Photography is often the struggle of finding...
Photography is often the struggle of finding a picture among the
chaos of ever-changing light, subject elements, compositions and
backgrounds. Sometimes, it just comes down to patience.
This day, I knew all along that I wanted to get a picture of this
advancing storm front, but I had to somehow find a “clean” background
free of man-made distractions like power lines and light poles. I
found it at Irvine Terrace Park, which has a beautiful upward slope
of grass that hides everything behind it but has a trail right along
its edge to allow a human element to enter the frame. Though there
wasn’t anyone coming by, I noticed a group at a picnic table at the
far end of the park who would have to walk this trail to exit. So all
I had to do was wait. After a half an hour, this little girl broke
away as the group was leaving and I had a nice, clean shot of this
tiny human dwarfed by a giant wall of clouds.
-- Kent Treptow, staff photographer
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