Michael T. Photography

Some highlight photographs from OHSRA day two.

Couple shots from yesterday. More to come today.

25 years ago, I was just a kid in middle school. Mom came into my room and tried to wake me with "a plane just hit one of the twin towers". Thinking it was a ruse to get me up quickly because it was customary for us to make a mad dash for the bus stop at the last minute, I ignored her. Minutes later, Mom came back in again and now I could hear the urgency in her voice.

I'll never forget seeing the video feed of North Tower on fire and watching the South Tower be hit shortly after. Being still fresh off a trip to New York and having been in the South Tower back in May 2001.

The bus ride to school that morning was quiet and somber, with the radio tuned to the news. None of us spoke a word while we listened and tried to process what was happening. My bus driver was Twila Kinney (RIP), always a happy and cheerful woman who had a hardened look of concern on her face. At Wy'East Middle School that day, all of the TV's tuned onto the news.

We watched the North Tower collapse live and that day my English teacher, Mr. Simpson, a retired Army Ranger said what no other teacher dared to say that day. We're going to war.

25 years later, I still have my fathers old World Trade Center ID badge in a box somewhere. I still have my "Flat Stanley" cutout that my cousin had taken up the World Trade Center during my Elementary School Project. I still have countless photographs and memories of a time and place that no longer exist.

25 years later, I remember.

Never forget.

Images from NPRA Goldendale are officially re-uploaded and live on the website at the following link:

https://miketherodeoguy.smugmug.com/2026-NPRA-Klickitat-County-Fair-Rodeo

If any of the bronc or barrel shots are out of order, I apologize as those might have gotten mixed during my technical issues. Also, I wasn't as active during the second performance after that bronc smoked me. 🤣

If you have any active photograph orders showing in the portal, I will be finish those and getting them released to you. There have been a couple folks who have reached out about being unable to download or access their images from the portal. If you're one of them - please shoot me a private message so I can include you among those several who will be getting theirs emailed directly tomorrow as well.

It’s Tuesday and we’re back on the grind. This week will be heavily devoted towards processing orders and getting the remaining NPRA albums up.

And that’s both an official wrap on Roy II and my last NPRA rodeo of the year.

As always, more pictures to come.

That’s a wrap on the first performance.

See y’all tomorrow.

Day 3 images from the Rockin’ Youth Rodeo are uploading to the website and should be fully live within an hour at the following link:

https://miketherodeoguy.smugmug.com/2026-Rockin-Youth-Rodeo

Due to the number of photographs, I need to release the jackpot images separately. Those will come down the pipeline tomorrow.

Images from the first and second day of the Rockin’ Youth Rodeo are now up and live in the following album:

https://miketherodeoguy.smugmug.com/2026-Rockin-Youth-Rodeo

I'll have images from the first day jackpot barrel race and third day coming down the pipeline soon, followed by a re-upload of the NPRA Goldendale images. Apparently something went wrong during the previous upload.

Be sure to also check out and support Brett Venneri Photography - he was the main photographer for this event and present for the majority of the time!

Rockin Youth Rodeo images should be up tomorrow.