My main assignment today was to cover the rodeo. Of the 6,077 frames I shot, here are a couple favorites:
Rodeo
Cheyenne Frontier Days: rodeo, dancing and a parade
Saturday was one of those crazy days where I was so busy I forgot to eat. It started at 9:00 a.m. with the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade and ended around 8:30 p.m. after I covered the CFD Indian Village dancers. In between these two events, I shot 4,193 frames at the opening day of the rodeo. My boss was down in a photo pit in the middle of the arena, which freed me up to shoot from a high angle in the balcony. I had never shot bull riding before, but now I think it might be my new favorite sport visually. Saw several guys get flung off the bulls and I managed to capture several instances of this.
Cheyenne Frontier Days tie down roping
Today I spent all of the morning shooting tie-down roping out at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Going to modify the plan I put forth yesterday by posting two photos instead of just one. Here are two of my favorite frames out of the 3381 frames I shot today.
Cheyenne Frontier Days barrel racing
Although Cheyenne Frontier Days doesn’t officially start until Friday, I shot my first rodeo event today. It was the “first go-round” for the women’s barrel racing. I photographed it with my boss Mike, who was stationed down on the ground level. This allowed me to roam a bit in the stands and look for an angle that gave me a clean look at the action with a clean background. The light was pretty harsh most of the day, but it diffused out with some cloud cover later after noon. This was my favorite frame. Given that the craziness will soon ensue, I’m planning on just posting a single image for every day I work from now until the end of CFD. I’ll be posting daily edits on our company blog, ShutterSpeed, and I will do a “best of” post at the end of the rodeo. Yippie ki-yay.