First Wedding

Down down do your thing do your thing

Here's a photo I took of Lewis Clayton about a year ago that for some reason I never got around to posting. Cowboying isn't the only thing he enjoys doing.

"I love to dance ... I go out every Saturday night and dance, and it's good for the heart and it's good for the soul and it's good for the body and the mind," he said.

Gainesville cowboying

For those of you who do not know, Lewis Clayton is a local cowboy here in Gainesville. I did a multimedia project about him a year ago for my advanced I class, and recently decided that doing a little piece on him for The Sun would be interesting. So I pitched the idea to my editor, who said he is going to ask the features desk if they would like to write a story about him to go along with my photos. Hopefully it works out, but if nothing else, at least I will have a super sweet gallery to post on the Sun's website. Here are some photos I took of Clayton yesterday morning... Enjoy!

Annoying white boxes in corners

Found this old-ish portrait today of Brandon Zuber, a young cowboy who was cracking whips at a festival in High Springs, Fl. a couple months back. Thought I'd share...

An attempt at some "fashion" photography

November 12, 2011

So this week's assignment was to shoot two fashion photographs demonstrating an assigned theme (mine was "south"). Fashion is definitely not my strong point, but I knew that I at least wanted to include a cowboy hat. I ended up with a cowboy-ish one instead. (Shhh, don't tell anyone, but the hat tag is hanging down in the back. I kept quiet, though, and nobody in my class said anything, so all is good.)

Branding

November 3, 2011

Cowboy Jason Hiers brands cattle in Gainesville, Fla.