Woman walking beneath a shop sign reading "The Witch's Hat" in Tallinn's Old Town.

Moment

The Witch's Hat

Sometimes the photograph is waiting for the sign.

Some photographs happen because of planning.

Others happen because life has a sense of humor.

Walking through Tallinn's Old Town, the sign caught my attention first. A tiny shop called The Witch's Hat. Then, almost perfectly on cue, my wife walked beneath it.

The frame lasted only a second.

Long enough for the sign and the subject to become part of the same story.

That's one of the reasons I love photography.

Sometimes the best compositions aren't created.

They're gifted.