Happy 90!

Nyarthlopic

So this is more "people" than "street," but I captured people not posing. Does this count? :-)

The occasion: my grandmother turned 90 and her children threw her a party. Some of the joy...

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Dogdots

Congratulations and a belated "Happy Birthday" to your Grandma

My Mom just turned 80 .. haven't even started editing the photos yet.

Flyinggina

It looks like a happy, warm, loving celebration!!

Thanks for sharing.

Virginia

Nyarthlopic

Thanks, Dogdots. Hope to see a few of yours if you're willing to share!

Virginia, you hit it on the head. It was a very fun, warm and intimate celebration. It was a fairly small group, but I've always thought that made it easier to chat with people.

lizzard_nyc

Nyarthlopic wrote: »

Thanks, Dogdots. Hope to see a few of yours if you're willing to share!

Virginia, you hit it on the head. It was a very fun, warm and intimate celebration. It was a fairly small group, but I've always thought that made it easier to chat with people.

Hi there.
These are my favorite kind of shots, capturing those special moments.
I know these will be treasured down the road.

I do have to wonder what they would have looked like in B&W. I'm not asking you to post them necessarily but to think about it. The color looks a little blah to me and I think b&w could seriously improve them, nevertheless, the shots will be special in either b&w or color.

Thank you for sharing.

bdcolen

Nyarthlopic wrote: »

So this is more "people" than "street," but I captured people not posing. Does this count? :-)

The occasion: my grandmother turned 90 and her children threw her a party. Some of the joy...

I've long argued that this forum should be called "Reality" or "The Real World," rather than Street and PJ - so you've got me. Wonderful warm moments.

And I'm about to do something similar - on April 9 i'm spending the day and evening at a family's celebration of grandma/greatgrandma's 95th (!) - I shot the 90th for them - a two-day all-grandma-all-the-time orgy that included a subway ride trip to the circus, shopping for "the girls," a pizza lunch, time in a ceramic studio, and an evening party, five years ago.

Nyarthlopic

lizzard_nyc wrote: »

Hi there.
These are my favorite kind of shots, capturing those special moments.
I know these will be treasured down the road.

I do have to wonder what they would have looked like in B&W. I'm not asking you to post them necessarily but to think about it. The color looks a little blah to me and I think b&w could seriously improve them, nevertheless, the shots will be special in either b&w or color.

Thank you for sharing.

Hi Liz! Thanks for the feedback. I tried to convert one or two of them to B&W, didn't like how they turned out. For instance, #1, I had a hard time getting my grandmother's overcoat thing to stand out from the blinds in the background. When I have time to play more, I'll give it a go. And they definitely need some noise. ;-)

Nyarthlopic

bdcolen wrote: »

I've long argued that this forum should be called "Reality" or "The Real World," rather than Street and PJ - so you've got me. Wonderful warm moments.

And I'm about to do something similar - on April 9 i'm spending the day and evening at a family's celebration of grandma/greatgrandma's 95th (!) - I shot the 90th for them - a two-day all-grandma-all-the-time orgy that included a subway ride trip to the circus, shopping for "the girls," a pizza lunch, time in a ceramic studio, and an evening party, five years ago.

Thanks for the input, BD. Though I could have gone without the visual you just gave me. :lol And thank you for sharing the shots you took of the 90th. Gives me some ideas to try, God willing, at her 95th birthday party.

Nyarthlopic

Here's a quick "slop-n-go" B&W conversion with a little noise for, well, because.