SKY IS FALLING
The Metropolitan Chronicles 2011

Shooting the Streets with Pedring

After hearing the announcement that all offices have been suspended on Tuesday as TYPHOON PEDRING battered the Metro and the rest of Luzon, I didn’t have second thoughts.  Somehow my journalistic instinct kicked in instantly.  I have to see what’s going on outside and document it as much as I can.  If not anywhere on the real battlefield, at least I need to be somewhere in the streets.  So I hurriedly picked up my coat and ran down to EDSA and started taking pictures.  

The street was full of people, most of them commuters battling their way to work against Pedring’s strong wind, many are getting off and on the buses as quick as they could, some struggled to keep their umbrellas intact, while others ironically acted normal as if they were invincible.

While on the street, I noticed how some of the buses have interesting moist on their windows, and I know right away that somewhere later I’ll find someone that’s going to wipe off the moist and peek outside.  It took me several hours waiting, before I decided to go back to the apartment to upload some photos taken that morning.  In the afternoon, I went back to the streets and waited again for that scene I’ve envisioned.  Soon enough, few feet away, a bus stopped and I saw this girl peeking out the window, with moist just as big as her head has been wiped off. I ran as fast as I could and framed the shot, then started to take about three frames before the bus ran away. 

I have been saying how vision, patience, and instinct go together, and how they influence your photograph.  This is maybe just one of the many instances out there, so better work on those three as soon as you can. 

2011 © Larry Monserate Piojo