Rockwall Youth Fair Photos - Galleries are Ready!

Thank you all so much for your patience! We’ve worked through all of the images and we are happy to announce that all of the images are processed and ready to view!

The images are sorted into two different galleries. There’s a Backdrop & Buyers gallery as well as a Ring Photos gallery. The Ring Photos gallery is sorted by animal, there are different categories for broilers, swine, cattle, lambs, goats, rabbits, and separate categories for weigh-in photos and sale photos.

** PLEASE TAKE NOTE**

Orders from the two galleries cannot be combined. You will have to select the images you want in one gallery and then check-out and repeat the process for the next gallery. If you are ordering prints, you will have to pay for shipping twice. We understand this is a pain, but there is unfortunately no way around this because of the different pricing and technical requirements needed for each different set of images.

We have lowered our pricing however to give you the best possible deal on print purchases. And while you are having to pay for shipping twice, the photos are printed in a professional lab with very high quality photo paper (no ink-jet printers used here). You are getting a tremendous value, even with the extra shipping costs.

It’s been a pleasure to work with all of you and your students! We are a local photography group and always look forward to working with and supporting amazing organizations like the Youth Fair, Rockwall FFA, and Rockwall 4H. Don’t forget to like our Facebook Page and follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on news and receive some great offers on photography for you and your family!

Rockwall Youth Fair Photos - Update #2

Rockwall Youth Fair Livestock Photos - Update #2

I can’t believe it’s already been a week since the live stock show started! This time last week we were photographing lambs, goats, chickens, and rabbits in the show ring! Since then, we’ve been busy sorting, editing, and uploading photos. We’ve divided the images into two different groups and are working them separately. Here’s an update on both!

Backdrop and Buyer Photos

We’ve sorted and edited all of the backdrop photos from both Friday night and Saturday. We’ve also sorted through all of the photos taken with the buyers. All of these images have been uploaded to our online gallery. You can click the link below to check out that gallery, browse the images, buy prints or purchase the digital downloads to make your own prints. So as of today (Friday), all of the backdrop and buyer photos are done and uploaded!

Ring Photos

We are still sorting and editing all of the ring photos. There are a significantly larger number of those images, so it will take a little longer to work through them. Once they are all edited, we will get those uploaded to the online gallery. Right now, it is probably going to be Sunday evening before these images are finished and uploaded. If you would like to be notified as soon as the images are ready - click the button below to sign-up for our email list. If you’ve already signed up for the list and received the email about the backdrop and buyer photos, you do not need to sign up again.

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We have had so much fun getting to work with all of you and your students! We do a lot of livestock events and Rockwall Youth Fair Livestock show has been one of our absolute favorite experiences ever! As crazy as things are these days, its refreshing to see a community of families, friends, and neighbors come together do something as amazing as y’alls show this year! Thanks so much for allowing us to be a part of all of the awesome things y’all are doing!

Now, I’ve got to get back to working on these photos!

Rockwall Youth Fair Photos - Update #1

Livestock Show Photos are in Work!

We had an amazing this past weekend working with the wonderful students, parents, ag teachers, and community members at the Rockwall Youth Fair out at the Rockwall County Courthouse grounds. It was an awesome experience for us and we were so thankful to have gotten a chance to be a part of this year’s livestock show!

We are in the process of reviewing and editing pictures now. There were almost 2,000 photos taken, all of which have to be looked at and edited. But the good news is that we are working through them pretty quickly.

All of the backdrop photos should be uploaded by Thursday! We will post a link to that gallery as soon as the uploads finish and will be sharing the link with the show board so that they can help get it out to everyone.

The ring photos should be finished up by this Saturday at the latest! Ring photos and backdrop photos will be sorted into two different galleries. We will be sharing the links to both as soon as they galleries are up!

Click the button below to be notified when galleries are all ready. You’ll receive a link sent directly to you inbox - that way you don’t have to keep checking our website for updates!

We're Heading Back into the Show Ring!!!

The great thing about photography is that there’s always a new experience with every different type of event. From senior pictures to roller derby, there’s always something fun to do!

One of the things that I absolute LOVE doing is livestock photographer at FFA and 4H livestock shows. There’s so much motion and energy and excitement from the students and their families. The energy is just contagious!

If you’ve never been to a livestock show, you should go. Students often spend months preparing their projects for the show ring. They feed, water, love, and exercise their show animals and work on their ag mech projects daily for long periods of time investing money and effort and emotion into what they are doing. It is an exciting thing to see what students who put their mind to something can do! And those students are supported by some amazing families, ag teachers, sponsors, and county agents to help them and teach them a little about being successful with a show animal and a lot about being successful in life. Its an amazing experience and its a lot of fun! If you have an opportunity, you need to make a time to go check out one of these shows!

As a photographer, I have found that there is no more of a friendly or obliging environment as a livestock show. The students are respectful and helpful. The parents and ag teachers are too. Its a culture of mutual support. Everyone is working together for a common goal, to help students learn and grow and achieve! And the students do achieve. It’s amazing to watch them work. It’s amazing to be able to photograph them as the move their animals, present them to the judges, love on them and calm them in an event that is stressful for both the student and animal. The competition is fierce, you can see it in the faces of each student in every photograph. But when the judge makes his decision, that fierce look melts into one of contentment and success, regardless of if they won the buckle or not.

This week, we will be working at the Youth Fair of Rockwall Livestock Show and we couldn’t be more happy. The Show Board there has been so easy to work with and I’m excited to get to work with some of these students and their families. We will get to meet some new people and make some new friends for sure!

If you’re gonna be heading to the show, we will see you there! If not, you can check out all of the great pictures here on our site as well as on our Facebook page!

Gearing Up for the Kaufman County Junior Livestock Show 2018!

For so many Ag students and their families in Kaufman County, its all been leading up to this!  Next week, the Kaufman County Junior Livestock Show kicks off and we are honored to get to be a part of this year's show.  For us, it is all about showcasing what the students have done, capturing those special moments, and being there to celebrate what FFA and 4H mean to these students, their families, and our community.

Each day of the show, we will be posting candid photos and photos taken in the ring to our online gallery so you can browse shots from the day and share them with family and friends.  Photo uploads will take place each night, so make sure and check often to see what's new!  

Click here to check out our dedicated page and find our online galleries!

Also, don't forget to Like us and follow us on Facebook to get more frequent updates and see some sneak peak shots.  

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And lastly, we'll be posting special images to our Instagram account as well!

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We look forward to seeing y'all at the KCJLS!

An Exciting Opportunity For Shutter Junkies!

We are surrounded by such an amazing community of people here in southern Kaufman County!  Having worked with so many students and families in Terrell, Scurry, Kaufman, and Forney over the last few years, we have made so many friends and had the opportunity to take some spectacular photographs!  And we are always looking to meet new people and take more photos, it’s our passion!

This year, when we learned that the Kaufman County Junior Livestock Showboard was accepting bids for photography at the 2018 Kaufman County Livestock Show, we jumped at the opportunity!  And then we waited...  But good news came this week when the kind people at the KCJLS emailed us to let us know that we had been selected!  How exciting!!!  Everyone, students from  all over Kaufman County bring their livestock and Ag Mech projects to the Kaufman County Fair to display and have them judged.  It’s the culmination of months of hard work and it is a wonderful opportunity to see so many of the kids from our community at their best.  And the most exciting thing for us is that we get to be there to capture all of those special moments for these students, their families, and the community!  We are so grateful to have been selected and we are already hard at work planning the details of everything that we will need to do to make sure we don’t miss a thing!

Within the next few weeks we will be setting up a dedicated page on our website with information so everyone will be able to stay up to date and know what to expect from us when the show actually starts.   If you have any questions for us now or anytime between now and the show, please feel free to ask!  

Thanks to the Showboard for this opportunity!  Make sure you check out their website at www.kcjls.com and definitely find them on facebook and give them a like! 

Check out our Livestock Photography Page Here!