Youth/Yummy

My buddy and pseudo-grandson, Isaac, shows off his cherry Jell-o egg just before it was devoured.

Camera: iPhone 4s Processing: PhotoToaster, Iris, Dynamic Light, Bleach Bypass

Beginnings/Unfinished

Together, Aidan & I built a wooden racing car. He read the instructions, his little brother handed me the parts, and I wielded the screwdriver.

Camera: iPhone 4s. Processing: Dynamic Light, PhotoToaster, TiltShift Generator

Evolution

A long time ago, I read "Green Eggs and Ham" to my younger brothers and sisters. Later, I read it to my children. Still later, I read it to my granddude, Aidan. Now Aidan is reading it by himself. It made him laugh out loud It sort of looks like he's dozing over the book, but that's because of the angle of the shot. I didn't want to distract him by being overt about taking his picture, so I just hovered near by, using the iPhone with the flash off.
365/2011

Noting beats being adored by a grandchild! This is my older granddude, Aidan, having lunch with us today. Aidan doesn't pose often, so I just snapped what I could. Generally, I would have cropped this to focus just on his face; but there was somethig about the primary colors in the glasses and the juice carton that just seemed to belong in the photo--maybe the context, and the way they just happened to be arranged to sort of steer the eye to his smile. Dark Strokes combined with Diffuse Glow lights up his face while defining his features.

My beloved granddude, Aidan, aged 4. Sometimes there's no improving on the original, but for the sake of the blog, I used Pencil Sketch and Palatte Knife to give a sort of watercolor effect.

I'm still getting used to my new camera. My old ones always went back to default settings when they were turned off; this one maintains the setting that was being used. I've been exploring and using all the settings more than I used to with the other camera--but I also always forget to set it back afterwards. That's a disadvantage when I just grab the camera for a shot. My grandson, Aidan, was over tonight, and he's a bit camera shy. Unfortunately, I'd forgotten I'd had the flash turned off. Only one or two of the photos I got were in focus, and none of them perfectly so. A combination of Dark Strokes and Palette Knife made the blurred areas blend into the whole and highlighted the glowing intensity of his concentration.