Getting Up For 8:30 Class In This Weather

16x20 (in)

35mm 160ISO f/10 1/400s

January 10th, 2019

This was just one take. I wasn’t even going for this shot when I was standing on the curb. I was taking daytime long exposures with a 10 top ND filter in front of the Schulich School of Business building. When the man walked into my sight, I immediately realized that there was an opportunity for a shot. So I quickly unscrewed the filter off and changed all shooting settings as fast as I could and took the shot. I had a 16 - 35 mm ultra zoom lens, this was around a 200% crop. I also darkened some of the edges and corner so the light shines straight onto my subject. I love the way how it was flurry but also a bright light directing the viewer’s eye to the man walking to class.