Ray Swindle wrote:
The sports editor sent me an assignment Monday for Wednesday, yesterday. He gave me all kinds of instructions that it needed to be a landscape shot but the composition had to be vertical. It began with 9 high school seniors who were signing college sports scholarship commitments. Then it grew to 11. He continued sending me messages about the composition and how they should be seated for a head on shot. I told him I would deliver what he wanted, but it wouldn't be a "head on" photo. Well, I could tell he was worried. I called the district PR guy who told the athletic director what I wanted to do. They had the signing in the school library where they had a lot of room. I asked if they had a ladder available so I could get an elevated shot of the large group. He told me they didn't but there was a loft. This was great.
The editor's original intent was to have the photo in a sideline column on the second or third page in the Sports Section. I was very surprised to find the photo as the center spread on the front page of the Sports Section. I used the 5DC and 24-70 lens. By the way, there were three other schools signing photos on page 3 in black and white. I guess he liked the photo.
Flew to Dallas Fort Worth for a quick business trip on Tuesday, seemed like I brought cold weather to Texas every time. It was freezing cold and windy. Last month I brought the snow storm with me to Houston even though I’ve got out the day before the snow hit. This time I got to try the BBQ at a place called “Heim”, most excellent!
Feb 21, 2025 at 04:43 AM
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