For the Love of Draft Horses
For the Love of Draft Horses – Some of you may know that I have a special place in my heart for horses. I received my first horse when I was a young girl. It was my best friend and I spent a life time raising them and taking care of them.
But when I was out on my own, I decided to start raising draft horses. They are amazing animals, just the sheer size of them and the ability to have them and just watch them up close was one of the thrills of my lifetime.
So any chance I get now, I to to horse shows or visit draft horse farms. Now I can take their photos and enjoy their beauty without having to clean the barn every day. That is a plus. 🙂
This draft horse below was in a parade that I was watching, these are Belgians and so pretty under harness.
I sell a lot of my photography on different sites on the internet. The draft horse prints sell quite often.
Here are three of my favorite sites I use to sell Prints;
500 px – This site is a great one, you can sell licenses to your work or just a digital download. I sold a photo of a lightning strike to someone overseas for $65.00. One just never knows what might sell. It is always a surprise and just fun to see that my love for photography will be used by someone else.
Fine Art America – I like this site because you can sell merchandise that they make for you and they accept art work as well as photography. It is like having your own store.
Adobe Stock – Adobe stock is the most popular one. People use this one a lot for downloading photos.
Plus I started my own website, Sandra J’s Photography, so I could sell pet portraits to my customers. Much easier then going through a third party. Plus folks can communicate what their needs are when ordering portraits to be done.
So if you are looking for some sites for yourself to sell on. These are a few that I like. There are plenty of them out there now a days. I belonged to one site for many years, but they finally went out of business. They could not keep up with all the new technology cutting their sales in half. One just has to do some research as to what works for you.
Mainly, just have fun with it. 🙂
For the Love of Draft Horses
26 Replies to “For the Love of Draft Horses”
Beautiful horses you have captured Sandra. I know what you mean about the big draft horses in harness. I went to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto one year and they had a huge arena where all the different teams of draft horses, the noise of their harness and hardware jingling as they trotted around, pulling their rigs. It was a memorable experience.
Yes, the sound of them in harness I can hear from memory.
A great post
Thank you very much 😊
Great work Sandra. Awesome horses. You’re blessed to have been associated with them. Also, you are quite proficient with the technology. I’m glad you have such and internet presence and are having good success out there. You work is appreciated by so many.
Thank you very much, horses are amazing creatures, especially the draft horses. I spent many hours just looking at them, standing next to them, being in awe of such beauty and to be able to take care of them.
I have a neighbor who lives off grid who logs with draft horses. They both love the woods and the work
They are working machines. Amazing how much they can pull.
I love these draft horses! The Rescue place, where I sponsor a horse, has several of them. All of them come from Montréal‘s calèche industry. They are all sweathearts!
I am so glad there are horse rescue places. They are truly gentle giants.
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I love horses ! The first time I went horseback riding I was 5 years old, and it was just wonderful!
Beautiful photos.
Thank you, Sandra. Have a great day.
They can capture our hearts for sure. 😊😊
Beautiful images.
Thank you very much 😊
Welcome, Sandra
Nice! Thanks for the selling tips, and for sure the lovely photos. I also liked your story!
Thank you very much Marland. 😊 and
You’re welcome.
Thanks for the tips, something I’d like to consider one day.
You are very welcome, it is fun to do. Now a days there are so many sights to put your photos on.
Great photos of great horses!
Thank you very much 😊
Although I am not very familiar with horses, I think they are wonderfully beautiful animals. How nice that you put a Belgian horse in the picture here 🙂
Your art work is really beautiful and I can well imagine that there is a lot of interest in it. I am also present on 500px and yes, completely unexpectedly I saw that someone had also purchased one of my licensed photos.
Good luck with your sale Sandra.
Thank you Rudi, what is the link to your 500 px site. I would love to view it. I don’t sell a lot but so fun when one does sell. This year I sold 200 dollars worth. A nice surprise. People still like to buy real photos. I read your article about the passing of your beautiful cat Beau. It is so hard to lose a pet, but we must remember we gave them a wonderful life.
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Thank you very much 😊