My assignment was to photograph a Dr. Seuss presentation at Shawsheen School. Students from other Andover schools read books, acted out scenes from poems and showed photos from the well-known books to the Shawsheen students. As one group was performing, four girls from Doherty Middle School sat, waiting for their turn to re-enact “Green Eggs and Ham.” Their striped hats, all in a row, caught my attention because of the contrast between them and the blackboard. I started to photograph the girls in such a way that their hats were the focal point of the picture; I did this by framing only their heads and eliminating the clutter around them. The photo ended up being a pretty funny shot. Most of the time, when you look beyond the obvious, there are little moments to capture that are extraordinary.
