The Lonely Diner

I was off today, so I went for a photo walk downtown Montreal. When I stopped to grab a bite at a restaurant, I saw this man eating by himself at the kitchen counter. The scene instantly inspired me. So I quickly grabbed my camera and took this shot, as fast and discretely as possible. I happened to have a wide to standard angle zoom lens on my camera at that moment, so getting the right framing was relatively fast and easy.

"The Lonely Diner" ― Restaurant Frite Alors!, Ste-Catherine Street, Montreal.

­‘‘I like this, it's like an indoor piece of street photography.’’ 

 ― kerrowdown, The Pentax Forum

I used to work on the road a few years ago and spent many weeks away from home traveling across the U.S.A. and Canada. Eating alone at diners was part of my everyday routine. The title for this photo, "The Lonely Diner", represents me in a way. I too was once a Lonely Diner.