Layers in the Glass

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Reflections are one of my favorite playgrounds, especially in black and white. They let me combine moments together, showing more than one view at a time while pulling out texture and light in ways a single surface can’t.

For this set I returned to my window-frame layout, a small collage of scenes. In the top-left frame, clean stripes run along a glass edge and repeat in the reflection, turning a simple threshold into a corridor of lines. The top-right is a slice of signage—a triangle hugging a curved mark—where dust, tiny scratches, and scattered highlights become part of the design.

The bottom-left panel is all rhythm: little rectangles on glass echo like pixels, then double again in the reflection. It’s a pattern that feels both planned and accidental. And in the bottom-right, a quiet self-portrait—just shoes and a speckled floor—meets a soft band of reflected light. No face needed; the presence is there.

Reflections give me exactly what I love to chase: multiple viewpoints, layered textures, and shifting light. Converting to monochrome helps me push the highlights and deepen the blacks so the contrast carries the story. Glass, metal, stone—each reacts differently to light, and in reflection they start a conversation with whatever stands nearby.

These images weren’t about grand scenes, just everyday corners made interesting by the way light bounces and returns. That’s the fun of it: looking once, then looking again, and finding something new hiding in the second view. Thanks for stopping by and sharing a moment in the glass with me.