Reflections on Reflections

Self-Portrait. Frisco, Colorado, 2013

Any time I see a reflective surface–water, a puddle, a convex traffic mirror, stainless steel, glass storefronts, windows of all kinds, a 19th century mirror (as above)–it attracts my eye. There are lots of playful things you can do with reflections.

And then, there is the question: What, exactly, is being reflected?

You could answer that on a simple, literal level…or, you could contemplate other answers that push into the more fuzzy realm of philosophical introspection.

Why did I compose and process the above image they way I did? What does that say about me as a person…as a photographer? What do you include in your “reflective photographic compositions”?