Day 56 (Tue., August 2)
West Texas football! It's a religion out here. I headed out
and did a short tour driving just 45 round-trip miles to two
schools. There were fans at the practices. Like the fans that
are all swarming over the different NFL camps. It's amazing.
Everyone's so serious right now. I guess that's what it takes
to win championships.
Football tour seems like a fun thing for a photographer. It's
a lot of work in very little time. The Standard-Times has a
reputation of shooting a mug shot of every high school varsity
player in the area. So, that was my job today. I headed out
there and in less than 20 minutes, I had to shoot mugs of all
the players as well as a team photo.
In Los Angeles I worked for the Daily News, which has a reputation
of covering the local high schools pretty well. That newspaper