How to Get a Front-Page Photo (Video) - Roll Call

How to Get a Front-Page Photo (Video)

By Meredith Dake-O'Connor

Posted May 13, 2015 at 7:38pm

Sometimes capturing just the right moment requires you to move fast. Roll Call Photographer Tom Williams had only a few seconds to capture the hesitant Faye, a potbelly pig, avoiding a selfie attempt by Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake.

Watch the video below, courtesy of Washington Post National Reporter Colby Itkowitz , via Twitter .

I’m glad I didn’t alarm Faye RT“@ColbyItkowitz: And now watch a U.S. senator chase a pig for a selfie. pic.twitter.com/dVQUjd3SOO”
— Tom Williams (@pennstatetom) May 13, 2015

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