Sitting in the park today watching the unlikely union of suits and vagabonds build rapport surrounding an oversized chess board, it struck me what lies behind the perfect photograph.

Two SLR-clad women stopped by to take a visual record of the game. The first of the two walked by, giggling to a friend and snapped a shot. The second, by contrast, sat and watched two games in their entirety before removing her lens cap. She discovered the personalities of the players and even shook their hands.