Some candids from Sue's birthday party.
I posted a few of Sue yesterday, but here is one more. She is holding up the card that I didn't remember to make until late the night before.
I will leave Shauna out of the gallery for privacy reasons, but here's Jonathan. I have converted his and the rest to b&w, which didn't take much work in Danica's case, which I will get to last.
Most of the time and especially with women, we process in a way to smooth flaws and age lines. I took my photo in the opposite direction, just as an experiment. Danica had taken the picture with my camera.
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| The beard is getting rather wild. It can be trimmed anytime, so I will let it go and grow for now. Nobody much sees me these days, and I lost my looks about 50 years ago anyway. |
The surprise and delight were these next two photos of Danica. She was a bit in shadow, so I deliberately overexposed in camera. I was surprised and delighted by what I later saw on the computer -- two almost monochromatic photos. They weren't b&w, but more like sepia monochrome. Almost all that I did in editing was to convert to b&w and crop them into 8x10 ratios, which I think is a very good format for portraits. There wasn't much additional editing, and the result is pretty close to what came straight out of the camera.
I wish I could claim that I knew what I was doing in those photos, but it was luck, but let me tell you that I love them.
Oh, I do have one more party-goer to show you, Lola, the very sweet Chocolate Lab.
That's a pretty special card for Sue. I agree all very good photos, whether it's skill or luck, nice to have. Lola is lovely.
ReplyDeleteAlways nice to see your family in your photo posts and Sue did look very regal, sending belated happy birthday wishes to her. Also nice to see faces unmasked.
ReplyDeleteYour b&w photos are great.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun birthday and great photos. As you know my husband was a
ReplyDeleteprofessional photographer and he loved black and white and thought you could do so much more with it than with color... and your lovely pictures of Danica prove that true.
Yes as all have already said. My humble opinion...you look great in the hairy wrinkly detailed one, and Sue is a great queen at 74. Sure doesn't look it at all. The other B&W's are super, showing emotions. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy seeing your fine photos, intentionally good or not. :-)
ReplyDeleteSue looks great for 74--wow! I love those photos of Danica; they are beautiful as is she.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the hat source. I've bookmarked it for later consideration.
ReplyDeleteRecovering from second shot now.
You know, you have a very photogenic family.
ReplyDeleteI like that beard!
ReplyDeleteNow that was a party!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your better half--LOL! ;)
Good ones!
ReplyDeleteThe eyes in the first shot of Danica are perfect. Please wish Sue a happy birthday from me.
ReplyDeleteThe photographs are all wonderful! Your bigger beard and mustache are looking nice too. Resist the urge righ now in the “middle” state to trim..... it gets even better and you can always trim later.
ReplyDeleteYes, they are wonderful as is the one of your queen. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to the queen!
ReplyDeleteYou treat her well.
Amazing photos, as always.