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Sunday Morning at Belmont Mills

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Sunday Morning at Belmont Mills

I wasn’t riding, just observing. Watching the quiet rhythm between horse and rider as they moved across the gravel and past the mill sheds. I had my camera with me and started taking snapshots — not posed, not planned, just the kind of images that tell their own story when you look back on them.

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Through the Heat Haze – The Last Barrel Race of July at Grizzle Ridge

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Through the Heat Haze – The Last Barrel Race of July at Grizzle Ridge

The last barrel race of July at Grizzle Ridge Arena was the kind of event that tests more than just your gear—it tests your endurance, your mental focus, and your willingness to keep going when your body begs you to quit. It was hot—maybe the second hottest show I’ve shot all summer—but it felt like the worst. The kind of heat that doesn’t just burn, it suffocates. Heavy and unmoving, like a weight pressing down on your lungs. The kind that smothers your soul and makes every step feel like a chore.

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The July Cattle Sort

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The July Cattle Sort

There are days when photography feels like a dance—graceful, instinctive, fluid. And then there are days like this one. A mid-July cattle sort under a sun that felt closer than usual, with sweat pooling behind my knees before I even lifted my camera. This was not a dance. It was a wrestling match—with light, with timing, with the heat, and with the sheer unpredictable power of livestock.

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Stars, Stripes & Action Moments

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Stars, Stripes & Action Moments

There’s something about the Fourth of July at a rodeo that feels like America at its most honest—dirt flying, flags waving, and hearts pounding under the summer sky. As a photographer, I get a front-row seat to all of it. The grit. The grace. The moments so fast you barely see them, and yet they carry the weight of tradition, pride, and freedom.

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