Working at the County Fair: Mini Bull Riding

So, one of the activities on the first day of fair was the miniature bull riding show. This had kids and teens under 120 lbs riding mini bulls. There was also mutton bustin' for the littler kiddies. Something I liked about working for the fair, was that since they wanted me to take pictures, I was let in to pretty much any show that I had time to go to. This one was really cool, I'd never seen little riders like this before.

I was actually down in the arena for these pictures. I was a little nervous, 'cause everyone in the grandstands had a clear view of whatever I was doing, and I didn't know what I was doing! I'm not used to being this close to animals like these. My father-in-law made sure to tease me about when I jumped back a little when one of the bulls ran my way and slammed into the fence right in front of me. I don't know what you think, but I think that I totally had a right to be a little jumpy :P lol. But this was a really neat experience. Even though it really made me wish I had some lenses that were more suited to low light and actiony situations. However, since those kinds of lenses are out of my price range, I did what I could with the lenses I had. Here's some of the pics. Enjoy!