The Heavy

So this was a feature story on professor of Criminal Justice Marty Jayne. So when I hear his job title and then his name the first thing that pops into my mind is law and order. Then when I finally met I saw that he had a cop feeling about him, so I told him to look smug, but not mean, and that's what I got. I really like the lighting and the lines all leading to his head. I used a flash bounced off the ceiling, I put a telephoto setting on the flash that helped keep the light on just him and making sure not to light up the walls around him too much. It's hard to make the light in a hallway look balanced just because they're so long. I also liked this photo because usually for a story like this, we get a professor working at their desk or doing something that would be considered "candid." This is due I think to the fear that if we pose anything we are in direct violation of some law of journalism, but there are some journalistic photos that do require photographer interaction. As long as the photographer is not trying to pose a reality, this is different then posing someone for a portrait. Instead of getting Marty teaching a class or working at his computer, I went for a strong portrait that gave a law enforcement feeling to give more relevance to the story.