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2025 Photography Contest Entry #2

2025 Photography Contest Entry #2

My second entry in the 2025 PX3 competition is the adorable image of my sisters 2024 stud colt named Smooth Illumination.

This image was taken on the day Lumi was born, he was fresh out of the oven and taking a nap after he was all cleaned off.

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Top Image of 2024

Top Image of 2024

I know this is a long awaited image… however the wait was worth it to see my favorite image created in 2024!

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4th Top Image of 2024

4th Top Image of 2024

My 4th top image returns back to the Ranching event. It was fall but the sunlight filtering through the open door where the competitors were doing their cattle work was a complex shooting challenge.

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7th Top Image of 2024

7th Top Image of 2024

My 7th favorite image of 2024 is an equine portrait taken of a 2 year old stud in Caldwell, OH. This guy was a personality and a pleasure to photograph. His portrait just gives that nice clean equine headshot look on a black backdrop and I really enjoyed making it.

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8th Top Image of 2024

8th Top Image of 2024

My 8th favorite image of 2024 is of my niece. It is from Halloween when she wanted to be a spooky Ring Master. It is just a sassy portrait with a dark edit to show her personality and honestly I do not like it half as much as I like her angsty image taken through her glass door that she asked her mother to do.

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Top 11th Image of 2024

Top 11th Image of 2024

So my 11th top image of 2024 is a self portrait. No, I do not hire others to take photographs of myself, I have the equipment and ability to get nearly everything I need by myself. Back in February I needed an updated headshot for a by-line for a column I was writing for a local paper.

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