(Insert poultry joke here)
A picture is worth a thousand words. We’ve all heard that one, but what if the words form a question?
There is something about images that ask more questions than they answer that I really enjoy looking at, and therefore I tend to take those photographs quite often, much to the dismay of my photo professor.
However, since this blog is meant to be a behind-the-scenes look at how we DN photogs live, I will explain this one a little bit more, starting at the beginning. Before taking a Mass Media Law test, I debated bringing my camera with me to the testing center. Only for a second though, bringing a camera should never be a question.
On the way back to the DN, fellow photographer Natasha Richardson noticed a group of people dressed up in costumes. One of the first things I learned as a photographer was that unusual costumes always make good photographs.
There were a million ways to photograph this scene. I could have showed the friend filming this guy in a chicken suit, I could have showed the Lincoln skyline in the background or used the Sheldon as a backdrop. It’s not a perfect image by any means, but here is an image that asks so many questions to me. “Where is this? Who is this?” and “Why the chicken suit?” among them.
Often, the photograph (or series of photographs) in newspapers is meant to convey exactly what happened and make the reader feel as though they were present. Sometimes though, it’s okay to break the rules. It’s okay to make the reader do a double-take, make them think twice.
So in honor of the mood of the photograph…I won’t explain it any further. I will leave it up to your interpretation. Have fun.
