Remember:
Flat Surface, Good Lighting and Properly
Framed Subject |
Front |
Rear |
|
|
Left
|
Right |
|
|
| A Brief
Guide to Identification Photos of Your Horse |
1. Proper Camera
Film Photography: For best results, use a
35mm camera. Please DO NOT use a camera that
produces instant photographs as these
photographs fade to very poor quality over
time. Because The Jockey Club refers to
identification photographs a number of times
over the life of the horse, good quality
photographs are essential to ensure proper
identification. Only COLOR photographs are
accepted by The Jockey Club.
Digital photography: For best results, use a
good quality camera capable of producing
picture resolutions of at least 640x480. We
prefer all digital photographs be uploaded
directly to The Jockey Club at
http://www.registry.jockeyclub.com. Each
photograph should be as close to 450K in
file size without going over to ensure the
highest quality photograph is uploaded in
the most efficient manner for storage in our
database. If you do not have access to
upload digital photographs and must mail
them to The Jockey Club, we recommend
setting the camera to its highest picture
quality setting and to ONLY use photograph
quality paper to ensure the photographs are
printed as clearly as possible. Do not send
digital photographs via e-mail or diskette.
2. Proper Surface
It is important to locate a smooth, flat,
dry surface for the horse to stand on when
the photographs are taken. Any other
surface, such as sand or grass, will prevent
our identifiers from checking lower leg
markings.
3. Proper Location
Photographs should be outdoors with the sun
at your back, and shadows falling away from
the horse. Background is important. For
example, you should not stand a dark horse
against a black barn.
4. Proper Stance
Make sure the horse is clean, dry and
properly framed in the photograph. This
includes ensuring all legs and markings are
visible from all angles, and that the horse
is close enough so the markings are apparent
yet far enough to include the entire horse
in the photograph. Try to stagger the legs
as to show a clear view of the
night-eyes (chestnuts). When taking
photographs, please clean your horse of any
dirt, mud, snow, or dust. Please be aware of
any item in the photograph which might
conflict properly identifying the horse.
Lastly, for additional identification
purposes, a signboard indicating the horse
is suggested. |
|
|
