Lights, Locomotive, Action!

Getting the sun, the earth and a train to align for a perfect shot

Bob Krist

Published March 10, 2009
Updated June 30, 2016

One of my favorite things to do in between trips is to find photographic projects that are close to home. If I don’t have to lug my stuff through airports, on and off airplanes and in and out of taxis, I have that much more energy to make pictures.

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