LOL, are we that bad:)
Truly the main reason I take them from that angle is the horse looks better. There was an article in a magazine I read one time about photographing horses. It said that was the best angle to take from. Horses are hard to photograph, and I've noticed if you take them from the front on, they can really look bad.
I'm truly not just showing his big butt:)
Becky
But a wonderfully big butt it is, regardless :~D
I do agree that horses don't look their best when taken from the front.
I have a beautiful picture of Jake taken last year on one of our rides. It is from the front and caught him just when he alerted to something in the next site. Don't have access to it right now but cannot post it but I was impressed with my own photographic prowess.