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This may sound a little funny, but the other day I woke up to take sunrise pictures and ended up taking pictures of the metro. LOL.

The sunrise itself wasn’t great. It was very cloudy and overcast and I just wasn’t feeling that inspired to take pictures. I found myself just sitting in my car, waiting for something to happen. And nothing ever did.

So I forced myself to get out and walk around. Still not really feeling the situation, I walked passed the metro and decided to go down to check it out. I figured I could try to take some long exposure shots. The image on top was the look I was going for, but I’d like to show a little more motion for next time I try this.

This image was a cool accident. I love how my reflection got in the image below the person standing across the way from me. This must have been captured through a window.

My camera settings for the top image are F2.2 at 1/25th sec and ISO 160 with my Sony A7II and 35mm prime. My camera settings for the second image are F2.2 at 1/15th sec and ISO 160 with my Sony A7II and 35mm prime

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Taken at the same time as this image, I was really excited how this one turned out. It’s just the opposite side of the wall of the previous image with the sort of the same idea of a vanishing point. I love how everything lined up with this image. Even this guy’s outfit fits the scene so well with the little details of color in his backpack. I love how it’s all in the same color family with the street signs.

I think with these two images, I just got lucky with people who were passing by at the right time that just happen to match the scene. At times I have waited 5 to 10 minutes with the composition already in my mind for people to walk by who I thought would work for the image. If someone doesn’t come by in that time frame, I usually get impatient and walk away. So going to a place with a lot of people walking around is key but also having patience is a huge factor in taking these street images. This one happened instantly. There wasn’t much waiting at all for either image and I was so happy with the way they turned out.

I captured this image around the holidays and I was telling my friend, Birch that this image would have been perfect if a Santa was ringing his bell as he was walking down this sidewalk. One day we should make that happen. LOL. Anyone have a Santa Claus outfit? If so, we really need to get together soon.

Side note: I heard a really nice Santa costume is $5,000! That’s nuts! I can’t even imagine the dry cleaning cost after the season is over.

My camera settings for this image is F4 at 1/320th of a second at ISO 500 with my Sony A7II and 70-200mm ultra zoom.