Some assignments are never what you expect. This was supposed to be a hot dog social. Boring, right? I though so too. That was until I saw them taking out the bingo cards and turning on the nice light.
I hung around for nearly an hour working the situation from all angles including backstage. I quickly learned how difficult it was to find someone yelling "bingo" but I sat on the situation long enough and was rewarded with one frame.
This is community journalism at the heart. Sometimes I forget to take the assignment for what it really is. I occasionally, as my mentor at the Colorado Springs Gazette Mark Reis would say, "try to be too clever." It's ok to be creative, but tell the story.
When I shoot, I live by the words "show those who weren't there what happened and show those who were there something that they didn't already see."
I think that I did just that with this assignment. If nothing else I'm pleased with what I got out of what was supposed to be just another business assignment.
-JCE
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