I’m an enthusiast photographer, and I find inspiration in all sorts of places. Over the past 15 years, I’ve experimented with a wide range of photographic techniques and subject matter, always looking for something new to explore.

One of those long-running interests has been long-exposure photography of traffic intersections, capturing the streams of headlights and taillights as they move through the frame. There’s something about those ribbons of light—constantly changing, yet predictable—that continues to draw me back.

Recently, I completed a couple of online projects: portfolio websites that bring together and showcase my photographic work from the past 15 years. Looking back at that body of work got me thinking about what comes next.

I’ve been searching for a new photography project—something I can devote the next few years to. I wanted a project that would hold my interest, challenge me technically, provide opportunities to keep improving, and, most importantly, be accessible and practical enough to pursue on a regular basis.

There are plenty of ambitious projects a photographer could take on. Photographing every national park, for example, would certainly be an amazing undertaking. But it would also require a considerable amount of time, money, and travel.

After considering many different ideas, I’ve settled on a project that has been hiding in plain sight:

Intersections

A long-term photography project focused on long-exposure traffic light trails at intersections.

It’s a subject I already enjoy, but this time I want to approach it with greater purpose and consistency. Rather than simply photographing an interesting intersection when the opportunity arises, I’m going to make it an ongoing project—exploring different locations, conditions, compositions, traffic patterns, seasons, and light.

In this post, I’ve included a small gallery of some of my previous work in this genre, reaching back more than 15 years. Consider these images a glimpse of where I’ve been—and perhaps a preview of where I’m headed.

I hope you enjoy them, and I invite you to follow along as Intersections develops over the coming years.

And if you happen to see a 60-something guy standing at a traffic intersection at night, camera mounted on a tripod, somewhere in Colorado, Wyoming, or Nebraska, give him a wave—and maybe a friendly honk.

It could just be me.