Jeff Cagle
i am a freelance documentary and editorial photographer living in the chicago suburbs.
my portfolio is at jeffcagle.com.
get in touch: jeffrey [dot] cagle [at] gmail
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Sometimes your editor adds to your list of stops on a day when you already have three assignments lined up and simply says “We need pictures of people shopping downtown.”
OK, you say, imagining a quick one-and-done shot of someone walking into a store carrying shopping bags. But instead of calling it a day after getting that shot in less than five minutes, you decide to walk around in the cold and see if you can’t make anything better.
You find the sun shining through an archway to create a spotlight effect and wait. Click. You stand near a busy intersection and wait until crosswalkers hit it from two directions. Click. You play with some light shining through an alleyway, crouch down near a trash can and let people walk through the frame. Click click click. Nothing earth-shattering or portfolio-worthy or, hell, even your favorite shots of the day.
But it’s nice to see a few days later when that extra effort turns a single-photo inside story into a cover shot with an inside spread.
