While accompanying a tutorial student during a shoot on the mall of the Scottsdale Civic Center, I noticed a series of walls enclosing a stretch of grass that was in the process of bring groomed. I organized this image before the man pushing the lawn mower even entered the scene. I moved behind the tree in the foreground to create part of a double anchor for my image, using the trash receptacle to its left as well. Just behind the tree, a low wall borders the grass. The massive terraced wall in the background repeats its shape. Another tree, in the upper left hand corner of the frame, echoes the diagonal reach of the tree in the foreground. As the mower-man moved into the picture, he falls into the shadow cast by that tree. He also leans forward as he pushes the mower before him. His head exactly matches the height of the large wall behind him, creating a perfect backdrop for his partially silhouetted figure. In the original scene, the building rising out of the hedges behind the second wall is painted blue, orange, and bright yellow. The foliage around it is a brilliant green. These colors are so attractive that they would pull our eyes to them, rather than to the man pushing the lawn mower. I solve this problem by converting the entire image to black and white. The competing colors vanish, and I add a slight sepia tone to convey a timeless mood.