Some of the neatest photos, in my opinion, are the ones that are of other people taking photos of the photographer. Most of the time, I've never been able to capture a good picture like this because either the camera is out of focus, or the lighting doesn't quite work, or I can't focus on the person right. The best part of this; however, is that my wife is as much of a photography enthusiast as me and we have a great time shooting together. We've taken thousands of pictures and usually try to "one-up" the other one with that one great shot. The ongoing joke is that there's never going to be another great one like the "microphone" photo. Long story short, we had made a trip to Sun Studios on our anniversary several years ago and we were shooting photos during the tour. She took an amazing picture of the microphone that Elvis, Cash, Lewis, and others sang in, and the lighting was low. There was a shadow cast over it that made it seem like it jumped out of the darkness and the impact was pretty good. That said, it's been a standard bearer for most of our photo shoots.
I took this one not knowing what would become of it and the one she took of me wasn't all that great. However, in editing the picture, I noticed that you could make out the trees behind me in the camera lens and an ever-so-faint image of me and my camera as well. I like how the focus is on the lens glass itself and she is blurred out as if a secondary subject. I really enjoy accidental photos like this and every time I take them it continues to feed my appetite. However, I have quite a long way to go if I want to replicate the infamous microphone.
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