Benton County Rodeo 2013

Benton County Rodeo, Corvallis Oregon, August 1-3, 2013

I took a few pictures at the Benton County Rodeo Saturday afternoon (Aug 3, 2013), and had a great time – everyone was so nice! Several years ago, I lived and worked in Corvallis, and glad to see it’s still one of the friendliest cities in Oregon!

Rodeo photography has so much great action, it’s hard to keep up! I tried to get a few shots of each event, from a couple of different locations. I wanted the sun behind me, and the fans in the background (rather than gates and signs – but I gladly stood behind those big signs to block the dust). Most of the shots were taken in an area between the chutes and the corner of the arena.

I’ve been going to rodeos since I was a kid, so I had a good idea of what types of pictures I wanted. I was pretty happy with most of the shots, though I missed a few because I was standing too close to the action (I didn’t want to change lenses with all the dust and dirt flying around), and missed others when I moved around to different locations in between events. This rodeo ran like clock-work, so there was no waiting around for the next event!

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