BW Part III

This one happened by accident. I didn't mean for it to be B/W, and if you look closely, it really isn't. I love the texture in this photo (certainly no more than I love the subject....). For this photo, I tried a graphic technique that desaturates the color so that the end result is an overprocessed, gritty image. I also applied a high pass filter, used hard light, and added some monochromatic noise. One word comes to mind for the final product: grundge. I lived it once and I am willing to live it again.

Round II Black and White

Another stab at creating masterful black and white photos using Photoshop. This time I used a split tone method where I chose to tint the highlights yellow and green to tint the shadows. Intersting effect, but I still haven't achieved the "glow" that Lorraine has on her images. I feel like this photo is still a bit washed out.

Round I Black and White

I have been following Lisa Lorraine's blog for about two months now. I'm not really a "baby" kind of girl and no one would describe me as bonkers about cute and adorable kids. In fact, my interest in kids is similar to my interest in dogs. I like them, but I really only want to be around my own kids/dogs. But like this photographer, I love shooting images of my children and creating art out of their most mundane daily actvities, like coloring on the living room floor or ripping the legs off of poor, innocent insects. What I fancy about her style is the way she processes her black and white images. They glow! Just recently, Lorraine posted an image of her son crouching down on the kitchen chair. My attention was immediately drawn to the sheen of the chair--it nearly jumped out of the screen! I thought, "I want the varnish on my kitchen chairs to dance with light like that (I would have to clean them first, though)." So, after some research about processing b/w digital photos, this is what I created.

Niagara Falls

My first visit 11 October 2008

Classic. My Kids Kind of Classic.

On the Rise Decedance

Early Sunday morning
On the Rise, the best bakery in Cleveland Heights
Purchasing one-of-a-kind Cinnamon Raisin loaf

One skinny girl said to the other skinny girl, "We have all sorts of recipes to make you fat."

I wonder if she had this one in mind.

Mark's Divine French Toast
thickly sliced bread of any kind, preferably wicked stale
saturate in heavy cream and egg
fry to perfection on piping hot griddle
butter really isn't necessary, but heck, why not?

Mums

Dad's favorite autumnal flower