Because sometimes you don’t even know it when your photographer is capturing a moment that you never want to forget. I think every writer, every reporter and every journalist (pick your title: I prefer option the first) loves something a little different about this very strange job that we do. Some people love the digging. Some love the learning. Others just love the obligatory press conference cheese cube platters. Me? I love the fact that we get to go places most people don’t get to go. That we get invited into places and spaces and situations that most people will [...click for more...]

Because if you really, really love your photographer enough, he or she just might take some really awesome pictures of you while out on quirky assignments. N.B.: as excellent as your photographer (in this case) might be, they are not able to make your bleach-murdered hat-hair and terrible Tyra Banks-inspired “model with your pain” poses any more appealing.