Arlington, WA herding competition...

In the Zone Photography was the official event photographer on-site at the All-Breeds Herding Club of Western Washington's AKC licensed herding trial. It was hosted at "On the Lamb Farm" in Arlington, Washington (north of Seattle) from August 26th thru 28th.

For our first solo event, we did surprisingly well. Not that I had any doubts... But everything went relatively smoothly (minor hiccups but that's to be expected since we're new at this). Nothing that prevented us from providing professional photography services to the participants. We must have done something right because they booked us for two events next year!!

We took over 1,400 photos over the 3-day event. Sold a bunch of photo CD's (always a good sign you're taking lots of outstanding photos since they don't just get a print or two) and dozens of 4x6's. Also we gave half a dozen photos to the AKC representative that was attending the event and preparing an article for the AKC website. Overall, it was well worth our time and effort! And it sure was nice being able to crash at Erika's back in Seattle - instead of paying for a hotel (an extra expense that would have eaten into our profits).

All of the photos have been loaded to folders at our photo gallery - so everyone can review their photos some more - even though most participants took a look at the show (at our tent where Wendy was busily scrubbing and cropping the photos as I brought them in after each event thoughout the day).