Europe is full of ancient streets and steps that run through arches. I spent a lot of time shooting people walking through such arches, because the shadows they cast do a great job of framing people within the frame, as well as providing abstraction with heavily shadowed areas. I stood outside of this arch and repeatedly photographed abstracted people as they moved towards me through the shadows, as well as people heading into the arch, illuminated by the sun on their backs. I never counted on three people to suddenly stop before they entered this arch and hug each other. But I was ready for it when it happened. At first, we see only two people in the hug, and then notice a gray leg way down there in the middle of it, so there must a third person, right? Meanwhile, four other people come down the steps at the other end of the shadowed arch to complete the story. Tunnels and arches are passages, much as life, and people come and go, both together and apart, within them. Was this a lucky shot? Some say that all effective street photography is a matter of luck -- just being in the right place at the right time. But I have always claimed that luck, as someone once said, is “the residue of design.” It is not surprising that effective street photographers seem to have more luck than ineffective street photographers. And that’s because they work harder at it. They are patient, and are willing to work the odds – taking shot after shot after shot in a particular place, hoping that just one of them might work out for them. This one worked for me.