Photographing China's first Olympic horse rider Alex Hua Tian by Matthew Seed "The Horse Photographer"

Matthew Seed, The Horse Photographer had the pleasure of photographing China's first Olympic horse rider Alex Hua Tian.

Matthew explains:

The first shoot took place in Matthew's studio in Cheshire, the aim of this shoot was to shoot some stunning studio lit style portraits of alex summing up his experience as a world class even rider. Matthew here drawing more from his 20+years experience as a fashion photographer than from his equine photography with some stunning results using his Hasselblad Camera & ProFoto lighting: http://www.mspstudio.co.uk

The second using Arley Hall as a backdrop we introduced the horse Beetle to achieve some of Matthew's signature stye dramatically lit horse photography. The final part of the shoot was inside Arley Hall to shoot some more natural & casual photography portraits.

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