President
Kent Kerschner

Hi, my name is Kent Kerschner also known as "Foto Cowboy". I live in central Kansas. Have a business called Kent Kerschner Photography but also go by Foto Cowboy, which everyone knows me better by that name. I have been shooting rodeos and all types of photography since 1977 when I started my business. My grandmother gave me my first camera in 1969 for my 10th birthday, which got me started on the road to a professional photographer. The camera was a Kodak Brownie. I loved the camera and it took off from there. I am a retired bullrider as I quit riding in 2000, as that's how I got the nickname "Foto Cowboy". I took pictures during the rodeo but put the camera down to ride my bull, after the ride, the first thing I grabbed was my camera and finished the rodeo. I am a PRCA card holder, PPA card holder, and many other Rodeo and Pro Associations along with a degree from Kodak, and a Member of the Canon Professional Service. My pictures featured on several magazines, and book covers.

I have taken pictures across the USA, Canada and was the official photographer for Rodeo Spain in 2009. My love for photography has gotten me several photographic awards and I devote 110% to my love of photography. I have had a TV News Story done about my photography, and had a National radio commentary about my work also.

Howdy, I am Al Berger of Pro Rodeo Pix. I got my second start as a rodeo photographer in 2005. I was asked to photograph a local Pro-West rodeo and remembered how much I loved rodeo. I got started in photography in 1983 while stationed in West Germany. In the early 1990's I photographed PRCA rodeos but found it too expensive because of having to print proofs of everything. Thanks to digital I am now able to combine my two loves, rodeo and photography . I own and have operated Cunningham Studio, a Professional Photography Studio for the past 23 years in Spokane, Washington when I am not on the road photographing rodeos. I teach and host a photographic clinic each year for Equine and Rodeo photography. I teach photography for the City of Spokane as a regular instructor..

Some of the highlights of my photography career are photographing Presidents Ronald Reagan, and George Bush Sr while in the Air Force. I was an official photographer for the 1988 Olympic Cycling in Spokane, Washington. I was selected in 1988 as the lead photographer for the 1989 Washington State Centennial Games, and I worked as a United Press International (UPI) Photographer for the 1990 GoodWill Games. Another highlight was being accepted as a PRCA Photographer in late 2005, just 4 months after coming back to rodeo photography. I was recently awarded 3rd place in the 2007 PRCA photo contest. This is a great honor since this was only my second year as a PRCA photographer. I have photographed PBR events as well. My work has appeared in Pro Sports News (PSN), Cowboys and Indians Magazine (2009 photo of Trevor Brazile), Priefert National ad compaign, 2010 National Finals Program and Western Horseman. I was the photo editor for The Competitor News and a contributing writer and photographer for Humps and Horns and The Cowboy Digest as well as several area and regional newspapers and magazines. I design and manage websites for several rodeo related companies.

I was raised in Butte, Montana and worked as a hired hand on several ranches in Western Montana during my younger years. I did some calf roping and rode bulls until I was injured in 1975. I have been married to Paula for 32 year and we have two sons. My youngest son is often on the road with my covering rodeos. I have mentored several accomplished photographers over the past 25 years. I would really like share my love and knowledge of photography by teaching in a High School setting. I hope to see you on the road at a rodeo

My name is Alvin Self. I shot my first bull riding pictures in 1971. I opened a portrait studio in 1983 and started shooting for the Central Rodeo Association in 1985. In 1997 I became the official photographer for the United Professional Rodeo Association and was awarded the Photographer of the Year Award in 1998. That was the same year I lost my Right leg. I retired from full time rodeo photography and started concentrating on Bull riding photography. I have been published in several magazines and newspapers my images have been used on T shirts, ads, documentaries, flight magazines in Europe, billboards, programs and various other media. I all so wrote a monthly column for Humps and Horns newspaper.

I have shot events in Las Vegas, Madison Square Gardens in New York, Boston, Cheyenne Wy., Bismark N.D., and all points in between. I have been married for 29 years to Debbie. We have 2 grown daughters and a granddaughter and are raising our 17 year old niece

I live in Portland, Oregon.