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Friday, 24 May 2013

Let's Face It - Sepia Saturday

You will have seen these faces already but I could not resist showing them slightly differently than before to meet our faces theme.

My very first Sepia Saturday post showed Amy in a head and shoulders view; this time it's just her face.
Amy
Amy was my mother-in-law; the photo was long before I knew her of course.

I have to confess that I have tinted Amy's parents a bit but here they are relaxing by the sea.
Mary Hannah and George Albert
Somehow it did not seem right to separate them to show their faces. The same applied to my son-in-law's grandparents photographed in Warsaw.
Maria and Tadeusz Alfonse
And here's a boy old enough, now, to be 'sepiarised'.
Cody
To see a further selection of mug shots you can do no better than taking a look at Sepia-Saturday-178.


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27 comments:

  1. Marc Latham24 May 2013 at 09:53

    Nice, oozing history and character.

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  2. Hilary Melton-Butcher24 May 2013 at 10:40

    Hi Bob .. I love those - amazingly evocative and historical .. glad you included Cody ..

    Aren't those deck chairs amazing .. I remember a few of those .. and was always catching my fingers - very sore!!!

    Cheers Hilary

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  3. ScotSue24 May 2013 at 12:17

    A lovely set of faces, and I like the inclusion of Cody!

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  4. Boobook24 May 2013 at 13:47

    LOL. I wasn't expecting Cody.

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  5. Sharon24 May 2013 at 14:17

    Amy is beautiful with a wistful look too. A perfect photo for this week. Glad you included Cody too :)

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  6. Kristin24 May 2013 at 14:55

    Maria and Tadeusz Alfonse look right at the camera and I wonder what happened to them.

    Cody looks good in sepia.

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  7. Teresa Wilson Rogers24 May 2013 at 16:58

    I really like the way photographers used to pose couples with their heads leaning together like the third photo.

    Love Cody!

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  8. Postcardy24 May 2013 at 18:55

    I never would have guessed that Amy's photo was that old. The dog photo looks ageless.

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  9. North County Film Club24 May 2013 at 21:06

    Cody steels the show.
    Nancy

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  10. Brett Payne24 May 2013 at 23:21

    Nice to see at least the hint of a smile in Amy's portrait.

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  11. Wendy25 May 2013 at 00:46

    Amy is a beauty, but I can't stop looking at the Alfonses. They don't seem too cheerful there, but they are a handsome couple.

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  12. Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardens25 May 2013 at 06:10

    Cody looks very sepian.

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  13. Liz Needle25 May 2013 at 06:58

    Nothing quite like family photos. Thanks for sharing some of yours. I think Amy and Maria are both beautiful women.

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  14. Jo25 May 2013 at 13:29

    Love the photo of Amy and of Cody. Not much in the way of family photos myself unfortunately.

    JO ON FOOD, MY TRAVELS AND A SCENT OF CHOCOLATE

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  15. Alan Burnett25 May 2013 at 13:45

    I suspect it is time that I was sepiarised. Love the photos, and I think I can remember Amy from that first Sepia Saturday post.

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  16. Unknown25 May 2013 at 14:26

    Cody is wonderful! A true Sepian!

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  17. Nigel Aspdin (Derby, UK)25 May 2013 at 14:29

    A very pretty mother in law. I have never been chivalrous enough to say that about my mother-in-law !!

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  18. 21 Wits25 May 2013 at 17:38

    Oh my goodness gracious what an adorable photo of your doggie! Love it, and all the other photos are great too! Good face post- I sure wish blogger wasn't so hard to operate for me this week!

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  19. Unknown25 May 2013 at 18:49

    Especially like your lead in words, "face it" Amazing what we can do with today's tools, does Cody know?

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  20. Anonymous25 May 2013 at 20:17

    Do we count the age to be sepiarized in dog years or people years? These are all wonderful. I especially like the photo of the Alphonse's.

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  21. Anonymous25 May 2013 at 21:56

    I tried to comment earlier from my iPad and see now that I never was successful. I believe I wondered if we count the age at which we are old enough to be sepiarized in dog years or human years? I especially liked the portrait of the Alfonses.

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  22. Bob Scotney26 May 2013 at 08:44

    Kathy - as you can see both comments were successful. There was football on TV last night so I could not clear your comments till Sunday morning.

    I should also put the record straight for you and others. Alfonse is Tadeusz's second Christian name. I have deliberately not included their surname.

    Pat - Cody has been told he is star of the show again!

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  23. La Nightingail26 May 2013 at 20:03

    Amy is just beautiful, and I love Cody. What a sweet doggie face.

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  24. Joan26 May 2013 at 23:37

    I liked the deck chairs the first time I saw them, and even more in the head shot-version. And Amy , the word is Gorgeous.

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  25. Mike Brubaker28 May 2013 at 00:52

    It's interesting how many Sepians this weekend have chosen a photo of youthful beauty like Amy. And there have been a few handsome dogs too.

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  26. Bruno Laliberté31 May 2013 at 10:34

    I'm wondering, about Maria and Tadeusz's picture: was this a studio shot, or an amateur one? Because I find it unusual for them to be touching that way. Usually, people stand/sit side by side...
    :)~
    HUGZ

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  27. Bob Scotney31 May 2013 at 11:50

    Bruno - the original was shot in the late 1930s or early 40s. But my picture is a photo of a photo from the original.

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