The nature of my work has changed a lot this year, as has many people’s. I miss photographing at weddings where I could get close to people and weave through a crowd unnoticed.

What we do with this time can have a significant impact on our sanity.

That being said - at a time such as this - I have just decided to create my own work. That is photographing on the street.

Almost everyday I go out walking, hoping to see a scene worth photographing.

This one scene in particular caught my eye: two friends in the middle of the road looking at their camera. She wore a beret, plaid dress, long socks and shoes, and he dressed in a casual, well put together outfit. They caught my eye. So I snapped the below photograph.

I didn’t feel satisfied with the photo that I had taken, and hung around as they continued to take pictures of themselves. I was waiting for a scene to possibly unravel.

We eventually made eye contact, and she asked to take my video. She has a Youtube channel called, “The Library of Emotions.”

She asked if I could think of a time when I desired an apology from someone who hurt me, and recorded the expression on my face.

While I was watching her work, all I could see was what was happening in front of me. When she was done recording my expressions I asked if I could photograph her. I suggested that she hold her camera just as she was when taking my video, and her friend Tamo to continue what he was doing.

What I didn’t know was that she was actually taking my video while I photographed them. What resulted was a video of myself composing and shooting a series of photographs.

I only found out that she took my video later that evening. But I am so grateful that she did!

When you see me move into the street and turn my camera vertically; the result was the photo below: