Journal

Some days the camera stays in the bag. Not because of the weather or the light — because of you. You're tired, your eye's off, and everything looks like nothing.

I came to Porto in late July, which is probably the wrong time. Too hot, too many people, everyone with a camera. But I had a week and a flight booked, so that was that.

The photograph is simple enough: a yellow ambulance caught mid-blur on a city street, blue light on the roof, buildings sliding past behind it. Technically, it's a panning shot, well kind of — it's actually a stationary pan. Slow shutter, with no movement from the camera. Most people would call it dynamic and move on.