Photographing Metrolink: Commuter Rail Photography in Southern California

May 11

This was one of my favorite jobs. We took over a Metrolink train in Southern California, and every car had its own purpose. One was hair and makeup. Another held the camera crew. Another was catering. We were a small village on rails.

Then there was the shooting, and it all happened while we were moving. Two friends playing cards. A guy with his bike, ready to roll off at the next stop. A conductor who couldn’t stop smiling as he walked the aisle. Someone watching the coast go by. After a few hours, shooting while moving felt normal to me.

I loved the light changing from one stop to the next, and the palm trees and platforms that kept it unmistakably Southern California.

I’m a commercial, lifestyle and portrait photographer based in Los Angeles and Asheville, North Carolina, and I travel worldwide. See more of the Metrolink-Amtrak work at thesabrina.com.

Woman looking out the window of a commuter train, Metrolink Southern California transit photography

Young man with a backpack checking his phone on a platform as a train passes, commuter rail photography

Couple walking along a station platform with palm trees, a train and the beach behind them, Southern California rail photography

Young man smiling and looking out a train window, commuter rail photography

Two older adults playing cards at a table on a commuter train, Metrolink transit photography

Man in a tan jacket carrying his bicycle onto a commuter train, transit photography

Young man in a striped shirt looking up from his phone at a table on a train, commuter rail photography

Woman stepping off a commuter train onto a station platform, transit photography

Man helping a woman step off a commuter train onto the platform, transit photography

Smiling train conductor in a white shirt and tie walking through a passenger car, commuter rail photography

Young man with a backpack and bicycle waiting at a commuter train door, transit photography

Older woman in glasses standing at a train door with a handbag, commuter rail photography

Train conductor in a vest holding a phone while seated in a rail car, commuter rail photography

Couple walking toward the camera along a station platform with a Metrolink train and palm trees behind them, Southern California rail photography

Woman in a light blue shirt standing in the doorway of a commuter train at a station platform, transit photography

Three young people with a bicycle stepping off a commuter train onto the platform, transit photography

Two men talking at a table on a commuter train, transit photography

Young man with a skateboard and a woman with a backpack walking past a train and ticket validator, transit photography

Agency- Clever Creative

Client-Metrolink

Photographer- SABRINA HILL

Producer- Wendy Stenzel- Nest Artists

Metrolinklifestyle photography

Sabrina Hill

It's a simple story really. California-raised, Los Angeles inhabitant whose life became consumed with capturing LIFE. Sabrina is known for her heartfelt, evocative, slice of life imagery and her talent for capturing "real people". Her emotional and candid images reveal much about her subjects as she captures authentic whimsy, playfulness, joy and introspection. Selected Client List Ford, Bank of America, American Airlines, GMC, Nikon, Canadian Tourism, and various Healthcare clients. Follow Sabrina on twitter, instagram and Facebook. Email- Sabrina@thesabrina.com Studio- 310-736-5858

www.thesabrina.com

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