Black & White Photographs

When the photograph is the right one, rendering it in black & white can create an image that just works better than the same image in color. I find that, in most of the portrait photographs, I usually like them more with a little soft focus added. The two below are from Thanksgiving weekend. Mary, Wendi, Levi, and Laney spent the night with us and we were going to take pictures of the kids outside on Friday. However, the rain kept us inside but we took a lot of pictures anyway. Later, when they were about to leave, Laney wasn't feeling well and was lying on the chair in the entry. That's when I got the picture below. I think it's the best one of the day. Young love is always a good subject and is the topic of the other one.