Jim Larson Photography

Here is photo of our dog, Alle who is always a welcome gift under the tree.

After getting the last post together, I decided to see what else could be done with the photo.  I first converted it to black and white, then added a sepia tone to give it an old image look.  The last thing I did was to crop the image for more intimate view of my uncle.

Try making changes to some already favorite photos that you may have and you’ll find that there are many pictures inside the original photo.

Which do you like better?

About 9 years ago we had a family reunion up at my parent’s house in the mountains near Boise.  We had a fun time seeing people we had not seen in a while.  My uncle Tracey was one of those people.  He is quite a talented musician and showed off that musicianship with a crosscut saw that he plays with a violin bow.  He can make that saw sing.  Another instrument he plays is the harmonica.  Here is a photograph of him playing under a tree in the yard.

This particular image was captured on film and later scanned with a negative scanner so I could use it digitally.

This shot was captured during an earlier trip to Chicago.  In a big city there are many great studies of architecture and this particular image shows the repeating patterns of a high rise office building.

Even though the pattern is very repetitive in nature, I like the contrast between the sunny and shady side of the building.

Watch your exposure on something like this, because the light meter in the camera can be fooled if it pays too much attention to either the light side or dark side of the frame being captured.

Check the histogram of the image to make sure you haven’t “blown out” the hightlights or shadows.