"Julie Boswell, who says she is "committed to exercise," braves the cold and wet weather during her afternoon walk at Bear Creek Regional Park in Colorado Springs Monday, Nov. 10, 2008." JUSTIN EDMONDS, THE GAZETTE
I had just an ok day today. It wasn't good, it wasn't bad, but just ok.
We were short art for the metro cover so I trekked (read: drove) out into the cold, wet weather in search of a daily to fill the hole. It may sound a little ridiculous but I already had the above picture in mind when I went out searching.
We have been spoiled with great weather here in Colorado all fall and still haven't seen the first snowfall, except for the mountains of course. The sky was grey which I knew would help some bright colors really stand out and I knew that a weather feature was right on the money. After stopping by the cemetery and CC I headed to Bear Creek park which is literally across the street from my place. I spotted the colorful umbrella, parked my car as quickly as possible and ran into the field trying to compose the shot as I ran. I found some nice trees to layer my image and waited for Julie to line up perfectly.
She probably thought I was nuts to be out there with my camera gear in that weather chasing after her but she graciously obliged and provided her name.
I took out the 400 and shot some birds near my car before I took off to transmit. I had another athlete of the week portrait in the area so I transmitted the feature back to the office while grabbing a bite to eat at Panera. Gotta love free Wifi!
The Cheyenne Mountain Indians captured their first 4A volleyball title ever this past weekend so Katy and I were on campus to give senior Laura Brodie her 15 minutes of fame. Laura was by far both Katy and my favorite athlete that we've worked with. She was really easy going, helpful, open to my ideas and willing to do whatever to make the portrait work.
Last night I had envisioned a few different looks that I wanted to try, one being with the championship trophy. I thought I had really thought it through but in the end Mark convinced me that it just didn't quite do it. I was a little disappointed and frustrated with myself but I can just chalk it up to a learning experience. Here is the image that we decided to go with.
I finally figured out a concept for our "Peak Performers" section that is due to run about a month from now. I don't want to give anything away but I can say that it's going to be much different than my recent sportraits.
P.S. The New York Times picked up another one of my images through AP last week...on my birthday non the less: CHECK IT OUT!!
-JCE
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