The Graduation

After posting The Graduate yesterday, of course you know that I would also post about The Graduation today or at least soon. As I previously wrote, I couldn't be there at the ceremony, but we did get a few minutes to grab some photos before the in-crowd set sail for the high school.

First, however, this was from our family party on the previous evening. The photo was fine in colour, but I had a yen to convert it to b&w, maybe because my and Sue's grad photos from college were in b&w. That was back in the dark ages when big phones were still attached to cords and walls, but mono still seems good and proper to me.

As you know the hinges on the proverbial door to you-know-where have been exceedingly hot lately, but yesterday was pretty cool and rainy. Fortunately, the rain abated just before it became photo time. There followed a frantic 20 minute of various people shooting phones from various angles, so that Danica or others never knew where to look. While I would have loved a half-hour, quiet and dedicated photoshoot in the park with just Sue, it wasn't meant to be.

However, two of my more-liked photos were snapped before the larger gathering um gathered. Danica had just stepped from the car.

We moved to the front of the house and soon began to take family photos.

This one with me and Sue came from two blended snaps because I needed two tries to get us all looking at the same camera. Somehow, we missed getting a photo of just me and my grand girl. I passed my camera to JJ for this photo while I stepped into the frame.

Because I could and because I wanted to, I converted the next photo of Dani and Jonathan to mono.

Outtakes: the first of Sue and Dani, the second of JJ looking rather pensive. I really like that candid.

That's not all that I have, but that is enough. If Sue goes into her composite-making mode, I may make a subsequent post.