So today I was assigned to shoot the crowning of a local high school's homecoming queen. Oddly, even though a police officer was shot in our area today, the news desk editor assured me they wanted this photo to be the dominant element in tomorrow's paper.I wasn't super excited about it, but as it turned out there was some nice evening light and I think I got a decent photo. As far as crownings go, I mean.
"What? Me? Oh My Gawd!"
What was funny about this was the identity of the queen was a secret, not to be announced until all the girls were lined up on the field (for optimal embarrassment for the losers). I had wanted to get something candid of the queen before hand, so while I hung out with the candidates in the staging area I managed to get one of the teachers to tell me the winner's name. I didn't want to give away who the winner was, so I ended up shooting a bunch of random, often out of focus shots of the "losers" getting ready as well, just to keep up the charade.
At one point I caught one of the girls off guard. She said something about if she wins I couldn't use that photo. Don't worry, I thought, you won't win.
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Hi, you don't know me, and I have no idea who you are and the only reason I'm on this page is because i wanted to listen to that one song "Be Be Your Love" that you have on this page. But as i was listeing i was reading your blogg and you sound like you have a interesting life. So your a photographer. Thats awesome thats one of the many things i want to be when i am older and graduate! So it looks like you have fun doing your job and I hope that when i become a photographer i can have just as much fun as you do! Good luck in future pictures! Yours are great!
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