I make stuff---thats my usual response to folks who ask me what I do. I'm a photojournalist and a person who lives his life like an artist would--I wake up and want to create something everyday. It is sometimes an odd mix--a journalist has to uphold the ethical principles of documentation and observation. An artist has so much freedom to express themselves without regard to the stricter confines of journalism--in other words--the sky is the limit. Today I made a picture of some masking tape--to be honest this was meant to be a shot that I would then take into photoshop and use in a piece to make it look like I was covering something up with the tape--but somehow that didn't get accomplished--the tape I photographed wasn't right for that--but it made for an interesting--sort of abstract picture. I laughed at this because i recently read a documentary photographer sorta bashing abstract photography. Later in the day I was working for the paper and I made a picture for gas prices that I thought was composed nicely and then went to hang out with Darren and Michael and their house guests to document them in their home for a story we hope to run this week. This was a little weird and difficult because we know each other and I am trying to be a fly on the wall to document their life in their home as if I wasn't there. They know I'm there, I know I'm there so the document is always slightly skewed because of that. but my goal is to be there long enough to get authentic moments. This was the only moment I felt I was able to capture where it was as if I wasn't there and there was a genuine interaction between Darren and Michael. I did get other moments that were pretty close to authentic, but they really were aware of me and I was a little off because I know them--its easier if I don't know the subject--I am a sponge trying to learn everything--here I was asking questions based on a previous knowledge---a very difficult place for a journalist to be--the separation is skewed00the objectivity muddied. But I did like this picture a lot. Photographs by Richard Sayer.