This is one of my favorite moments, my first shoot with Emma. We met in Chinatown on a foggy afternoon in San Francisco, CA where I had just purchased my first SLR camera, the Minolta SRT 100. I went into this shoot in hopes to understand the functions of my camera and better my abilities as a manual photographer. I've always loved editorial photos that felt candid and captured a moment more than a pose.
As we were nearing the end of the roll, we stumbled upon an old parking garage and the scene grabbed me instantly. Luckily, a fresh newspaper was left on the curb and the shot had basically presented itself to us, as if the moment was destined to happen. I told Emma to roll her sleeves up,...