 Mentorship

Personal guidance to help you grow your photography, style, portfolio or business.

Eliane van Schaik photographing alongside a client between two horses in golden light

Behind the scenes

Private Photoshoot Experience

Step behind the scenes and photograph alongside me during a private equine photoshoot.

Work with me

Want to learn from me in person?

Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs happen when we work together. Go beyond online education and experience personalized guidance designed around your photography, your questions and your goals.

Five Lightroom preset collections by Eliane van Schaik

Lightroom

Lightroom Presets

Five collections: Autumn, Winter Magic, Romantic Sunlight, Heather and Blossom.

Tools

Digital products for your workflow

Photoshop action sets for equine photographers

Photoshop

Photoshop Actions

Four sets: the Complete Equine Workflow, Autumn, Heather and Winter.

Posing Guide Horse & Human ebook: 27 basic poses plus variations

Ebook

Posing Guide

Horse & human: 27 basic poses plus variations.

The Equine Photography Camera Settings Cheat Sheet: its cover, with a dark horse in a pine forest, fanned out over its pages

Free guide

Not sure which camera settings to use?

Get The Equine Photographer’s Camera Settings Cheat Sheet.

A free quick-reference guide with my go-to camera settings for equine portraits, horse & owner photography and action. Keep it on your phone or print it and take it with you to your next photoshoot.

Free instant download.

More for free

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