Kids in a Mexican Parking Lot
Mazatlan, Mexico is the place where my partner grew up and a wonderful sunny, beachy place to have relatives to visit! After struggling to communicate with an extended family in my terrible Spanish, I grabbed my camera and went out into the night to engage in a visual language that I could understand. I was searching for areas that had interesting night light that I could photograph time exposures of. Rolando, my partner and guide took me to beautiful places overlooking the city showing the many night lights of Mazatlan. Later, we got a little more up close and personal and just walked along the streets. Then I saw them. Three kids just hanging out in an empty parking lot. It did not appear as though they were playing or waiting, they were just there; showcased by the colourful mix of orange sodium lights and fluorescent. I felt the need to capture this image but I had to talk the the kids first. They needed to stay still for a...