Girl

Once again, three versions of the same photo. The first photo is a high-resolution scan of a color print I took in Namibia in 1998. The second is in black and white. The third is adjusted slightly. The subject is a random student (not one of mine) in Engela, a village in northern Namibia.

Tangeni

Going along with yesterday's post, here are three versions of the same photo. The first photo is a high-resolution scan of a color print I took in Namibia in 1998. The second is adjusted with higher exposure and sharpness. The third is in black and white. My favorite is the second. The subject is Tangeni (I think, some of the names have faded from my memory). He was my neighbor in Engela, which is a tiny village in northern Namibia.

Cameah

Photography has been a hobby of mine since high school when I took a course in the developing and printing of black and white photos. One of the amazing things about the "digital age" is how quickly you can adjust photos. What used to take an hour or two in the darkroom can now be done in, literally, one or two minutes. I use iPhoto which, from what I understand, is an entry-level photo program. Yet, I am continually amazed at how easy it is to adjust photos and, in this case (I think) change a mediocre photo into a good one. Here are three versions of the same photo. The third (they uploaded in reverse order) is a high-resolution digital scan of a color print from a photo I took in Namibia in 1998. The second is the first adjustment I made, keeping the color. It took about 60 seconds. The first is the second adjustment I made, changing the original from color to black and white and changing the exposure and contrast levels. This took less than 60 seconds. The second one is my favorite. The photo is of Cameah, one of my favorite students from Engela, where I taught during my first year in the Peace Corps.