Why Cool Shot! Photography
The same skills that make Cool Shot! Photography a trusted name in rodeo and national sports coverage carry over to any fast-moving, one-take event — running races, sailing regattas, corporate and commercial shoots, and anything else where the moment only happens once. Since 1987, CSP has built a career on documenting live action under real pressure, first as a stringer for ESPN and the Associated Press, then as the official photographer for national equestrian and rodeo championships. There's no fixed spot for the camera: expect CSP on the ground, on a ledge, or wherever gives the clearest view of what's actually happening, moving quietly enough that most people forget a photographer is there at all. Nothing is staged and nothing is posed; the goal is simply telling the story of the event through the photos, shot in available light only, no flash. A film-photography background means getting the image right in the camera the first time, which keeps post-processing minimal and the final photos honest to what actually happened.