Let Me In! Denver, Colorado, 2013
This giant bear, apparently trying to push in the glass at the Denver Convention Center, is certainly the most photographed bear in the entire state of Colorado. Even while I was making this image, two other passersby were also photographing it.
This is one of those oft-encountered difficult situations for the photographer: how to snap the shutter on a very, commonly photographed subject in a way that creates an image that is at least slightly different than those commonly seen. Creating the image in the camera is the first place where your creative eye can make a difference (composition, perspective, lens choice, depth-of-field choices, etc.)…but don’t forget that post-processing is a second very important step during which you can allow your creativity to take wing, bling, or zing, as per your personal preference and style (special effects or filters, color, monochrome, HDR effects, and so on).
Another example…you are at a professional bike race (as I was yesterday), and everyone is snapping pictures of the breakaway, the peloton, the riders zipping by at 50 K-P-H, the riders after the race, etc. Why not aim your camera at the cameras? I wonder how many Benjamins went into the lens inventory in the bottom 2/3 of the image below (the top 1/3 is the peanut gallery, I suppose)!!!???…
Press and Paparazzi at the Pro Challenge. Denver, Colorado, 2013
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