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Thinking outside the box

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Thinking outside the box

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From my newspaper and magazine background I know that it's important to always get a photograph in the bag. After I'm sure that I've covered the assignment then I allow myself to play a little bit with the lighting, with the poses, with just try to breakout of the creative box and get something kind of cool. It might work, it might not, but unless you really try to expand your vision, you might get kind of stuck in rut. Earlier in this course you saw me photographing the Rotary Club. As they were walking out the door I noticed this beautiful streak of light coming down and hitting the wall. So I asked a couple of the women if they would mind coming back and posing for me. It was a beautiful shot and a lot different from what I really expected to get out of the Rotary Club group shot. During the family shoot the mom asked if I would get a picture of her and her baby. Well, by that time the baby was distracted by something that was going on in the field behind him. So instead of just…

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