<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>I am trying to spend a little more time doing stained glass, as I know that it will last longer than photos. I can't get away from photography, however: it scratches an itch, the itch to capture the beautiful, the visually arresting, the humanly engaging. So I was away this past weekend at the baptism of my oldest daughter's daughter, and captured that event, and did some black &amp; white treatments of casual images, mostly of her children, and of Josh and Meredith's two friends, Darius and Anastasia, and their daughter (whose name escapes me: Philomema?). See my next post for the highlights.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->

<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>A few days before that, however, I went walking in my neighborhood (my usual 40-minute walk) and saw something that I have shot before: a light cover of snow on the tops of tree branches, vines and bushes, with the temperature hovering around freezing. I knew that high-contrast black &amp; white would work, so I shot in color, and post-processed the images to get what I wanted. I even "blew out" some of my highlights -- mostly the sky.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->

<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>The snow is on top of the branches, but as it melts it keeps the bottom of the branches wet and dark -- as I say, ideal for high-contrast treatment. Here's a sampling.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->

<!-- wp:gallery {"linkTo":"none","sizeSlug":"medium","lightbox":true} -->
<figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped has-lightbox"><!-- wp:image {"id":12852,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none"} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/O3A3507-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12852"/></figure>
<!-- /wp:image -->

<!-- wp:image {"id":12851,"sizeSlug":"medium","linkDestination":"none"} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-medium"><img src="https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/O3A3506-300x200.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12851"/></figure>
<!-- /wp:image -->

<!-- wp:image {"id":12847,"sizeSlug":"medium","linkDestination":"none"} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-medium"><img src="https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/O3A3474-200x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12847"/></figure>
<!-- /wp:image -->

<!-- wp:image {"id":12850,"sizeSlug":"medium","linkDestination":"none"} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-medium"><img src="https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/O3A3483-200x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12850"/></figure>
<!-- /wp:image -->

<!-- wp:image {"id":12844,"sizeSlug":"medium","linkDestination":"none"} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-medium"><img src="https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/O3A3456-238x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-12844"/></figure>
<!-- /wp:image --></figure>
<!-- /wp:gallery -->