I had the honor of photographing a candidate for the Texas House this past week. He chose to do it at the State Capitol, which was great since I’d had just been there for other reasons and had some ideas about where to shoot. The Capitol is very photography-friendly; you can basically shoot almost anywhere as long as you don’t get in anyone’s way, and it’s always fun to shoot anywhere you get onlookers who are interested in whatever is going on out of the ordinary. While you can generally see flashes going off all over as tourists photograph, people stop and look intently when they see a professional toting around equipment to see if the subject is someone they should know …
Here is one of my favorites from the session. There was an event going on in the House chamber, so we had the added benefit of real people in the scene.
Running for the House