Why don't you get some weather art.

Well, it was a rainy day and I had no assignments, not a good combo for the news photographer who likes to stay dry. So it was time to cruise for a weather shot. Downtown Annapolis is always a fan favorite, so I headed off to West Street. Luna Blu is a restaurant on West Street with a distinctive blue paint color. I thought it would make a great backdrop, so I hid under an awning across the street to keep dry and waited. I saw a women in red walking towards me, but she was on my side of the street. Oh well, I started to shoot some pictures of her anyway. To my luck she crossed over to the other side and right past the blue building I was hoping for. Whamo! C1 cover shot for the next day's paper and a new portfolio piece.

This building has been blue as long as I have worked in Annapolis. I always thought it would make a cool picture, so I stored it in my mental image bank for the right moment or rainy day if you will. That rainy day finally came and I lucked out with a woman in a bright red dress to play off the blue and yellow building. So always take note, either mentally or write it down, of what could be a cool shot even if the timing is not right at that moment. Some day it may all come together.