There are days when everything works out for a newspaper photographer and he or she comes up with perfect photos that waltz onto Page 1. But more often than not, the photographer is just doing his or her best to make a good image in less than ideal circumstances.

For Ozier Muhammad, a staff photographer for The Times, the People’s Climate March last month in New York was a big example of one such challenging situation. And the Times video journalist Deborah Acosta followed him to document his day for Lens.

During the course of the assignment, Mr. Muhammad, 64, told Ms. Acosta that “it’s hard to find a picture” when an event is so large.

“What I usually do when I arrive to a scene and the picture isn’t readily available to me,” he said, “I keep my fingers crossed and try to keep my eyes wide open and hopefully that image will come together.”

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