Tractor pulls are not my favorite to photograph. This is one of those assignments I get where I wonder how good am I as a photojournalist. A good journalist seeks out the story, digs deep beyond the obvious to look for the story that is hidden. When I got to a tractor pull I seem to forget this and just shoot a picture. I like the tractor pulls where the tractors are open and you cn see the driver, but these trucks and big rigs--to me that just machinery and I'm not a machinery person. I like the human connection and to see faces. I let myself down each year at the tractor pulls by not really seeking out a story to tell. I've, on occasion remembered this, but more times than not I let myself down. There are good pictures to be taken. That is what I was thinking when I made this self portrait at a recent tractor pull I covered. Meadville Tribune photograph by Richard S