Image of the Week No.2

This is one of those images where you think it might actually be too clever for it's own good, but it has many elements that satisfy me as a photographer. 
At the getting ready stage at the hairdressers bride and mum sitting opposite each other.  They cannot see one another but through the tight composition they are mirroring their behaviour and looks. (If you cannot make it out, the bride is shown in her reflection in the mirror and the mother sitting behind)
It is a retrospective of one generation to the next. Will the bride being sitting opposite her own daughter 30 years hence?
From a technical viewpoint it was inside and relatively low light.  I needed a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the movement of the glasses and enough depth of field to keep mum and daughter sharp.  I chose ISO 500 f 1.6 and 1/125 s.
Looking back I would have been safer using f 2.8 and a higher ISO but I just got away with it.
When you deliver the images to a client you have no idea how carefully each image is assessed and appreciated or not, but trying to search out stories and seeing a picture's potential is where you remain true to your own signature style.


Canon 5D 11 85mm f1.6 ISO 500 1/125 s