I'll admit, I still don't really know what the judges are looking for when they judge cows, but I do know a little something about story telling and photography. Earlier this week Harmony took a picture of a reaction and a hug. The emotion of that picture was for the loss of a friend and a family member. Today I was able to witness and photograph a follow up of sorts to that story. The Morrell family, and apparently the entire Crawford County Dairy family lost one of its own this past year in Bob Morrell. Morrell had shown and won several Supreme Champion cows over the year and today his daughter Heather showed a Holstein that was named Supreme Champion. Upon hearing her cow had won she looked up into the heavens for a moment and then I watched her try to hold herself together by biting her lip and blowing out a couple of breaths to keep from crying. It is quite a thing to witness and in a small way share in these moments with people we cover. It is obvious from seeing things this week that not only the Morrell family lost one of its own, but so many others did too. I even felt a bit of the loss. I had photographed a few of Bob Morrell's Supreme Champion cows and Bob too. I remember getting just a bit of him last year when one of his cows won yet again and he entered from the side of my frame to congratulate the gentleman who showed the cow. And photographing Heather today was a beautiful thing for me. I have taken Heather's picture many times over the years, I don't know if she has liked any of them, but I've always felt that I've been trying to tell a story with them and todays story was, for me, the most important picture I've taken of her. Her looking up to me showed her love and sadness of loss of her dad. That is a tribute to him and I'm honored to have witnessed it. Meadville Tribune Photograph by Richard Sayer