The morning commute in San Francisco is something I’ve always adored as both chaotic and harmonious at the same time.

The unique harmony of trains, busses, scooters, and people–all coming together to form a beautiful flowing symphony.

Earlier this month, I set aside two hours (spent over two work days) at the Montgomery Street Station. Arriving just after 7:30am, I set up my Panasonic Lumix and compiled a series of over 1,000 long exposure shots as the good people of the Bay Area made their way to their respective places of work.

The overall setup plan was to shoot in 4:3 and black and white because 16:9 and post-production black and white just don’t feel right.

Within this video is a compilation of several shots taken from inside as well as just outside the Montgomery Street Station on a busy workday. Each shot consists of a (tripoded) one-second exposure (a ND8 filter was used to limit the exposure of daylight).

Over the course of two days, only two people stopped to say anything to me. The first was someone who was worried I was shooting video of her (I assured her I was not), and a random gentleman who yelled at me saying I was risking having my camera stolen (good lookin’ out!).

After compiling all of my shots in Adobe Bridge, I discarded any shots that were deemed unusable (surprisingly there weren’t too many), imported them as clips into Adobe Premiere and from there synced the cuts to match the tempo of “The Cello Song” by The Piano Guys.

Hope you enjoy!