Dave Eller

Taken with a Nikon D7100 with 50mm 1.8 lens She's only 13 and already a great model.

There is a little town on old route 66 between Kingman and Flagstaff Arizona...fun little town with great food, friendly people and very camera friendly

Photo shoot I did the other day with 3 beautiful women...I'll be doing this ones senior pictures soon

Faith is my favorite model...I've taken hundreds of pictures of her and never got a bad one. She can ride with with the best of them.

Pretty lady at the roping I shot this weekend. Love getting decent candid shots...

I was able to capture about 30 of these types of images last night.. lots of fun

Taken with a Nikon D7000 with a 70-200 f2.8

Sorry about vanishing for a while. I just needed to clear my head from politics and hate. I took these last night at a benefit roping near home..

I haven't really been out shooting latel except for some architectural work so I thought I would have some fun in photoshop this morning. Not great but fun

This is from a maternity shoot I did recently...it's been a while maybe 20 years since I've done one...we had a great time.

I am not a landscape photographer but I do shoot some on occasion..

Took some maternity pictures for a friend the other day. Had to cut it short but was a nice shoot. I'm glad they ask me..

This is my friend and super model Ashley.. She is a lot of fun to shoot. Great lady too.

Ashley is a friend that is such a great person and just happens to be beautiful too..

I couldn't pass up this great character I saw... Bet he has some stories to tell

I've seen this done a few times and finally had a chance to try it out. Levitation is kinda fun...It will take some practice though.

I had a great time photographing Brooke...she is a body builder and doing very well. It was starting to get dark so these were taken in a hurry. She did great. Taken up on the Haulapai Mts. near Kingman Arizona

Back in about 1975, I was driving up highway 89 to SLC. I passed this old guy and his wagon and hit the brakes hard.. I went back with my camera of course and struck up a conversation with him. He told me that every spring he leaves Tucson Az headed for Jackson Hole Wy to teach the the boy scouts survival training. I asked if I could take some pictures and he said why sure but most folks tip me a bit to help feed my boys here. I had no problem with that and this is what I came up with. I really thought these negatives were long gone. You can't imagine my excitement when I found them.

Back in about 1975, I was driving up highway 89 to SLC. I passed this old guy and his wagon and hit the brakes hard.. I went back with my camera of course and struck up a conversation with him. He told me that every spring he leaves Tucson Az headed for Jackson Hole Wy to teach the the boy scouts survival training. I asked if I could take some pictures and he said why sure but most folks tip me a bit to help feed my boys here. I had no problem with that and this is what I came up with. I really thought these negatives were long gone. You can't imagine my excitement when I found them.

Back in about 1975, I was driving up highway 89 to SLC. I passed this old guy and his wagon and hit the brakes hard.. I went back with my camera of course and struck up a conversation with him. He told me that every spring he leaves Tucson Az headed for Jackson Hole Wy to teach the the boy scouts survival training. I asked if I could take some pictures and he said why sure but most folks tip me a bit to help feed my boys here. I had no problem with that and this is what I came up with. I really thought these negatives were long gone. You can't imagine my excitement when I found them.

Got this shot of a bull rider at the Kingman Az rodeo this year. This cowboy didn't move to fast...hit the ground hard.

This old barn belongs to some friends...I shot their wedding in there. Some real history here.

From my prom shoot recently...I'll be doing more work with this beauty to be sure.

This little cutie needed no cuing. She moved like a pro

From the prom shoot...no way a person could get a bad shot of this young woman

Was able to get up real close to this huge animal..actually scratched his nose.

One of the beautiful young women at a prom shoot I just did.

Taken with a 28-300 Tamron macro lens at 300mm.

I'll be out shooting another gather and branding this summer and hopefully have enough to publish a book on ranch life.

Rafter S Cattle Company Branding

Tools of the trade shot with a 4x5 Sinar on Plus X film

This shot is from a book I did called Persistent Poverty written my Dr. Richard Roper and photographed by me.

I took a long trip in Southern Utah to photograph Coral Pink Sand dunes. When I got there every bit of the dunes were covered in atv tracks. Not a good shot in site so I started back to my car very disappointed about driving a 100 or so miles. Right at the edge of the dunes was this tiny area about a foot square...this is the only shot I got.

Taken near my home...lots of rain yesterday.

One of the old cowboys that came to the wedding I shot last week..

I needed a model to test drive some new stuff...she is beautiful and did a great job for me. This was shot with an on camera Nikon SB800 stobe and a rogue flash bender mounted on the camera.

A composite I did from the wedding I shot on Saturday...please all you great wedding photographers go easy on me. I've never claimed to be one...just doing a favor for some friends

A shot I got at the Needles Ca. rodeo recently

This was taken a few miles from my house here in Arizona of a section of the Black Mountains. It's a rugged but beautiful area.

A friend up in Vegas has been having issues with her son. He won't let her see her grand daughters any more. Just a big mess. This is the only picture she has of them. She asked if I could do some magic. The original was taken in her kitchen.. This is what I came up with..

Bronc riding is an extremely dangerous profession.

Another near the spring

My peach tree blooming

Near a spring not far from me.

View from my home across the valley to the Haulupai mountains

Golden Valley isn't really my home town but we got some expensive spit here

My old friend Dan...he's quite the character. Taken with a Nikon D7000 with a 28-300 lens at 300mm

I've been so busy I haven't been able to do much on here... so thought I would at least make one post such as it is!!!

This little cutie is running for Rodeo Princess

I've been so busy I haven't posted for a while. This beautiful lady is running for the Colorado River Roundup Rodeo Queen which she held 2 years ago

I used the art brush in photoshop for this one.

A shot from the AVI River Stampede I shot this past weekend

Another cut out

This technique is a lot of fun but very time consuming and you need to be very comfortable using layers. Give it a shot

Love this lens...shot with a Nikon D7000 and Tamron 28-300 lens

Emmett is a good friend and one of the best cattle ranchers there is today.

I've been using Photoshop Elements for over 10 years. I started with version 2 that my wife bought me for my birthday...I do have CS6 but most of my editing is in Elements only because I'm so used to it..

This was a beautiful couple to photograph........their love for each other came through beautifully

Very low key portrait of a friend

I'll be shooting 6 more brandings coming up in the next 2 months..I can't wait

This is what's left over in the bag when I eat my morning Freezer Pop

Was attempting to create a mysterious image.

Bored at home so was setting up some shots to do..no pun intended lol.

I hope I don't bore you with all these rodeo edits...I really enjoy doing them. Keeps my old worn out mind active

From the Andy Devine Days Rodeo Kingman Az this year

I took this at a rodeo recently with my Nikon D7100 and 70-200 f2.8 lens

Catching up on some older edits...this is from last years branding. Looking forward to shooting 6 more this year.

From a senior shoot I did not long ago..just playing with different fun edits..

Small water fall from a pond.

I was lucky enough to capture a 22 image sequence of this cowboy who got hung up in his rigging and the horse went a little nuts. This is just one shot in time. Both horse and cowboy were fine

Jumping off a perfectly good horse to catch a steer

From the Kingman Arizona rodeo this past year. Course I added my own touches

Another bronc rider from our little rodeo here in Arizona.

Just finished this image and thought I'd share...rodeo is a great shooting adventure. You just never really know what will happen

Taken at the Andy Devine Days rodeo.

Portrait

I took this at a Christmas party for Alzheimer's patients. I used a Nikon D7100 with a 50mm 1.8 lens. I used an on camera flash bounced off the ceiling

Took this at a friends house...there is no editing in this one. Shot with a Nikon D7100 with a 50mm 1.8 lens 100/sec wide open.

She wears a holiday bracelet on her wrist and her life on her face.

I took this just down the road from my house. This is the Black Mountains on the west side of my little valley...on the other side runs the Colorado River

Taken at a local junior rodeo...this little guy is going to be some cowboy. Nothing scares him. Taken with a Nikon D7000 and a Tamron 28-300 lens

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