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
Ask me anything
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Parking lot people. St. Charles, IL
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Bus stop. San Francisco, CA
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More often than not, people make the picture when it comes to photojournalism. I have a habit of weighting the subjects in my frames to the left or right and rarely choose subjects that are centered. I made a point to center some of my images when I was out shooting snow scenes around Aurora today for the paper. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve edited and converted, but you can see what went into the paper here.
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Preparing for the Last Fling. Naperville, Ill.
I will miss the long, warm days, but there’s not much better afternoon light than when summer starts to fade into fall.
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A little girl and her corn on the cob. Naperville, Ill.
Shooting a farmer’s market this morning, I came across this little girl eating a ear of corn on the cob. Kids eating corn = money in the bank.
There’s a lot of “lifestyle” portrait photographers out there who over-process their images and make people’s eyes glow, but this little girl’s eyes really are that blue.
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A shock of orange in a sea of red, white and blue at the Aurora Independence Day parade.
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When the pool down the street is at capacity, sometimes you have to improvise.
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A general rule of thumb when shooting for a newspaper is to play it safe. You need to get the shots you know the editor wants — something that will clearly tell the story. Once you have more than enough of that, then you can go ahead and slip something a little more interesting into the mix and see if it makes the cut.
I was debating whether or not to add this in with my gallery and took extra care with the caption. I had about three sentences written, then realized that I was trying to write more information into the picture to justify its presence. I trimmed it down to the essentials, and voila, it made the final cut.
Downtown Aurora Taste participants peer into Comfort Zone BBQ to gauge the line as they walk along New York Street.
Simplify.
