| Photo Award Winner As part of our commitment to professional improvement, The ByLine highlights photos honored by the 2007 AAEA Photo Awards program. This month we highlight the winner of the Feature category, won by Jim Patrico for a February 2007 photo on The Progressive Farmer Web site. Click here to view the image.
"For our "Best Places to Live in Rural America" feature on Union County, S.D., we wanted to show farm kids in real life situations. I called around to find kids who showed cattle and came up with the Dean and Cynthia Farley family who show registered Herefords all over the country. I asked permission to photograph son Dale -- who was the main showman -- training and washing his best steer. Dale did that for me, leading his prize steer around the yard and posing for photos. During a break in the shooting, he tied the steer to a fence post. His younger sister wandered over to pet the steer and soon the three of them were interacting. I didn't do much other than push the shutter release about 20 times during a five-minute period. I think the image does portray the special relationship that farm kids have with animals they raise." - Jim Patrico |
Judges' Comments:
"It's so good that it looks like a Hallmark card. Everything is in the proper place. It's a wonderful shot."
The 2007 AAEA Photo Awards Program is sponsored by the AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation through a grant from Monsanto and Rabobank International. |
