About the Image(s)

Last December I joined an online photography group that issues a weekly challenge to the members. I took this photo on a week entitled, “Unexplored.” The idea was visit a place often passed but never explored. I had passed the recent addition of the sky bridge over 126 at the University of Oregon for some months, meaning to go in. Moments after arriving and while still trying to decide what to do about the harsh afternoon sunlight, I turned around, saw the student, fired from the hip. In post I decided to exaggerate the brightness rather than try and dial it back, keeping the background from distracting, obliterating many distracting details.