EstepWorks Photography

It’s been a few weeks of chasing small Pacific Northwest rodeos for this project— the sweet smell of alfalfa, the unmistakable tang of manure, the deep bellow of bulls behind the chutes. Im hooked! I find myself driving down Main Street of a small town I had never heard of searching for the Rodeo event happening in the woods off a quiet country road. I’m learning these small towns are famous for their rodeos some going back 70 or 80 years. When shooting, sometimes I’m right where I need to be…many times not. But every so often, everything aligns for 1/4,000th of a second and that’s what keeps me coming back~along with the smells. Ha!

Sharing a few frames that stood out to me — which one speaks to you?*