36 Better Available Light Digital Photography
Barry’s trademark is “storytelling with a camera,” and his long career as a photojournalist taught him to
think and photograph in terms of a story, with each photograph having a beginning, middle, and end. He
didn’t have to be told that photographs of the prominent personnel at the golf course must be photographed.
Too often editors accept and use mediocre headshots, or posed portraits, of these people. In fact, many photo
subjects expect that, and have trouble “being themselves” while Barry documents their day. Maintenance
Director Fred Dickman at the Broadmoor did not fi t this mold, because he very comfortably went about his
duties. Once the 18th green was mowed, Barry climbed down from the ladder and concentrated on photograph-
ing Mr. Dickman. If you look carefully, you can even see the steam he’s blowing from his hot coffee cup.
© 2007 Barry Staver.
Painting touch-up fi nishes this series of Broadmoor Golf Course photographs. Feeling that his story wasn’t
quite complete, Barry hung around the golf pro shop, just watching and waiting for something else to happen.
Sure enough, the painters returned from lunch, remixed their paint, and fi nished painting the building columns.
Visual storytelling requires a great deal of patience, a variety of lenses, and, most importantly, people skills.
The people skills are the most important, because if you can’t put people at ease in your presence, the result-
ing photographs won’t look natural. © 2007 Barry Staver.