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, and Canada. 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.

Some of the highlights of my photography career are photographing Presidents Ronald Reagan, and George Bush Sr while in the Air Force. 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 2006, 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. I am 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 29 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 20 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 Silverdale, Washington. While I have always had a love of rodeo, my love of photography began several years ago when I began shooting seriously with a hand me down K1000 (which I quickly grew out of). I now own a small but growing photography business, Liz Stabbert Photography, and am currently shooting mostly gymkhana, barrel racing, and local events. I am currently a student in the ART Institute of Seattle's Commercial Photography program. While I am definitely the most inexperienced  of the board members, I am excited to have the knowledge of the experienced photographers in this association to draw from as I am growing.