Located minutes north of Phoenix, Cave Creek hosts a professional rodeo in April as part of its “Fiesta Days” celebration. I had the pleasure of photographing this years finals on Sunday 10 April 2011. I used both my new Tamron 200-500mm lens (maybe TOO MUCH reach for this rodeo since I was so close to the action) and the Canon 28-135mm lens, which worked very well!
The rodeo website says it was started to honor its long time “Rodeo Boss” Wayne Wilson. Wayne believed every child in our community deserved an opportunity to become successful and have a better life than his parents. To further his wishes, the Desert Foothills Community Association began the Wayne Wilson Children’s Charity Rodeo & Carnival with a goal of support our community and its youth’s needs. Other charities supported include the Desert Hills Food bank, Ride Rank for a Cure (Cancer), Cowboys for Kids, Starlight Foundation, Queen Creek Junior Rodeo, Arizona Wrangler Junior High School Rodeo and several local area elementary schools and after school programs.
I’m a long time veteran of the Tucson Rodeo held every year in February. That’s a pretty big time rodeo. The Cave Creek Rodeo is smaller, but still professional rodeo. AND, for a photographer, you can get pretty darn close to the action and only pay ten bucks at the door! I must say, for a community organization, this was a professionally RUN rodeo too.
I plan on taking a class there next year to photograph the action. If you want to know more about the rodeo, go to http://cavecreekrodeo.com/
Happy Shooting!
Jim Patterson
Photographs of the Cave Creek Rodeo:
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