Commercial, Advertising and Editorial Photography. Greensboro, North Carolina
Neighbor Gary McMasters was making sorghum molasses this weekend with his mill in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. He was also breaking in his new 4 year old mule Pearl. She was pulling the mill for only the second time. While Gary had to be a little patient, Pearl figured things out pretty quickly and did an admirable job. Pearl takes over from Sam, who has gone into retirement in his twenties.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
A pair of old horse hames hangs on a barn wall near my home this afternoon in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Mule portrait, Caldwell County, North Carolina.
(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Black and white from Caldwell County, North Carolina.
Scenes from the annual Plow Day in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Folks bring their teams of horses, mules, and draft ponies to plow bottom ground along the Yadkin River.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
A pair of work horses pull a plow earlier this summer in western North Carolina.
Images from a recent horse and mule drawn plow event in Caldwell County, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Take several acres of bottom land along the Yadkin River in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Add about 20-25 teams of the most gorgeous mules and work horses you have ever seen along with some serious farmers and it’s amazing how much ground you can turn in just a short time. Images are from a plow day gathering of the North Carolina Draft Horse & Mule Association this past weekend.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
