About the Image(s)

“Shearers” are hard-working men and women who use heavy-duty clippers to cut wool off of sheep and mohair off of goats. The process of cutting their fiber is called “shearing,” hence the name “shearers.” Here in Texas, we shear the sheep once a year and the goats twice a year. Shearing is exhausting work, requiring the shearers to be bent over the livestock for hours on end. The best shearers can shear up to a hundred sheep a day. We raise both sheep and goats on our ranch in the Texas Hill Country. A few years ago, I caught this image of a shearer sitting exhausted at the end of the day. This shot has always appealed to me. I especially like how the man in the straw hat is slumped over. I did a little adjusting in Lightroom and removed a distracting electrical cord that was dangling in front of his hat.