Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Close Ups/Macros

I just found this photo challenge. Black and white is challenging in the digital photography world. Traditional film b&w photography used a special type of film to enhance the contrast. I’m sure we all thought that colorizing old classic movies was a fun idea, but the execution wasn’t as cool as we hoped, because b&w really is a completely different medium from color. To get a somewhat close effect of true b&w, I bumped up both the contrast and saturation on this to the maximum before applying grayscale.

http://www.ceephotography.com/2013/10/09/cees-black-white-challenge-close-upsmacros/

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns from Russell

My husband is a structural engineer and deals with lines in many aspects of his work. He took these photos at a job site for a parking structure. Love the patterns.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/lines-patterns/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus II

This is a picture of my husband. I love the close-up focus on his eyes. I love the lighting in this shot. I love the duality of what is in focus in the picture and the fact that his look is focused on me.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/weekly-photo-challenge-focus/