Dressage Sponsorship Opportunity

I am casually looking to work with a dressage trainer or professional rider in 2024. This is not a show photography sponsorship, but rather for portraits, fine art sessions, and riding photos for free and reduced prices.

**This is NOT a completely free opportunity. My sponsored rider must pay for at least one session of any type to receive another free session of equal or lesser monetary value. In addition, you would have the opportunity to earn more completely FREE sessions, print credits, merchandise/tack, and more throughout the year. Essentially Buy One, Get One plus opportunities for more free sessions as well.

You would be an ambassador for my business for the year (potentially longer if interested). We would help each other by creating fairly regular content such as horse & rider portraits, fine art portraits, and riding images or branding. This would be wonderful for a trainer active on social media and/or who has a large program with lots of sale and client horses.

The only strict requirements are location being as close to Chicago as possible (1hr or less), having a clean facility with indoor & outdoor arenas and enclosed pastures for potential liberty sessions, and be available for a session for at least 3 sessions in 2024.

My ideal sponsored rider would be a passionate individual who appreciates photography and capturing the beauty of horses. An individual who has access to multiple horses (higher level dressage horses, client or sale horses, or even potentially who breeds horses) would be amazing to create art with a range of different horses. Flexibility and fun are important to me as well because I hope to offer more unique sessions than usual to sponsored riders. This could be to test out new ideas, help build or maintain your social media, and make new content as frequently as we are both able. An active social media would be a plus as well!

Please message me or email me at julia@juliamillerphotography.com if you think you would be a good fit or know someone who would be! I am only casually looking, so will wait for the right individual to come along.

Discounted Winter Equine Portraits in the Snow

How it works:

Because Midwest winters are unpredictable, it is difficult to schedule beautiful snowy photoshoots. I am looking for individuals happy to get photos done on short notice on a snow day! For this reason, sessions are heavily discounted. To apply, simply select the type of session you would be interested in and tell me about yourself! On the forecast of a nice snow day, I will contact applicants on my waitlist and the first available will receive a 50% discounted session of their choice.

These are the discounted sessions offered (normally $400 each):

-Horse & Rider portraits

-Liberty (1-3 horses included; +$50/additional horse)

-Wedding portraits with your horses

Requirements:

-Located less than 1.5 hours from Chicago (or pay for travel over 30 miles)

-Understand that these discounted sessions will be based upon availability during a snow day and are a first-come-first-serve basis and are not guaranteed.

-Understand I will require 50% deposit paid the day of the session and contract signed the day of inquiry. Remaining balance paid within 4 weeks. (Images will be returned after paid in full)

-For liberty sessions, must have a safe small-medium sized enclosed area to capture movement safely.

-For Wedding Portraits, you and your partner must dress in your wedding attire and hair/makeup should be formal. Recognize inherent risks of wearing said attire near horses and winter weather conditions.

-For all sessions, horses must be groomed appropriately and have clean, well fitting tack.

Please submit the following questionnaire to be notified!