On the left is the iphone picture and the right was taken with my camera both at the same time in fairly low light. I love that the iphone captures truer more vibrant color but...
in my living room with light coming towards me the iphone (on left) captured color better but the room looks quite dark. My camera just washes out everything.
On the left is the iphone photo and the muddy shot on the right is from my camera. These were taken at the same time in the same light. I know which I will be using to photograph all of my art from now on. That painting is another, larger oil on canvas that I completed over the weekend called "Babylon". The goal was to either juxtapose or tread the balance line between happy/floral/feminine and dark/aggressive. I most definitely erred on the side of happy/floral and it feels like a successful canvas to me even without as many dark and aggressive elements as I originally intended.
Jack in his Tibetan hill tribe hat at 9 months
Today is my son's 18th birthday.* sniff sniff * It will be his last birthday living at home and this is a bittersweet moment for me. He almost always wants cheesecake as his birthday cake but this year request a brownie cake with chocolate ganache. There is no more budget friendly, simple yet decadent cake out there. I start with two boxed brownie mixes and bake one each in a 9 inch round cake pan and let cool. The icing or chocolate ganache couldn't be simpler.
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
Once the ganache has thickened somewhat, use it to frost the brownie cake layers.
This is much more fun if you let a little girl lick the spatula and pot.
