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Going viral has jumped the shark
 
Jacob Langston, Photographer
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Orlando | FL | | Posted: 3:15 PM on 06.25.11 |
->> So I was working on a fun multimedia piece about surfing and I appear to have captured something that has gone viral.
I was treading water in New Smyrna Beach near the inlet getting some hand held GoPro footage when a surfer asked me if I just saw the 4 ft spinner shark jump over a surfer. I didn't see it, but decided that was a good time to go in for lunch!
When I got home to start editing I saw something in the corner of the frame catch my eye. It was the spinner shark, jumping over a surfer.
So after 13 years as a photojournalist the work that gets me the most recognition was a complete fluke.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/multimedia/os-shark-jumps-over-surfer-new-sm...,0,2914683.story |
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Myung Chun, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 4:38 PM on 06.25.11 |
| ->> Cool. You made the top spot at Yahoo.com |
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Preston Mack, Photographer
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Orlando | FL | | Posted: 4:45 PM on 06.25.11 |
| ->> When I was interning at the LA TImes in 1994, I heard a radio Dj mention my name. I thought it would be about some super awesome journalism photo or sports picture I took. Turns out it was for a mug shot of a dog I took. The radio listeners wanted to adopt the dog.... |
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