City Competition 4 - San Francisco : Entry Number 34

The sublime composition in this image manages to capture two halves of San Francisco and put them together again: The left half being a slice of ordinary SF life, and the right side a formed but abstract emotive that perhaps reads simply, "I left my heart in San Francisco". The toning of the image enhances the tie between the heart shape on the wall and the man's suit and helps to pull these two sides together visually into one winning image.

I'm an avid street photographer living in San Francisco. I often take breaks to walk around, take photos and get some air when I'm working. On this day, I was walking around and saw this little heart on the side of the building. I had my back to the guy in the photo and had no idea he was coming. After I snapped the shot I realized how lucky I was as the colors matched almost perfectly. As much as I'd like to say this was my intention all along, this photo was nothing more than being in the right place at the right time, which for me, is part of the allure of street photography. You never know what you're gonna get.