>>> VETERAN REPUBLICAN AND MASSLIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS DON
TREEGER AND DAVE ROBACK TYPICALLY LET THE CAMERA DO THE
TALKING FOR THEM.
BUT AFTER TAKING NINE AWARDS FOR THEIR WORK AT THE RECENT NEW
ENGLAND NEWSPAPER AND PRESS ASSOCIATION HONORS, WE TOOK THIS
AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET THEM DO SOME TALKING OF THEIR OWN.
I ASKED TREEGER ABOUT WHAT HE LOOKS FOR IN A PHOTO.
>> IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE FERN YOU'RE PHOTOGRAPHING, IT NOT
ALWAYS THE THING.
SOMETIMES IT'S THE BACKGROUND.
WE DON'T WANT THINGS GROWING OUT OF YOUR HEAD, WE DON'T WANT
THOSE TREE BRANCHES GROWING OUT OF YOUR HEAD IN THE BACKGROUND.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE ELEMENT IN A PICTURE THAT JUST TELL A STORY,
BESIDES THE PERSON YOU'RE PHOTOGRAPHING OF AND THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT.
SOMETIMES IT'S WHAT'S BEHIND OR SURROUNDING A PERSON IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> SO NOT ALWAYS WHAT WOULD JUMP TO MIND FOR THE AMATEUR
PHOTOGRAPHER.
>> AND ALSO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PERSON'S EXPRESSION, IF YOU'RE
PHOTOGRAPHING A PERSON, AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO TELL A STORY
WITH THE PHOTO.
YOU'RE JUST NOT SNAPPING A PICTURE FOR A PICTURE'S SAKE.
YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF IT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH.
YOU TOOK HOME BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU NINE AWARDS AT THE NEW
ENGLAND NEWSPAPER AND PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS RECENTLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FUN AND LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE
PHOTOS, WHICH ARE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HERE.
BUT LET'S START WITH SPOT NEWS.
AN ALLIGATOR PHOTO TAKES THIRD PLACE.
THAT TO ME, IS A FIRST PLACE PHOTO.
THIS CAME OUT OF A SPRINGFIELD BACK YARD, FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T
REMEMBER.
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS IMAGE.
>> WE HEARD THE SCANNER CALL, WE KEEP A SCANNER ON IN THE OFFICE,
A POLICE SCANNER, AND THIS WAS IN WEST SPRINGFIELD AND WE HEARD
A CALL OF AN ALLIGATOR IN A BACK YARD.
YOUR EARS PERK UP A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S AN UNUSUAL CALL.
SO I SAID TO DAVE, WE WERE BOTH SITTING IN THE OFFICE, I SAID
I'LL GO CHECK IT OUT, YOU KEEP LISTENING TO THE SCANNER, LET ME
KNOW IF YOU HEAR A FURTHER ADDRESS OR ANYTHING.
SO I WENT.
>> WERE YOU SURPRISEDDED TO SEE THIS?
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS, CARRIE.
THE ALLIGATOR WAS IN THE BACK YARD, IT WAS, I GUESS, WELL
TAKEN CARE OF, IT WAS A FAMILY PET.
>> THE REPORTER SAID IT HAD BEEN THERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
>> INCREDIBLE.
IT WAS A HOT SUMMER DAY AND WE HAD TO WAIT A LONG TIME FOR TAN
MAL CONTROL PEOPLE TO COME, AND TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
AND THEY FINALLY GRABBED IT.
I WAS LUCKY, THEY LET ME GET CLOSE, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S HALF
THE GAME IS ACCESS.
AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THIS PICTURE.
IT'S SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SEEN IN ALL MY YEARS, AND I JUST
WAS -- >> YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE
AGAIN.
>> SO, FOR YOU, DAVE, YOU TOOK FIRST PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT PHOTO
OF TWO WORLD WAR II VETERANS.
HOW DID YOU SNAP THIS IMAGE?
>> BASICALLY, ACTUALLY, THIS WAS IN EAST LONG MEADOW AND IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE OUTSIDE, BUT IT WAS RAINING SO THEY WERE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY WOULD HAVE IT OUTSIDE OR INSIDE.
THESE FOLKS WERE WAITING AND THEY FINALLY SEE LET'S GO
INSIDE.
WHILE TALKING TO THEM, ONE GUY IS 91 AND A HALF, ANDER TO GUY
IS 94, AND THE GUY WHO WAS 91 AND A HALF SAYS, YES, THAT HALF
A YEAR IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO JUST MAKING UP A CONVERSATION WITH THE GENTLEMEN.
I GOT TO TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT.
THEN THEY STARTED TALKING WITH EACH OTHER, AND I SAID, YOU
KNOW, THAT MAKES A NICE PICTURE.
>> IT'S GORGEOUS.
AND YOU WONDER WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, REALLY
DRAWS YOU INTO THE PHOTO.
>> YES.
>> AND A GENERAL NEWS PHOTO FOR YOU, MR.
TREEGER, AT THE SHERIFF 'S --
>> THIS WAS ACTUALLY A PICTURE I
TOOK BY HOLDING THE CAMERA OUT HERE.
I WASN'T EVEN LOOKING THROUGH THE VIEW FINDER.
IT'S WHAT WE CALL HAIL MARY SHOTS.
YOU TRY TO GET LUCKY AND LITERALLY THE CAMERA WAS OVER
HERE IN FRONT OF THEM, AND I DID GET LUCKY BECAUSE IT WAS IN
FOCUS.
>> IS THAT SOMETHING YOU USE TO SHOOT BEFORE THE DAYS OF DIGITAL
OR WERE YOU TOO WORRIED ABOUT WASTING FILM?
>> NO, YOU TAKE A CHANCE AND YOU HOPE FOR THE BEST.
AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER WITH AUTO FOCUS.
BEFORE YOU HAD TO PREFOCUS AND JUST POINT AND HOPE, AND LOOK
THROUGH THE FILM AND SAY YEAH, I GOT IT, OR NO, WE'LL TRY BETTER
NEXT TIME.
>> SO WAS IT CHANCE WITH THE FIRST PLACE WIN FOR THE SUMMER
PHOTO OF THE YOUNG BOY SWIMMING?
>> , NO IT WAS NOT.
BASICALLY THISES WITH A HEAT WAVE IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE,
AND SO WE HAVE OUR FAVORITE SPOTS THAT WE GO TO, AND THIS IS
HAMPDEN PONDS, AND THERE WASN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE ON THE BEACH,
BUT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SWIMMING.
SO BASICALLY YOU LET THEM DO THEIR OWN THING.
YOU TAKE OUT A LONG LENS AND YOU JUST WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO
HAPPEN.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH WHERE THIS KID WAS JUST FROLICKING IN THE
WATER AND MADE A PRETTY GOOD SHOT.
>> YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE WEIGHT NOT TO AS WELL.
IF I WAS GOING TO PUT A PHOTO CAPTION ON THIS, IT WOULD BE
YIPEE.
HE'S SO ADORABLE.
>> IT'S A TRAVELING SHOW, LOCAL PEOPLE CAN HAVE THEIR DOGS JUMP
OFF A DOCK, AND THEY SET UP A BIG POOL IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND THEY'RE JUDGED FOR DISTANCE AND THE OWNER THROWS A FRISBEE
OR A TOY, AND THE DOG JUMPS IN AND GETS IT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS COME OVER
THE YEARS.
YEARS AGO BEFORE AUTO FOCUS AND FOLLOW FOCUS LENSES, I PROBABLY
COULDN'T HAVE MADE THIS PICTURE.
>> WHY?
>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE TOO GOOD TO MOVE THAT LENS AND
FOLLOW SOMETHING COMING RIGHT AT YOU.
THAT DOG WAS COMING RIGHT AT ME.
IT REALLY HARD, I WAS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH AT.
THAT BUT TECHNOLOGY NOW --
>> I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GIVING YOURSELF ENOUGH CREDIT.
>> TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE SITE THAT I CAN MAKE THAT PICTURE EVERY
DAY IF I HAD TO.
IT'S JUST A GOD SEND.
>> THAT REALLY BRINGS US THERE.
YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL PHOTO AS WELL.
THERE'S A FROG SCALING THIS GENTLEMAN'S FACE.
>> THIS WAS AT THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, AND IN GENTLEMAN HAS A
RESCUE ANIMAL SHOW THAT HE BRINGS AROUND, AND I WASN'T
PREPARED FOR THIS.
I'M STANDING IN THE WINGS, AND ALL A SUDDEN HE SAYS I'VE GOT
THIS LITTLE FELLOW WITH ME AND IT'S A TREE FROG.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA, I'VE NEVER SEEN A TREE FROG BEFORE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE STICKS IT ON HIS FACE.
AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TAKEN TWO OR THREE FRAMES BEFORE IT
FELL OFF OR WHATEVER, BUT IT JUST WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I
HAD NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
BUT LUCKILY STANDING BACK AND WITH A LONG LENS, YOU WERE ABLE
TO GET BOTH OF THEM IN THE TO TO.
>> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF THE AWARDS.
SO ALL THESE PHOTOS CAN BE SEEN ON MASSLIVE.
>> YOU CAN DO WHAT?
>> CAN YOU BUY A NEWSPAPER, CARRIE.