light and shadow and photography magic

My first niece had made a video of her man and his son playing with the Christmas gift I'd given.

Very nice!

Score one for me for choosing wisely!

I'd taken a couple of quick photos of them having fun, just to document the ping pong table being put to good use, right?

But this shot seemed to be playing tricks on my mind.

Was it that the light from the foreground was shining under Chris' arm and onto his t-shirt...

or was the light from the background illuminating the slim version of himself that he once was?

I'll be sending the photo to Christina tomorrow.

I think she will be very interested, as she has become quite a camera nerd like me.

Well, I take that back.

She is much more serious about photography than I ever was, to the point that she has investigated the fine details of different camera brands and found her dream camera - which she received for Christmas, by the way.

(smile!)

I don't think she understands the importance of point-and-click, though, or the serendipity involved for angle and timing.

I know I certainly don't get how that works, I'm just in awe when the universe grants me an especially fine photo.

This one reminds me of a shot from several years ago.

I'd been at Butterducks Winery and caught my reflection in a mirror-surface vat.

That had reminded me of my slimmer self and sent me back to Weight Watchers in search of that body.

Funny, isn't it, what the camera reveals?