In Close

Day 177

26 JUNE 09

If my daughter insists on putting her feet up on the dashboard of my truck (while we're parked -- I would never let her do it while we're moving!), then I guess I'll just have to take photos of her shoes.

Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, black & white conversion using the Character filter in Virtual Photographer, and border addition.

Flip Flop

Day 167

16 JUNE 09

No, it's not a political statement -- just my son's shoes. I challenged myself to do something I hadn't done in a long time (before yesterday's photo); take a centered photo straight on.

I have a hard time with completely centered photos. I've seen some that are beautiful, but mine just never look good. There's no interest. Too static. Same thing here, but I overcame my fear and did it anyway.

Post-processing: It's almost a waste to keep typing this, but I'll do it anyway. Noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, border addition.

Put Your Feet Up

Day 165

14 JUNE 09

What is it about Chuck Taylors that makes them scream for black and white photography? I'm guessing it's the vintage styling, a look that's gone unchanged for so many years while still managing to be cool.

This is my daughter's foot up on the dirty dash of my truck in front of my dirty windshield. As soon as I started processing this photo I knew it would look so much better in black and white. And I was right.

Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, B&W conversion using Photoshop's Maximum Black black & white filter with just a couple custom tweaks, border addition.

Sittin' Still

DAY 71

12 MAR 09

My son wears Converse. So does my daughter. After my daughter got hers, my son insisted he had to him some. We ended up running all over town, searching for a pair in his size. We did finally find some, and despite the difficulty he often has putting them on, he loves those shoes. In fact, he slept with them the first week he had them. Put them on the pillow right next to his head.

I'm digging the whole retro vibe of this photo. The color version has wonderfully warm late evening lighting, but I thought the subject matter was screaming for black and white. I love the way this one turned out.

Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, crop, black & white conversion using the 50s filter in Virtual Photographer.