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Fog on the River

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I captured these yesterday morning in a rush, more a moment of grab my camera before I lost the light. They didn’t turn out like I’d hoped, but they’re good, nonetheless. There was a huge fog on the river, which is often the case this time of year- because the water is warmer than the temperature outside. It froze the night before which made for these awesome clouds of fog. These pictures are going to force me to learn to manually adjust my camera to let in the maximum light setting. It’s time I do that anyway, since people have begun to buy my photos and pay me to take them. I never dreamed in a million years I’d be in that situation. I’m not complainin’ just sayin’.

Here’s the Sunrise Fog on the Missouri River- it’s about a 3 miles away from our house and I stood in the front yard to capture these.

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  1. Matt says

    Very nice pictures, great sky. You should try out the bracketing mode on your DSLR. Most DSLRs have a mode in which the camera can take multiple shots rapidly which makes bracketing really easy. (Even some point and shoot cameras can do this too.)

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  2. Heather says

    Very nice, I really like the second one. I’m still learning my point and shoot, by time I get it all figured out, I should have a new camera to learn.

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