Often in the newspaper business when we must separate ourselves from our subjects to objectively look at them for story--not familiarity, we neglect to see those we're related to or friends with for the part of the story they tell. Dan Perrine is my next door neighbor and I often photograph the Post 52 Veterans of the Vietnam War which Dan is a member. I don't know if I've photographed him for the paper before other than he being part of the color guard in parades perhaps. During their 24 hour vigil for the MIA's at Diamond Park this year the lighting seemed about right on Dan and I just thought it was time I got my neighbor's picture in the paper as his story is as important as the rest of the members of the post. Unfortunatly a different picture was chosen for the paper the nex
RSS Feed