I couldn’t just let this go by without comment. I usually only blog things that I photograph, but sometimes you just have to throw in other stuff.
I sent Jeff to photograph an annual Boer Goat Show that was being hosted at the Berkeley County Youth Fairgrounds. My original impression of what he was to do was to take winner’s pictures after they were awarded, and in front of banner that is hanging on a lattice. And for the most part, he did.
But at some point, he also started taking photos of goat handlers with their goats in the judging ring. For those of you who are goat experts, please forgive my amateur descriptions of what’s going on, because I’m nearly clueless. I know they like to eat things, and that’s about it. Oh wait, there’s goat milk and goat cheese. So, there’s that.
Most of the photos are about the same, in that there’s a handler, a goat, and a ribbon. There are a few interesting photos, but none more interesting than this one.
So as I was looking through the photos, I couldn’t help notice that as the day got longer, the goats got bigger. What’s more, the kids handling the goats were the same kids. Which means that as the goats got bigger the kids trying to handle them had to work a little harder. This particular participant wasn’t handling quite as well as she’d probably like, though.
Now Jeff, who’s also our senior photographer (not just because he’s so old, either) goes around making everything sound like the “ba-a-a-a” of a goat. It’s very sad.