Making Photographs

Core Settings

I was at a workshop at the Leica Gallery Los Angeles waiting for the late afternoon session to begin. As I waited I was tempted to sit down and browse through the many photography books on display. The range of photographers and styles was incredible and the collection offered a diversity I did not often see in a local bookstore. Yet I looked through the window and was seduced by the quality of the late afternoon light. The books would be here; the light would not. I grabbed the Leica M10 that had been loaned to me and walked outside.

The sun was moving toward the horizon. Its glow cast a warm yellow-orange color on the buildings ...