I’ve documented this event on several occasions over the years, but found that people don’t really care about cowboy events, outside of the ranchers involved. So I figured why bother. I did go over a couple of times for about an hour each day and shot a few frames to satisfy my need to photograph something.

The event took place a few weeks back and it just didn’t seem to be as popular as in years past. Fewer people in the stands and fewer vendors in the indoor arena. I couldn’t help but notice that, even the official event photographer, who usually has a team of photographers strategically placed around the arena, documenting each of the roping runs, seemed to be missing. Matter of fact, not one photographer was setup out in the outdoor arena. All I saw was him in his usual indoor arena spot and his wife in the office taking orders for photo packages.

Anyway, here are my not so spectacular images