One of the things we hear in class over and over again is that we should look for all the angles when we go out and shoot a story. The Illinois United States Scholastic Band Association Marine Corps Invitational was this weekend at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale. High school marching bands from several local towns competed, basically against themselves since there were only four bands and four categories. Still, it was fun. And in my head I heard the voices of my professors telling me to look for all the angles. So I went behind the scenes, so to speak, and got this shot.
It could be cleaner (there are too many moms, and they aren’t all standing the same way), but I like it well enough. The point is, I wouldn’t have even gotten this shot, imperfect as it is, if I hadn’t been thinking about how to bring something different to this story.
