Added another photograph to my places portfolio.  This is the view from the fourth level of one of the parking garages at a hospital in Fontana, California.

I made this photograph while waiting at the hospital. On this particular morning I had driven my grandmother to the hospital along with my aunt for my grandmother’s doctor appointment. While my aunt took her inside I waited outside for them so that when they were ready I’d be able to bring the car to them to make it all much easier. I remember thinking about a lot of things that morning. I think all of my thoughts had to do with the passage of time and how that effects relationships we have with each other.

When I noticed the orange vehicles I pulled the viewfinder to my eye and composed and adjusted the camera settings to make this photograph, but I honestly can’t remember much of the technical. I’d like to think that it’s because I’m so used to setting exposure that I didn’t need to worry, but the truth is that my mind was going in different directions, mostly with a sense of worry and urgency, so I was forced to rely on experience.

When I got around to working on this photograph on my computer, I realized instantly that I really felt something from it. I think with all of my photographs I look for a sense of hope or something good. Maybe I’m reaching, but there’s a balance in the photograph that really does give me that sense that everything is going to be alright. I suppose I needed that then. Looking at it now, I think I could use that still.