The Young Guy

 Remembering Dad on his birthday.  He's the happy boy in front with the white shirt.

Clearly

 Today is a complete Techie Corner day.  

I bought a couple new image editing programs.  I typically use Lightroom, Photoshop, and On1 Effects, but recently I got sucked into a Facebook ad for some new software by Topaz Labs.  I was skeptical at first, but they offered a free trial so I couldn't refuse.  

I was fiddling around today with their program called Gigapixel AI.  It's software to upsize photos, but it also does a fantastic job of revealing facial detail.  Today's image is part of one I blogged on a couple of weeks ago.  The one on the left is the best I could do with what I had.  The right is a couple of clicks in Gigapixel AI.  I could probably have smoothed out some of the facial features in image one if I had felt like it.  But the hair!  How did they manage to get it to look like hair again with individual strands?

I really like what it can do, now all they have to do is figure out how to translate that fine facial detail into fine detail for the rest of the image.

Impetuosity

That's a 1000-watt smile right there.

Ampy

 Love you, mom.  She was a goofball from a young age.

Epically

The look of utter shock and awe on my face over the size of that Easter basket that was almost as big as me.  

Celerity

I am beating the top of the Quik can so fast that the spoon can hardly be seen.  I'm not sure if I was just enjoying making a bunch of noise or if I was trying to beat that can into submission so that I could get to the chocolatey powder.  Maybe both.

Techie Corner

I have blogged this image before, but previously it was a scan of a photo.  I found the negative and scanned that.  I like the quality of this image much better than the photo scan.  

Teachably

Mom, teaching Sunday School.

Touchingly

When this was just a tiny photo in an album, I didn't think much of it.  But when I scanned the negative and blew it up, I found that I really liked it.  The lighting on my face is soft.  Cute pose.  Wearing my mom's coat from when she was that age.  Perfect!  Good job, mom!

Slumberously

When you're all ready to party for your birthday, but suddenly feel a nap coming on.

Wriggly

Grandma and I.  Look at that belly hanging out as I try to wriggle off of her lap.  Yes, she really did have blue hair.

Ceremoniously

Cake always puts a smile on my face, even back when it was my second birthday.

Unlikely

Little known fact!  When I was a baby, I had super long hair for a brief period of time.  Like, for one minute.

Elatedly

Oh, look, mommy!  I have a thing!  It's the best thing ever!

Creativity

 Fun times!  That's a snazzy-looking snowman.

Smoochies

 

Monkey

My mom always had two pictures of me that she could flip back and forth.  For this one, she would say, "See the monkey?" And then she would flip to the next one, me in the same outfit, standing, facing away from the camera, with no pants.  Then she would say "The monkey ain't got no pants!"  I can still hear her saying that.  Brings back fond memories. 

I do still have the second picture, but people are so weird about cute naked baby photos these days that I'm not going to post it.

Revelry

Oh my.  I was certainly wired for sound in this picture.

Cleanly

Rub-a-dub-dub.  

Tweety

I'm like a little baby bird being fed.

Twitchy

 

What on earth is this goofy pose all about?  Was my diaper full?  Toddler interpretive dance? Making crank phone calls on my phone?  The world will never know.