
I had fun shooting the La Grange Rodeo, but I only wish that I had had more time to shoot it. This is the first time that I shot a rodeo before, and it is almost impossible to shoot it in the hour and a half that I had there. Maybe next year...
Natalie Brussow, 9, ropes her friend Megan Temple, 9, during the La Grange Rodeo in La Grange, Calif. on April 5, 2009.

Cody Higgins tapes his arm prior to riding bareback during the La Grange Rodeo in La Grange, Calif. on April 5, 2009.

A member of the Pac West Extreme Bull Riding Team comes out of the shoot on a bucking bull during the La Grange Rodeo in La Grange, Calif. on April 5, 2009.

Cody Panero is taken for a flying spin by his bull as he holds on during the La Grange Rodeo in La Grange, Calif. on April 5, 2009.
(Adm Golub/
The Modesto Bee)