One of the youngsters taking part in the Bailey Kay Hutson Bull Riding event in Dripping Springs on May 7th, 2016, gets advice from his Dad as he prepares...
A young cowboy getting ready for the start of the mini bull riding competition during the annual Bailey-Kay Hutson Bull Riding event in Dripping Springs,...
It strikes me that the most dangerous part of a bull ride is likely the few seconds immediately after it ends. You’re lying on the ground having...
The 8 seconds that have to pass before a competition bull ride qualifies to receive a score doesn’t sounds like a very long time. To a cowboy on the back...
At the Bailey Kay Hutson Bull Ride this past weekend, there was a junior competition (mini-bull riding, they called it) for aspiring riders. I’m...
A bull rider has a moment of quiet behind the chutes prior to the start of the Bailey Kay Hutson Bull Ride at Dripping Springs Ranch Park on May 7th, 2016....
This weekend is the annual Bailey Kay Hutson Bull Ride at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park. The event, an annual fundraiser for local disable kids led by Bailey...
Bull riding is the final event at every rodeo (as far as I am aware). Here’s one of the riders at Rodeo Austin recently. I loved the cowboy in the background...
One of the rodeo cowboys takes a breather by the bucking barrel prior to last year’s Brent Thurman Memorial Bull Riding event at Dripping Springs...
Having spent last night in the company of a large number of Austin’s finest photojournalists, I had to post a documentary image today. I left Austin...
Three bullriders pose for the camera before the 2015 Brent Thurman Memorial bull riding competition at Dripping Springs Ranch Park on June 27th.
The bull riding portion of Saturday’s rodeo at Dripping Springs Ranch Park was rather disappointing. For the first time in any rodeo I’ve visited,...
The weekend’s rodeo in Wimberley ended with bull riding, a sport that is spectacular to watch but which I have a hard time getting my head around....
A contestant in the 2015 Brent Thurman Memorial Bull Riding event at Dripping Springs Ranch Park leaves the chute while event officials and other participants...
A reasonably new addition at Dripping Springs Ranch Park, home of the town’s rodeo arena, is an elevated row of VIP and press boxes right over the chutes....
One of the competitors at the 17th Annual Brent Thurman Memorial Bull Riding event in Dripping Springs walks back after his ride. I wonder if he hung on for the required...
One of the cowboys at last weekend’s Brent Thurman Memorial Bull Riding event hanging out behind the chutes before the start of the competition.
It seems odd to me that two of my favourite photos from last Saturday night’s bull riding were not of the riding or cowboys taking part but of a couple...
I spent a lot more time shooting behind-the-scenes than I did photographing the action in the arena last Saturday. I did grab a few shots of the riders...
Prior to the start of bull riding, the cowboys spend a great deal of time preparing their equipment for their upcoming rides. Much of this effort goes...
