Photographers usually don't have high hopes for the opportunity to make a creative image at a luncheon assignment; but occasionally we can be surprised.
As I was scanning the area for something different, I spotted a woman dressed in a very unusual outfit with a brightly colored shawl. She was peeking at the crowd from behind a wall, waiting for her musical cue to make a dramatic entrance.
Suddenly, she was dashing into the courtyard and I barely had time to raise my camera and fire a couple of frames before she was in the sunlight, dancing for the crowd.
I had a nice image of her dancing for the paper, but I like this one much better.
--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).
She looks like a beautiful butterfly.
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