Talk about pressure.Not the usual pressure of “getting the shot,” but as I looked to my right and left while on assignment recently, there were literally dozens and dozens of people with cameras and smartphones trained upon the drama unfolding before us.
Some of these folks weren’t playing by the rules, either. Yellow tape? You’d think that was a universally understood demarcation, but nooooooo. On my left were about 6 people who casually slipped under the tape and moved closer to the action. Right in front of me. Argh. How do you politely ask people to move out of your way as you’re trying to capture the drama of the SWAT team arresting a subject? How do you explain to your boss that you couldn’t get the shot because people weren’t abiding by the rules?
This time, I didn’t have to. Just as I was thinking about letting loose an unladylike remark, a deputy saved me by herding them back behind the lines.
Whew.
--Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
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