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Ross Hecox

This is a good example of what keeps photographers hungry. Every once in awhile we capture what seems like a simple image, but factors out of our control come together to make it beautiful. We were working on an article about Western artist Shannon Lawlor of Alberta, Canada. I asked her to simply trot through a crop of rapeseed (which produces vegetable oil). The tall yellow flowers on the plant, the gray horse, the slate-blue sky, the turn of Shannon's head—all of these things came together to create a really nice image. As a photographer, it's hard to take much credit when so many other factors are doing the work for you.

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Canola Cowgirl

March 14, 2018

Chris Littlefield turns a cow down the fence at his training facility near Henrietta, Oklahoma.

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No Little Feat

March 7, 2018

This photo was totally set up.

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Ranch Kids

February 28, 2018

I wasn't banking on snowfall when I booked a trip to Montana in early October several years ago. It was sort of a nice surprise, as it created some unexpected photo ops, like this shot of Randy Rieman ponying a horse down his driveway. Rieman and I had plans to get photos for an article on introducing a horse to roping. Fortunately, the snow had melted in his round corral where we did the photo shoot, and the sun came out. The article appeared in the January 2010 issue of Western Horseman.

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Snow Photo Shoot

February 21, 2018

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Breakfast in Big Sky Country

February 15, 2018

BillSmith

Smooth to the Chute

February 7, 2018

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Safe Handling

February 7, 2018

Dirt and grass are much more prevalent in my photo shoots than water. But

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Drawn to Water

January 31, 2018

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Ranching Heritage Weekend

January 18, 2018

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