Last week Mary suggested we try a portrait for our sepia scene. I chose to show this original sepia photo from my childhood. Yes, this little chubby cheeked girl is me at around four years old. I have done nothing to the photo except scan it. If it weren't sepia all the actual colors would make for a very busy photo. The sofa I'm sitting on is a dark burgundy color. I have to ask my Mom when I can show her the picture again; but I believe the jumper is a turquoise color with black belt and buttons and the shirt a pale yellow. Of course my hair is strawberry blond. I'm more than happy that sepia was the color of choice at the time!What am I doing with my hand like that you might be wondering. I was supposed to be catching a ball. Not my catching pose for sure. And, the photographer came door to door. This was taken in our living room. He came to the door, Mom changed my clothes, and the photo session began. My how things have changed!
An Amish Corn Hopper
An Amish Corn HopperSugarcreek, Ohio
November 2008
I took this last week on a short visit to the Amish countryside of Sugarcreek, Ohio. The old wood and metal hopper sitting in the corn field waiting to be hooked up to a team of horses captured my attention. It certainly evokes a time gone by don't you think?
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31 comments:
This just goes to show how timeless sepia can be!
Such a cute little girl! Love your picture.
And the hopper is definitely a testament of time gone by.
I love that second shot! And sepia makes every photo timeless! :D
Love them both! I cannot seem to remember to do something sepia...
I had to laugh about all those colors you described. I remember photos like this, too.
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Ahh very cute Carletta! The second shot looks like it should be from our good ole sepia/black and white days...
You are "sepia spectactular"! I will have to go to the garage and fish out old photos. you are setting a high standard girl!
Both photos are great and well-enhanced by the sepia effect.
Sepia portraits give out a sense of golden memories explored :)
Such a lovely and cute little one!! yes, it would have been a very busy picture if the true colors would have shown, lol.
The second shot seems 200 yrs old, very beautiful!
I love that you would put up a photo of yourself you consider less than perfect.
Of course, I also love the photo! What a cute kid.
The second picture is great..
Looks like the old wood and metal hopper was an omission of a world war.
You look adorable. Sepia lends itself to going back in time.
You look kind of mischievous in that picture but I know that you had to be a perfect little angel. :) I like sepia photos...there's just something special about them.
Wonderful takes on the theme Carletta. Both photos though totally different are a delightful look into the past.
Most things Amish evoke thoughts of times gone by. Actually, that's pretty much all things Amish. So anything shot in Amish country would be a natural for sepia toning. Nice effect!
You are a cutey. Glad you explained the hand thing bc I was wondering what was going on there. Both images are timeless.
Weren't you just a little doll baby! I think all the busy colors of the day, and lack of resources for color coordinating MIGHT have been the reason for B&W and Sepia being such popular choices. No one would ever knOw if your clothes were mismatched! Ya know... some of today's TOP fashion models should ONLY be photographed in sepia!!! LOL! We only have I think 2 photographs of me as a child that are in color... of course... wayyyy back then color had just been invented!
Anyway... both shots are great! What a neat hopper!
There used to be a lot of wagons like this one around but I have not seen one in ages. This one brought back a lot of memories.
Carletta: Very cool photos, they were all really neat. I loved the photo from amish country.
Carletta,
You were so cute! Amazing how you remember the colours of the couch and of what you were wearing though.
The Amish corn hopper looks great in sepia too.
mini you is adorable :)
and the corn hopper shot is great
What a cute kid :)....and I love old farm machinery, great choice for your sepia post.
ha, that's a sweet photo of you!
and sepia works just great with that amish hopper.
Sweet picture of you... I have some of those kinds of photos too. I LOVE the photo of the corn hopper. It's exquisite.
I totally forgot we were supposed to do portraits this week!! I love yours, you were a cute kid!
And hat Amish wagon is just perfect!
Hi!
I like your photo of yourself. It's adorable! The corn hopper looks really old. Love that sepia does that to photos. Thanks for stopping by my place. Take Care!!
Sherrie
Thank you, Carletta, for showing an actual sepia photo. The story that goes with this photo of you is wonderful. I would love to see the original! Great job! The Amish hopper looks old too! :)
I love both of these. You were so cute!!
That is beautiful portrait of yours! love the sepia look!
I like both your shots. You were a very cute little girl. :D The Amish photos are interesting (from this post and the latter one). I've never been over that far east. Everything looks so tidy.
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