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Chris A Short Photography  Fishing Photographs

FISHING



As I mention on the “Hunting” page, I came to Southwest Missouri for the photography and ended up with an education in fishing and hunting as a bonus. Since my beginnings here in 1986 I have had the opportunity to fish and hunt all over the country in my capacity as a photographer. After  working from Alaska to the Caribbean I can honestly say that in this part of my life theres no place I would rather be than at home with family in Southwest Missouri. As I write this the days are getting shorter and the air is cooler. Soon it will be fall again and time to let the air out of something. As far as the fishing goes I think the photography is as much about showing places that people see and WANT to go fish as much as it is showing pictures of fish.

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Chris A Short Photography-Hunting Photographs

HUNTING



I didn`t grow up hunting. I grew up in the city. I had a couple experiences hunting as a kid like going with adult family members. My Dad made a run at bowhunting back in the day when the treestand was a new concept and the compound bow was yet to be invented. I think given the time commitment involved and our limited accessibility to hunting ground made it more prudent for us to remain involved in an indoor archery league as opposed to bowhunting whitetails. At any rate, my hunting career exploded once I got to Springfield Missouri in 1986. I really came here initially for the photography. My previous job required  me to spend lots of time on the road in rural farm areas traveling for months at a time. There wasn`t much else to do in the evenings so I started fishing farm ponds and such and that eventually led to wanting to work in the fishing and hunting industry. In this part of the country literally no one that I know who fishes ONLY fishes. They also hunt.

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Not Fishing, Not Hunting, Everything Else………..For now

EVERYTHING ELSE



This gallery isn`t by any means less important than or less of an influence on me than the Hunt and Fish photography. It`ll  just be a short term catch all for the stuff that didn`t fit neatly into the other galleries. I`m trying to keep this as simple to browse as possible. I can`t do that with thirty different categories of galleries.  In the end, I`ve made my living as a photographer in the fishing and hunting industry for over thirty years. I run a camera for a living and I hunt and fish but I also do other things. These are photos of some of those things.

 

 


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Creekside Stockyard



As I mentioned in the copy on a previous page, when I retired a couple years back I took a break from carrying a camera every day.  I did that for 48 years and was ready for a break. I thought I had a pretty good idea where I was going and the path forward to get there. New doors opened. Some I went thru and looked around and made a decision whether I wanted to stick around or just pass. At some point I started to remember all of the mornings I spent on the road in over 30 years driving back and forth to work in amazing light and not being able to stop and shoot what I wanted instead of what someone else was directing me to shoot.

 

It occurred to me that I could now shoot whatever I wanted to at any time. So, for the past year and a half or so I`ve been documenting life on the farm. This has resulted in a rather substantial library of farm and ranch lifestyle photography. On the second week of March 2023 I launched a new website on Photoshelter.com which will be the home of Creekside Stockyard. It is the beginning of my rights managed stock photography service featuring farm and ranch photography. Initially it will be heavily weighted towards local agriculture related subject matter and as time permits expand into other geographic areas.

 

Of the 100 or so images contained in each gallery at the new site, the examples shown are representative of thousands of shots supplementing all the gallery images. As mentioned elsewhere on the site, nearly all images have numerous variants available should you need, as an example, more space on the right or more space on the left, more sky for copy, a vertical crop, or some other component. If the image you are interested in is close but not quite there, contact me and I can show other versions from the same shoot. Use this link below to access the new website or contact me thru these additional links.

 

Stock Photo Licensing: CreeksideStockyard.photoshelter.com
Portfolio Site: ChrisAShort.com
Facebook: Chris A Short
Instagram: chrisashortphotograph
Email: ChrisAShortPhotography@hotmail.com

 


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Art Prints



The images in this gallery are sized and cropped as art prints.  They are worked with a specific print size in mind. The print sizes are shown in the image description and all prints are drop shipped from the printer. The farm and ranch stock over at https://CreeksideStockyard.photoshelter.com website is also available as art prints as well for store signage, dealership promo materials, trade shows, etc. If you see something that fits a promotional need contact me and we will work out size details. Contact thru the site for more info. Prices shown below include all taxes and shipping for the Lower 48 states. Shipping will be figured separately for additional destinations. No additional sizes or cropping is available. Panoramic prints are priced on request as they require a different printer and shipping method. Any other questions or other image options contact us at one of these sources below.

 

16×48  $211.50

20×30  $211.50

20×60  $496.00

24×48  $361.35

30×40  $322.00

30×60  $627.25

 

Stock Photo Licensing: CreeksideStockyard.photoshelter.com
Portfolio Site: ChrisAShort.com
Facebook: Chris A Short
Instagram: chrisashortphotograph
Email: ChrisAShortPhotography@hotmail.com


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