Reflection a small part? :-s

The ENTIRE frame is a reflection!

Richard- I gave you 5 across the board. Sometimes I wish there was a vitural slap we could give to some comments :)

well, yes, now you mention it.. the floor.. silly me! sorry about that

I knew it...Mr. Ford!!

My signature ain't that strong is it?

Yes it is. And that's a GOOD thing.

Well if you get the time - spell it out for me. Others say that too - but I can't articulate or describe what my signature is myself. I'm not able to be objective for obvious reasons to do with the whole concept of consciousness and physics...

For me...tones, the way you frame and expose, articulate the image in a simple but effective way, a good sense of geometry and how a human figure fits into that. Makes sense?

@ AnnaKath

You are right. While there is a lot of reflection in there. It is about the human figure. He is one of my engineers and we had been on a project working into one of the public holidays. The client was of a certain culture from Europe that tend to be very arrogant, alouf and difficult to deal with. Suffice to say, being both on a public holiday, being messed about due to said clients cultural leanings and his cheapnes. Alvin who is a quiet lad from the north of China - decided to take a break and have a smoke.

Not many places in China state that you can't smoke inside and if they do - it is never enforced. This building they try to - yet Alvin was so tired and pissed - he ended up not noticing that he was sitting under a no smoking sign. He was so calm and relaxed at this moment.

So meter off of the window (centre weighted) - minus 2 stops exposure and shoot. Instant mood and shadows. ;-)

@ Max

Well I guess so. Frame and expose, certainly the latter with a dependence on photo shop and matrix metering which is a dying skill these days. Framing is just common sense. And people - well I find images without people in them totally dull.

Landscapes, mountains, whatever. Dull. Need people.

I don't think framing is actually common sense..more like innate instinct in my opinion. I'm not talking about a simple rule of thirds, which any decent photographer understands, but a sense of geometric place. If you look closely at some of the Cartier Bresson work, you can see it there and it's fascinating.

Well primes help in that regard... instinct or internal balance - you are forced to move feet and kneel down and bend over and all sorts of things until the shot falls into place.

This was shot with an 18-70DX. No slouch of a lens - but this photo is very much from my time of which megapixel is better, which lens is betterm which software, which firmware, which test chart, which HDR....... amazed I did a normal shot while under the influence of those tech head drugs. :-s

Oh, absolutely. Fixed primes force you to think/move more and differently and rangefinders even more so. My approach is totally different when I frame with an SLR and I get a little lazy with them.

You know that's really funny, because when I first saw this image, It looked like one of yours but I was going to comment that it also looked digital. Then I thought..naahh...Richard is not doing that..but it's from your previous life :)

My previous life was only 1 year - but that is all it takes to seriously damage ones bank account as well as give what I call "Camera Elbow".

Interesting information, Richard. :)

Thanks Anna - I always try to shoot for a story. 99% of my shots will always have one. I don't often tell it unless someone pulls it out of me.