Al Rysavy feeds a 2 month old calf milk replacer on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Al Rysavy feeds calf milk replacement while cats stand by near Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Al Rysavy works on corn harvester in preparation for harvest season on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Al Rysavy works on greasing corn harvester on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Gabriel Rysavy brings wood in for the fireplace on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Gabriel brings wood to house on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Dog and cat portrait on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Al Rysavy works on tractor and corn harvester on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Al Rysavy works on tractor on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Gabriel cleans out shed on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Gabriel Rysavy gets ready for church in the morning on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
Gabriel poses with friendly cat near tractor on Family Farm near Owatonna, MN, Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2018. (Photo/Albert Rysavy)
The idea for this shoot was to highlight people in our lives or people doing day to day things. The portrait side of it was to highlight people in a single shot and get a closeup of them in a photo. I decided to go home for the weekend and shoot some photos of my family (really just my dad and my brother) working on some things on a Saturday. I think some of the wider angle photos do a good job of illustrating some day to day life events for these 2 people while I think the portraits do what they are supposed to, give you a closeup look at a person living their life. All of the photos are meant to give a small look into a bit of life on a farm.
I used a Nikon D3400 with both the standard and telephoto lenses. For my tripod I used just the standard AmazonBasics one. For editing I used the default windows editing tool and Adobe Photoshop on an iMac for color correction.
Albert Rysavy 