Week 1 in Wyoming!

Week one of the shoot in Wyoming is done and what a week! This post will serve as an introduction to what I'm doing here -- in a nutshell, I'm photographing the entire three week program of Ken McNabb's apprenticeship program -- which is truly awesome program. In this session there are 13 people who are riding 3 horses each. With a couple of exceptions every one of the 13 has an unbroke colt, a green broke horse and a finished horse that needs refinement. This provides a wide ranging educational experience for the students. All three horses get ridden every day and Ken works with each student individually as well as in a group setting on occasion. This program is very hands on.

The photos posted here are just a sampling until I get releases signed. They mainly show Ken's round pen demonstration to the apprenticeship students on the second day of work as well as some images I have shot around the Powderhorn Ranch. Once releases are finished, I will post more images of the students working. Visit Ken's site at: http://www.kenmcnabb.com.

Just FYI, the Powderhorn is owned by Diamond Ranches (The True family owns Diamond Ranches). You can visit their website at: http://www.diamondranches.com/. Located about 26 miles outside Douglas, Wyoming and beyond the reach of cell phone signals, internet and television, the ranch is awesomely beautiful and now includes an (almost finished) state-of-the-art indoor arena.

By the way, I shot over 6000 images. (and yes editing is a bit of a nightmare, Lightroom 2 has many improvements for which I am thankful). Most of the images are being shot with a Canon 5D Mark II (Thanks Donna and Digital Video Midwest for getting this camera in my hands! It is a joy to work with and shoot awsome and BIG images!)