Looks like you chose the background well to complement your shot - I like how the ceiling moulding converges on you. Great facial expression - the everyman's "bug face"!
Good Going Mr. Jeffrey. Thought I recognized you there. But you had no beard. I've seen you with no beard, with half a beard, and with a full one too ... so versatile.
i like the concept. i think it may look better horizontally oriented. plus, it looks like you lightened up the shoe's sole by the high concentration of grain in an otherwise clean photo - i think the sole would look better very dark than light and grainy...
This is a really fun idea, i would have tried moving this setup neat to a window and allowing in some natural light so that the white balance would be more nature and perhaps you would not have to have had so much noise in the shot