While at the beach this past weekend I saw a scene that instantly had me thinking of one of my student photographers--Daniel F. It was just a pier with some people fishing off of it, but I felt inspired. Daniel is a master street photographer. It's not something I taught him; it's something he's just naturally good at. He's bold. He shoots whoever he wants and captures some really interesting people in the process. Recently he's been working on these amazing photos of his mom cleaning a fish, so that may have contributed to my aha moment at the beach. I am not a street photographer. It makes me super self conscious to approach a complete stranger with my camera. But I had to give it a shot; I wanted to step outside my comfort zone. Ok, so I cheated and used my telephoto lens, which gave me a fair amount of distance between me and my subject, but he still caught me shooting him. I'd say I'm happy with the results--the photo itself and trying something new. I feel very fortunate to get to work with creative minds every day. I'm certain I've said this a million times before, but I have the best job.
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