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It has been a busy few weeks again and hard to get to posting anything new.
Last Thursday night I was on the Colorado/New Mexico border with members of our sheriff’s department, along with personnel from several other agencies, during the search for escaped convict Jason Snow. Most of my time was spent sitting and waiting. Covering a manhunt for the news isn’t as exciting or thrilling as it may seem.
I was given around 5 to 10 minutes with all the agencies, when the briefing took place, to get some photos. Outside of that I was on top of a hill about half a mile away watching and waiting. I stayed, hoping to be able to take a photo of the scene where the first escapee was found, until it was dark and the central command post was moved. I shot the above photo of the officers moving out to higher ground, and the storm rolling in, just in case we needed a headline the next morning involving the search going through the night. On my way to the office the next morning we learned the suspect had been captured and the photo went into my files.
As quickly as the story came and went I also shifted modes and went to a wedding of two of my college friends Saturday night. I took my camera, but resisted the urge, for the most part, to shoot any photos. I instead watched the photographers the bride’s father had hired to work the event. I looked for missed opportunities and things that they saw that I might not have. By the end of the night my list of observations was quite lengthy and I learned a lot by just watching. The practice in looking for opportunities and trying to think of creative shots will come in handy for a wedding that I’m shooting for a couple on August 1.
However I fought the urge to shoot a photo the bride requested I come up with a creative group shot to end the night and after a little sweet-talking of a bartender and use of a bottle of vodka (as a prop), we ended up with this photo.
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