A Tint Better Than a Load?

Do you love black and white photos as much as I do?
Do you like sepia prints? Or straight black and whites?
I prefer the look of this couple photo--you can still see John's blue eyes, and I am not Christmas Red glowing. I used the tint option in Picasa to wash out the over loaded color.

Untouched.

Happy 24th of July! This was my favorite holiday in Utah! There are fireworks tonight at Cal Ripken stadium--not for us, but we can pretend they are celebrating Pioneer Day with us!

I was pregnant 17 years ago and insisted the doctor wait another day before inducing me so baby Maxwell would be born after the family reunion fish fry, after the parade, after the fireworks. He was big. I don't remember how big. I'll talk more about him tomorrow on his day.

Filtering My Life for You

No exciting details of my first day of work. No news back yet from John's interview last week. (I've never been able to say, "Cross my fingers" since my dad's serious explanation that the origins of that phrase harks back to swearing by Christ's cross. Is that even true? I'll have to snopes it later.)

But the thought fits in with my filter theme for the day.

What childhood beliefs do we hold on to firmly/stubbornly and how do they filter our view of the world today? If I change my rose-colored glasses for clear ones, what will stand out more?

Filter.

Edit.

Change.

Highlight-draw the eye to something specific.
This is my favorite one. A tint of original, so not full saturation. If I could pick and choose my coloring, this would be it.
Sepia can be a nice look, but doesn't do anything for us in this shot.
Scary! Filtering with choosing GREEN makes me look blushing red, which I am, often...

And filtering for RED washes us both out. Looking vampire-ish. This picture does not feature the tilt option the other three have. Nice to control the angle, move heads left or right by skewing. IN COUPLE PHOTOS I HAVE NOTICED THAT DOING THIS CREATES THE IMPLIED BODY LANGUAGE OF LEANING INTO THE OTHER, OFFERING SUPPORT, BEING UNITED. Look at the difference of a straight on shot, and the tilted ones. Love this feature of Picasa.

Show and Tell over.