There is a niche within photography called Photo-Journalism. It’s pretty straight forward, the idea is to be able to tell a catch the essence of a story with one or two pictures just as you might see in a newspaper article. This weekend I participated in two different events and I figured it would be a fun opportunity for me to see if I could compose some shots that would accurately tell the story of what was happening. I think one of the keys is to take a lot of different pictures and sift through them to find the ones that have the most character and emotion.
4.24.2009 – National Volunteer Week (@ Northeast Houston YMCA)
We had a blast serving at the YMCA, and I’m glad I took the camera. I think we got some fun shots that will be good memory joggers for the future. It was seriously a fun day.
4.25.2009 – BEEFriending BBQ (@Tanglewood Park in Houston, TX)
Anyway, hopefully these images tell a bit of the story… I thought it was fun taking the camera around, but it’s certainly hard to convince people to ignore you when you’re standing up so close sometimes. I really could use that telephoto lens… But I also want the wide-angle lens (just below a fisheye would be sweet), so I guess it could potentially get pricey to have such a fun hobby. 
Sweet dude! Any pictures of my guy floating around? If you ever want to borrow my 70-200 2.8 just ask (I RARELY use it, I’m only keeping it around for candids at outdoor weddings).