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In art school, most of our photography work was black and white film.  Lately, I have been admiring the black and white portraits of a flickr friend and fabulous photographer.  I think black and white truly does capture more mood, more soul.  So, I'm hoping to capture my kids in black and white more often.  This is my son, Wolfie, and I loved how the morning light was coming in through the mini-blinds.  We sleep late so often around here, it's a light I don't often get to enjoy.

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Another attempt at levitation.  This is a combination of many shots.  At least 7 for the hair alone, which I, obviously, require a lot more studying.  The legs are one shot, and the feet are each a separate shot.  The cat is at least two, maybe three, and Drew's jumper outfit is 2 separate shots.  Of course, the background is a completely separate shot as well.  We took a series of picture with Drew sitting, and then several of her standing and leaning forward with kitty (who, by the way, is not at all interested in a modeling career either).  Added textures and filters and tah da!

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This is my take on EJ Bellocq - this was really fun!  Although I can't bring myself to do a full on nude, and don't know if I ever will; it's only because I've got 5 children (4 of them boys) and they would be, understandably, traumatized (to say the least) at the site of me in my birthday suit.  Otherwise, I am an artist who believes in the beauty of our nakedness and have enjoyed many a nude artwork. 

I don't mind my take on Bellocq's photo, but I would definitely like to try it again this time incorporating more of what I actually see in my mind of it (ie, different clothing and wall scribbles).  This was part of a 365 I was attempting this year but seemed to have abandoned.  I would still love to continue this project, but my schedule is very tight and I was putting a lot of pressure on content and quality, and then dissatisfied with the final product, because I didn't have the time to spend on it and produce a work I was proud of.  All this, and I have had to deal with several deaths this year.  Consequently, I went into a funk and taking pictures, as I may have said before, is obviously going to revolve around my mood swings.  Ugh!