Jeff Cagle
i am a freelance news and editorial photographer living in the chicago suburbs.
my portfolio is at jeffcagle.com. You can also find me at instagram.com/jeffcagle
get in touch: jeffrey [dot] cagle [at] gmail
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Some days you’re driving along, minding your own business, thinking “Did I really just get paid to take pictures of parking meters for a newspaper cover story?”
And on your way home from said assignment all of a sudden you’ll almost crash into some dude being chased by a cop as he runs in front of your car and you’ll snap a picture (pic 1), then pull over to shoot more, notice a barricade situation developing at the house he ran from — a situation that you’ll be told to “MOVE BACK!” from because you’ve gotten too close to the cop huddling behind a car with an assault rifle trained on said house, so you move to a new position — talk to some neighbors, and wait an hour to capture the arrests as everyone realizes they’re out-gunned and gives up.
On your way back home you’ll think “Man, being a newspaper photographer may not pay a whole lot, but it sure can be fun.”
