Relatives

I scanned this old photo taken in the 1940′s.  These people were not profoundly sad.  The photo was takend before huge fake smiles became the mandatory pose for portraits.  It looks like the boys are trying not to smile and the light in the photo is too harsh.

Mississippi River Blvd

The oak trees are lovely this time of year.   This is another photo that I took with a camera and edited on my with an iPad.

Christos in the Union Depot - St. Paul, MN

I like black and white photography.  I should do more of it.  This photo is from last weekend when someone left the door to the Union Depot unlocked.  I know Christos is open again but there was not a soul in site.   The depot was built before color film was invented which is why it looks so nice in black and white.

Wedding Photographer

I have always enjoyed taking pictures of people taking pictures.

Fog

As he walked through the fog he just could not shake the feeling that someone was following him . . . to be continued

christmas tree

This can be fun to do and it is easy.  Take a photo an process it in black and white and then process it in color.  Put both photos into photoshop elements and copy and paste the black and white photo on top of the color photo.  Use the eraser tool and any place you erase will show the color photo.  I did it with this photo because the image was kind of boring now it is boring in black and white and color.

Adam

A shot I could not resist.  I like taking pictures of  people but not when they pose.  That is why you don’t see many on this blog because people like to pose and put on the phony smile.  I am not sure who it was that decided people have to smile to be photographed. There isn’t anything wrong with other facial expressions.

Swings

On the wire

During the last few weeks some of my blogging fun has been diminished but I am getting back into it.  First there was the malware  attack and when that was all cleaned up there was another malware attack.  Malware got into the server and changed all of the php files.  The blog was very slow, anyone looking at it would have noticed.  It took so long to log in that it almost made me cry.  The malware invasion turned out to not be my fault and I don’t want to play the blame game because things happen and sometimes they happen twice and it could happen again.    My poor blog has had all of it’s files modified in recent weeks.  Then I had problems using the Firefox browser or the Chrome browser for writing posts.  I got that straightened out a couple of days ago.

Now things are better. Everything is working and I have plans for some modifications to the blog. The only complaint I still have is the number of spam type comments.  You know what I mean they write something like “I found this wonderful resource, keep up the good work, I will be back to read more” etc. I don’t approve them so you never see them. I like how WordPress handles comment moderation.

As for the photo . . they were sitting on a wire outside my office window while I was writing. I wonder what they are talking about?  They often sit on that wire in the same spot.   I love the sound of mourning doves.  At one point they were almost extinct and now I hear them all the time.  it is a peaceful sound in the morning or the evening.

Kids in Bikes

It was a cloudy day but no one cared because it is always wonderful to be in Canal park on lake superior in the summer.   I can’t wait to go up there again.  Maybe in a couple of weeks I can ditch work for the day and go play.