I used to have a substitute teacher in elementary school, who to give the students a little slice of history, would whip out his cane which had some original Dr. Seuss characters carved into it. Most of the kids thought it was just a mass produced item, but it turns out the guy really was good friends of the Doctor and the cane has since been donated to a collection of Seussical memorabilia.

Having a long time love affair of many of the Seuss works, Green Eggs and Ham being one of my favorites, I decided to take in a local performance of the musical, Seussical, at St Mary’s School in Waterbury, CT. The musical mixes a few different Seuss stories into a decent representation of the doctor’s zany world. I definitely would recommend taking the time to see a showing if you happen across a free evening.

One of the more difficult aspects of shooting plays, concerts, fashion shows, sports is the fact that you aren’t in full control of the elements that help a photographer take a good, usable picture. Most of the time you aren’t allowed to move around to different spots or angles, the lighting is usually very harsh, ever changing and positioned in ways that make it very difficult to adjust in a timely manner, and the subjects are engaged in their own activities and finding just the right moments to hit the shutter is certainly a challenge. For many “event” shooters, it takes a very good eye and very good reflexes to keep up with the action and come away with images that help tell the story within the story.