I ran into this on Thursday. An assignment fell through and I had to find art for both page 1 and page 3 of the paper. I took a drive around town at about 2 p.m., but came up with nothing. Frustrated, I drove back to the paper and began putting together some of the news pages.
At about 4 p.m. I decided I would give it another try. A quick tour around town and my usual "hot spots" for photos didn't turn up much ... nothing really worthy of the paper. Finally, I decided to take a ride around a usual quiet neighborhood in Shawano -- around Kuckuk Park.
I hit gold on Thursday night by going to Kuckuk Park. First, I ran into some kids who were running through a sprinkler at their grandma's house. It was a pretty warm day out Thursday. I snapped a few frames -- including one of a girl in mid-air going through the sprinkler. Bingo...there was page one.
Now, it was on to find some page 3 art. I jumped back into my car and make a quick turn around the block and began to drive my the park when I noticed three young men hitting each other — with boxing gloves on — in the middle of the park.
I pulled in and found out they were training for a kickboxing event coming up in a month. After talking with them a few minutes I made some quick photos of them kicking each other, punching each other and there was my page 3 art.
Just proves that you shouldn't give up in trying to find a photo. There is always something out there. It's my first time in my 11 years at the paper I've seen kickboxing in a city park!
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