#3-b/w

the shot

bringing the camera everywhere is a habit that i break and then recreate; never truly wanting to leave it behind, but never really wanting to lug it around. maybe a better camera bag would alleviate a portion of that sort of "laziness" but in the end, the only thing that ever keeps me from lugging it is other responsibilities that would be ignored should the camera make its way on the trip, becoming a character of almost any conversation. my friends have grown to deal with its presence, my fiancée has mentioned a certain enjoyment from being the primary focus of my lens (and i might add here, the only focus of my eyes). this photograph was the fruit of an overly burdened shoulder. heading to a graduate seminar with the laptop, a few books, some copied articles and the rest of the required materials –all orangizedly stuffed into the backpack– i managed to tow along the camera leaving all but the 18-55mm lens behind. a classmate on the way back from the mid-class coffee break (a luxury of only the 3 hour classes) became the primary focus after i saw the reflection and the background and realized that with the reflection, i could merge the foreground and background into one plane and confuse the sense of sight. there are only minimal changes made to the original.