The Iowa State Fair (ISF) opened on Thursday, August 10, and we finally got the results. I was shocked and honored to have won the “Superintendent’s Choice” Award (Adult Color). The title is “Rootin’, Shootin’ Cowgirl” and was taken at the 2022 ISF’s Cowboy Mounted Shooting event.
I was introduced to the sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting in 2017 by a church member whose extended family participated. I was hooked on photographing this cross between barrel racing and target shooting.
In addition to the award, I had one more of my four submissions chosen for display. It is a picture of the primitive cabins at Green Valley State Park’s campgrounds. The park is often a location which I photograph in the winter months since the lake draws many waterfowl (Canada geese, snow geese, ducks, pelicans, and swans). A heavy, wet snow had just fallen, so I ventured to the park to check things out. I had driven past the cabins but turned back to see the late afternoon sun’s reflection on the windows. It was THE shot of the day.
Chuck Spindler Photography 