PHOTO OF THE WEEK

THOUGHTS FROM THE SCENE: A picture is worth a thousand words, so the

saying goes. Well in some situations, words are worth more. Photographers

are often faced with photo opportunities that just don’t work. Not every

story can come across through a photograph. As with this situation: you

have a great story about a student -- Shirin Oskooi of Newport Harbor

High School -- winning an essay contest, but there are not very many ways

to visually capture the gist of it. This gives the photographer a 50%

chances of being visually successful.

With some brainstorming prior to this assignment, Daily Pilot

photographer Greg Fry decided to use a classroom overhead projector to

magnify the essay, which provided an interesting back drop to an ordinary

setting. With the combination of the background and the light from the

projector, Greg brought back a photo that was cover worthy and carried

the paper for the day.