ChrisMaverick dotcom

bar mirror

bar mirror

When I was 2 years old, my grandfather bought new cabinets for my grandmother and he rebuilt the old cabinets into a bar that was a favorite family hang out spot in his house for years. When he died a few years ago and my grandmother decided to sell the house she was going to throw the bar out. Over my dead body. I drove to Cleveland, rented a truck and drove the bar back. Now, it sits in my dining room now as one of my most prized possessions.

This mirror was my addition to bar. It probably doesn’t seem like a big thing, but for some reason part of me just can’t seem to change the bar itself, but I wanted to add something to it. You can’t see it in this picture, but his name is on the mirror in decals. It adds a nice since of "barness" to it and it makes me happy to look at it it. I’m sure he would have approved.

Assignment 2. Mirror/Reflection. A great, though challenging, compositional element is the mirror. Use reflections to complement your subject. Anyone doing a self-portrait in a mirror will be tagged “phoned in.” All other reflections are fair game.

Post navigation

om

3 comments for “bar mirror

  1. April 12, 2007 at 11:19 pm

    Yay for the Grandpa bar. May it go on forever! And hey, I see that Courvoisier back there! Yummmmm

    This reflection wins hands down in my book, because it’s reflecting memories!

  2. April 12, 2007 at 11:35 pm

    Not memories for me so much as a fond remembrance of things that no longer exist the same today.

  3. April 12, 2007 at 11:51 pm

    @lrayholly: yep…. I’ll leave it to my kids or grand kids or something. Glad you like it.

    @Tojosan: i’ll take it. thank you.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.