Brian Ho

We waited out the rain for an hour in a nearby cafe hoping that we’d get to photograph sunset, just as we were about to give up the clouds parted and the sky was filled with pink and gold hues.

It was my first day in San Franciso and I was shooting with some friends when we visited the Palace of Fine Arts. We had intended to shoot a crazy sunset scene there but the weather simply wasn’t cooperating with us. Something about that evening light was beautiful in its own way though, even though none of our shots were any good from a technical standpoint the experience was one of the kind.

I was in the midst of shooting some portraits with a friend and while we were moving to a different location I glanced over to see the sun shining directly through the buildings. I had my friend go on first and stayed behind to fire a few quick frames. Completely unplanned and unexpected which made the experience all the more exciting.

I was in London for a weekend to shoot for a clothing brand but managed to squeeze a few hours of free time out. I knew that I had to visit this staircase at least once before departing, this should truly be the standard for spiral staircases.

If you know the Victory Column in Berlin, you know that it’s tiny. There’s maybe room for 10 people up at the top and in order ensure that we caught sunset I stood in the same spot in the cold for a good hour and a half. It was well worth it though, the leaves had yet to fall on the trees and the golden light gave each a soft glow.