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Monday, February 23, 2009

Saturday Afternoon in Macy's

This past Saturday afternoon, I wasn't expecting to do a shoot, and I really didn't do one: it sort of happened to me.

Several local music studios (teachers and students) got together to play piano at the Macy's in Columbia. This was done as part of a benefit for Missouri Music Teachers Association (MMTA). We arrived a bit early, and heard a superb performance of Brahms' Variation on a Theme by Haydn, performed by Peter Miyamoto and his wife. Looking around, I noticed a mirrored column, where I saw a reflection of the performance, along with interesting lines of sight. The obsessive-compulsive photographer in me kicked in, and I started shooting. As I was composing the picture, a little girl wondered was so interesting:



The minute she stepped in, I loved the shot.

My son played for a half-hour:



Then I noticed this cutie:



Finally, sitting behind me was a little one who had some pretty big doubts about me (not the first person to have them). I tried to make her smile, but she wasn't having any of it.




Like I said, the shoot kind of happened to me.