Twenty-five years ago: I was going through family pictures when I came to this one of my mother and our now-thirty-year-old daughter. Elsewhere here there is a discussion of dealing...

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I was going through family pictures when I came to this one of my mother and our now-thirty-year-old daughter. Elsewhere here there is a discussion of dealing with mixed light sources. In this case, I did take a picture with flash, but allowing the incandescent light to play its part did a much better job of capturing the moment IMHO.

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Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

Very fine shot, and I agree about the light. A monitor screen probably could not capture the richness of a real print made by hand. It does not seem to suffer too slow a shutter.

rehess wrote:

I was going through family pictures when I came to this one of my mother and our now-thirty-year-old daughter. Elsewhere here there is a discussion of dealing with mixed light sources. In this case, I did take a picture with flash, but allowing the incandescent light to play its part did a much better job of capturing the moment IMHO.

Annie-Get-Your-Gun Loc: Byron Center, Mi

rehess wrote:

I was going through family pictures when I came to this one of my mother and our now-thirty-year-old daughter. Elsewhere here there is a discussion of dealing with mixed light sources. In this case, I did take a picture with flash, but allowing the incandescent light to play its part did a much better job of capturing the moment IMHO.

A poignant image. Thanks for sharing this treasure, rehess.

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Lovely shot!

gsmith051 Loc: Fairfield Glade, TN

I like the use of your light source. It gives a more intimate look to the picture. Nice! /George

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

rehess wrote:

I was going through family pictures when I came to this one of my mother and our now-thirty-year-old daughter. Elsewhere here there is a discussion of dealing with mixed light sources. In this case, I did take a picture with flash, but allowing the incandescent light to play its part did a much better job of capturing the moment IMHO.

I like the photo but I'll be the outlier, the yellow is just too much.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

p.s.
I once asked a room of photographers how they would photograph love, and they all thought of wedding or honeymoon pictures--beaches at sunset, etc. Not one mentioned a grandmother serving cookies to children.