Not every assignment can be visually interesting, at least at first glance. That is what makes our jobs as photojournalists interesting. No matter how boring something is to me, it matters to someone and it's my job to do it justice.

Ribbon cuttings though, they are nightmares. It's really hard to make a photo of people in a straight line doing something so subtle as cutting a teeny tiny ribbon. Luckily, this particular ribbon cutting was for a building that has been in the works for years so there was a lot of excitement. While, there was no guarantee that the mayor of Anaheim was going to triumphantly thrust a pair of wooden scissors in the air, I had to be ready in case he did.

I just got low and hoped. In a dream world there would be a flurry of orange balloons flooding the background as well, but no such luck this time. I was just happy I got a photo with some emotion to run as the main art on the Local front.