Big Horn Rodeo Portraits

[rexbobcat]

I took some portraits at the Big Horn (LGBT) Rodeo in Las Vegas, NV.

1. Anyonka Virgon as Sailor Venus

2. Anetra

3. Greg Begay, All-Around Cowboy 2016

4. Carla and Fritz

5. Breana Knight: Denver, Vegas, and Hamptom 2018 Steer Riding Champion

6. Buck Beal, Public Relations Director

7. Mike Lentz, Judge

8. One of the Sin Sity Sisters (of Perpetual Indulgence)

9.

 

[jcdeboever]

Nice variety, well done

 

[Jeff15]

Nice set.............

 

[Amocholes]

Cool set.

I got to see the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence In San Francisco many years ago.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

In my honest opinion, and with absolutely no disrespect intended toward either gender, I believe your photo of Ms. Knight ( #5 ) is as good a representation of a "cowboy" as one could hope to achieve.

 

[rexbobcat]

Cool set.

I got to see the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence In San Francisco many years ago.

Yeah they're really fun. They do a lot of charity work.

 

[rexbobcat]

In my honest opinion, and with absolutely no disrespect intended toward either gender, I believe your photo of Ms. Knight ( #5 ) is as good a representation of a "cowboy" as one could hope to achieve.

Thank you. Yeah, she's pretty great. Interesting enough, she's a musician in her day job, playing the trombone.

 

[DanOstergren]

Really great set, particularly I think #5 stands out as an amazing portrait, although for such a close in shot I personally think a narrower aperture setting could have take the shot from an 8 to a 10 by not throwing as much of the face out of focus.

 

[zulu42]

Wonderful set, great shooting. Yep, #5 is captivating.

I'm most intrigued by #9, though. What an interesting and unique choice of self expression, and so engaged to the camera.

 

[Amocholes]

Cool set.

I got to see the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence In San Francisco many years ago.

Yeah they're really fun. They do a lot of charity work.

We have a similar group in Dayton called the Rubi Girls. They do a lot of fund raising for various organisations.

I saw the Sisters at the SF Pride parade in 83 or 84. They did almost 2 hours on AIDS. Something that a lot of people hadn't even heard of yet.

 

[rexbobcat]

Really great set, particularly I think #5 stands out as an amazing portrait, although for such a close in shot I personally think a narrower aperture setting could have take the shot from an 8 to a 10 by not throwing as much of the face out of focus.

Yeah I wanted to get a larger variety of shots of her but there was a very high profile photographer there shooting and it was stressing me out so I tried to get the shots as quickly as possible. It would look better with deeper DOF.

I got some shots farther back, which I actually might prefer, but I caught her mid blink in all of them. C'est la vie lol

 

[rexbobcat]

Wonderful set, great shooting. Yep, #5 is captivating.

I'm most intrigued by #9, though. What an interesting and unique choice of self expression, and so engaged to the camera.

Thank you.

I noticed that as well. I was kind of wondering if maybe he's an actor of some sort since I didn't really give him any direction for posing or expression.

 

[DanOstergren]

Really great set, particularly I think #5 stands out as an amazing portrait, although for such a close in shot I personally think a narrower aperture setting could have take the shot from an 8 to a 10 by not throwing as much of the face out of focus.

Yeah I wanted to get a larger variety of shots of her but there was a very high profile photographer there shooting and it was stressing me out so I tried to get the shots as quickly as possible. It would look better with deeper DOF.

I got some shots farther back, which I actually might prefer, but I caught her mid blink in all of them. C'est la vie lol

Regardless, it's a beautiful portrait that I could easily see on a magazine cover. I hope you're planning to submit these somewhere, because they shouldn't just live on the internet.

 

[enezdez]

Great Set...I really like 6, 8, & 9 cannot decide which I like most!

 

[rexbobcat]

Really great set, particularly I think #5 stands out as an amazing portrait, although for such a close in shot I personally think a narrower aperture setting could have take the shot from an 8 to a 10 by not throwing as much of the face out of focus.

Yeah I wanted to get a larger variety of shots of her but there was a very high profile photographer there shooting and it was stressing me out so I tried to get the shots as quickly as possible. It would look better with deeper DOF.

I got some shots farther back, which I actually might prefer, but I caught her mid blink in all of them. C'est la vie lol

Regardless, it's a beautiful portrait that I could easily see on a magazine cover. I hope you're planning to submit these somewhere, because they shouldn't just live on the internet.

Heh, I would but I'm not sure what publication would take them.