Client: Wasserman+Partners

The barge shot has a certain calm to it, but the actual shoot was far from that. I was on the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge on a super windy evening with huge trucks rattling by. It was low light, so keeping the camera steady was absolutely necessary, but virtually impossible. The Port Authority couldn’t tell me when the barges were coming through, so I had to hang out at centre span until the right one came along, and when it did I had to race to get to the right spot. Somehow, I managed to get the shot with seconds to spare. For the Lions Gate shoot, I went out at the Critical Mass ride, which would make a no cars/just bikes  shot a piece of cake…but of course the light didn’t cooperate. Instead, I used a long exposure that makes the cars just disappear into a blur.

© stu ross