Photographer/Submitter: Robert Umenhofer
Consigli Construction Co., Milford, Mass.

Shooting at Parcel H at the Boston-area Cambridge Crossing project for Consigli, Umenhofer noticed this welder “joining two remarkably thick steel columns,” the photographer says. “He first heated the two sections with a torch to remove any moisture content from the night before. Then he slowly began applying layers of weld.” Umenhofer says it’s “tricky” to shoot welders because looking directly at the weld could damage vision. “You have to focus before he welds, compose and then close your eyes and wait for the flash and shoot blind,” he says. “It usually takes many shots to get it right.”