…even in the parking lot while walking to your car.
Photographs Are Everywhere…
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
My Favorite Links Of 2008
For your holiday enjoyment, my favorite events, links, websites from the photojournalism world in 2008 are collected in a short article at SportsShooter.Com.
Enjoy your holidays!
Drowning in Photographs
I photographed a woman making tamales. Put down a banana leaf. Slap on some corn dough. Add some sauce and rice, chicken, potatoes and beans. Wrap it up. Done.
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Tamale. Tamale. Tamale. Tamale.
Sounds a lot like my photo workflow. Same thing over and over.
But lately I’m taking and processing way too much corn and dough. I should be spending time creating better recipes and tastier dishes.
Tag. Caption. Keyword, Rate. Copy. Upload. Burn.
My workflow is getting in the way of my creative side.
I’m spending so much time key-wording and archiving my photographs that I don’t have time to show them off properly.
Must find balance.
Anyone can make a tamale. I want lobster, truffles, and carne asada. At least when it comes to photographs.
YFZ Revisited – April 18, 2008 – The End
More photos of reaction to Judge Barbara Walther’s decision to keep over 400 FLDS children in CPS custody. It was a somber parade. I will let the photos speak for themselves.
This is the end of my YFZ Revisited series. Thank you for following it through. I will likely post more photos from Texas and the events of late April, May, June, July, etc. But it won’t be every day.
YFZ Revisited – April 18, 2008 – The Decision
At the end of the second day, Judge Barbara Walther made her decision. Over 400 FLDS children would remain in CPS custody. The FLDS began to come out of the Tom Green County Courthouse, and I was looking for reaction. Since they weren’t talking, I was looking for body language to show their emotions. We’ll go in chronological order.
These three ladies were next to come out.
I stayed focused on them as they slowly walked down the steps.
They walked right past me.
And then they were caught in the media pack.
I followed from behind.
For just a little while and then ran back to look for other people.
YFZ Revisited – April 18, 2008 – Wading In
Only just now did I find this frame and it’s now one of my favorites. Symbolically, I think of someone wading into the surf at oceanside. (The media is the surf.) And thanks to college photographer of the year Tim Hussin for adding so much drama as he runs toward the shot with his camera swinging wide. The more I look at it the more I look at it. Here’s the entire sequence.
So I’m guessing that the woman at right is a CPS escort, accompanying these two women to the courthouse and then back to the shelter where their children are being held.
After my favorite shot up top, this is where we pick up.
The FLDS woman wades into the surf…
The cameras part…
Everyone looking for a comment of any kind…
I don’t think there was one…
YFZ Revisited – April 18, 2008 – Walking In
I worked this angle a lot, trying to get people and the columns of the Tom Green County Courthouse but I never got a shot as nice as some of the other photographers. The lighting at this moment was too harsh. There were some great photographers covering the hearing who produced amazing, artistic work. I think I left the artistic style behind and went more with a straight documentary approach, looking for content and moments. It’s a constant struggle for me, deciding between the two approaches.
Judge Barbara Walther arrived under heavy security, entering through the back door of the building.
Sam Brower, Brent Jeffs.
This was an interesting moment.
And when these ladies walked up, it seemed like more of the same. Until I looked closer:
Some kind of tag on their arm. These women must have been staying with their children in state custody and had been given the wristband as some kind of ID.
