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It’s a stable career

Shortly into our shoot with equine photographer Amy Lathrope-Reid, she needs to get one of her models – the four-legged one called Roo – to look towards her. But she doesn’t need to make a gesture: instead, Amy just whinnies like a horse: “Eeeiiiiighhhhha-a-a-a!”

In pitch, tone and volume, it sounds so much like the real thing it’s uncanny – and it instantly achieves the desired effect, as a curious Roo obligingly lifts his head and puts his ears forward.

Directing human models can be a test for any photographer, of course, but add a horse into the mix and you’ll require a

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