PHOTO: Larry Steagall: The Kitsap Sun’s Cleanest Photographer
March 9th, 2010 by Derek Sheppard
“Larry climbed inside the washing machine. Inside the washing machine,” a reporter said this morning. She was talking about the photo you see above, which ran as the lead photo on the cover of today’s paper.
Larry sort of climbed inside. His arm, anyway.
In part two of “How Did Larry Do That?”, I’m here to explain how this shot came to be. He was dispatched to get a photo that would illustrate this story about trading in old appliances. This is one of those cases where photographers are asked to turn something not so terribly visually interesting (shopping) into a photo.
Remember yesterday’s “How Did Larry Do That?” entry? Remember the part about the timer on the camera? Well, there’s the secret. That, and patience. Larry set his camera inside the washer, set the timer and waited for shoppers to pass in front of the appliance, hoping to time the shutter actuation with the shoppers’ pass in front.
It goes to show that you can make mundane tasks look a lot more interesting if you think outside the box. Or, if you’re in an appliance store, inside the box.
- Derek Sheppard
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
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