Photograph by Andrew Turner for #40 Monochrome

4 September

Camera

FUJIFILM X70

CameraFUJIFILM X70Focal19mmAperturef/2.8Shutter

Intent

Behind the frame

What I was trying to do:: I had been chasing this subject for about 3 years, often seeing him in town on the scooter but being too far away to photograph. This shot came about by chance, he approached me while I was sitting in traffic waiting for the lights to change. By chance my camera was on the passenger seat and I was able to grab it and shoot this single frame before he was gone.
What worked:: I hope I managed to press the shutter just at the right moment and captured this older man at full pelt on what should perhaps be a younger man's scooter.
What I'd do differently:: This is the kind of shot that cannot easily be re-created. Given more time the shot would have been a photograph of a wall!

Shoutout

Andrew Turner's first shoutout, picked out by the editors in #40 Monochrome.