DNC - day one

To make a long story short, I'm at the DNC, shooting for myself. It's great. No deadlines. No headaches. No pressure. Today I just spent some time walking the city. Getting my bearings. Learning how things work at a huge event like this.

Denver is great. I'm really enjoying the city. I've never really spent any time here. Flew in once for a multimedia workshop, and spent very little time outside of the classroom. And when it was over, I hightailed it to Colorado Springs.

This first photo kind-of sums up my mood lately. Just a grab shot during a protest. But a great visual metaphor for what's in my head.



When I'm shooting a large event, sometimes I get overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. There's so much visual stimulation that I never know where to start. I see one thing, then I instantly want to go to something else I saw in passing. So what I do is I try to pick a theme and stick to it. Today was the American flag. Made a few decent photos. And I'll try again tomorrow to keep adding to the collection.