This photograph is one in a series I am doing at an old mill that is literally frozen in time. I picked the title because the man who ran this mill had very conservative beliefs, and knew the value of working hard and saving money. He was so diligent with his finances that he established a foundation that still oversees this mill for tourists to visit to this very day. What you are looking at in this photograph is the mill office/post office that served residents in the small surrounding community for decades. I placed a pair of shoes at the chair to allow the viewer to imagine the man who once sat there, wonder at the tales he could tell, and appreciate how simply he lived, and most likely more fulfilled than the majority of people today. Picture yourself sitting down after a hard day in the mill, snow blowing outside and a warm fire in the stove, as you turn on the old radio, you sip some tea, and rock yourself to sleep by lantern light. A little imagination can take you to great places.
Donald Reese Photography 
I like this picture a lot, very warm and inviting. Looking at this room and the objects in it, it’s a little difficult but still incredibly absorbing to imagine the kind of life you’d live there, so different from most of our lives today.
Thanks for your thoughts. I totally agree with them.
Another wonderful effort. Here is some food for thought——a live seminar where you take attendees through a project like this——beginning to end—-where you demonstrate the tools and techniques for light painting. Mull it over!!!
Anytime you want a session, let me know. Have no idea how I would pull off the seminar idea. find something that you think is really cool, and we can get together and work it over. You need darkness, so exposures can run from 8 seconds and longer and we could give it a whirl.
Well, you really nailed the perspective and the composition works as well. Nice job with the limited time that you had.
Next time I wont kick the shoes halfway through the shoot.