Wk 6 Photo Challenge: Paparazzo

I got my inspiration for this project from the documentary we watched about legendary paparazzo Ron Galella. He has a lot of experience, I could just tell by the way he would talk. He put everything I ever thought about paparazzi photographers into a different perspective. He showed famous people in a way that no body else could see them. He photographed “famous people doing un-famous things.” I took that approach with this assignment. I live in Las Vegas, a hot spot for famous people. I would have liked to shoot different celebrities, but due to a busy schedule going out of my way to ind celebrities wasn’t an option. I decided to cruise the streets of Las Vegas, and try to capture normal people doing un-normal things. For this shot I knew right away I wanted a black and white color balance. Next was the challenge of finding people in the act of doing something un-normal. When I thought my idea was hopeless I looked out my car window to see a man adjusting his undergarments. Adjusting your clothes in public seems to be pretty normal. The only thing that makes this un-normal is from where the man in the photo is adjusting himself. The next abnormal thing I photographed was of two people. I could see a young woman standing at a bus stop. From a distance I could see that she was fairly attractive. Judging on the part of town I was in I would expect that she was moments away from being picked up on. What I saw next was what I didn’t expect. I saw a man approaching the woman from a distance. I noticed as I passed that he was a older man probably in his mid 70’s. I almost missed my opportunity as I drove past, but at a moment I looked into my rear view mirror and saw the old man begin to pick up in the young woman standing at the bus stop. I knew it was a matter of time before the woman was hit on, but I didn’t expect to see it in front of my eyes, especially by a person that I would least expect it from. I flipped a U-turn and got my shot.