I know this is my second cat photo, but I promise you I’m not a cat lady. I know people who have decorated their house in “early cat;” everywhere you look you see a cat. It could be a photo, drawing, painting, or sculpture, but it’s always a cat. My house isn’t like that. I have a cat, and she has a cat tree, and that’s it. No wall-to-wall cats.

Today’s photo is recent. It’s the rear window of an SUV decorated with a cat decal, and the cat’s tail is the windshield wiper. The original photo, and the car, were dull and lifeless.

I converted the original image to B/W, darkened the picture, and finally, boosted the contrast so only black and white were left. It sounds simple. It is simple. The difficulty lies in seeing something routine and knowing it can be so much more.

I think the best photos are unplanned. My favorites are those where something catches my eye that I think is interesting, and I photograph it.

Today’s photo is of my bedroom window, taken during the summer. I love how the shadows softly curve with the linen fabric. The processing is simple, enhancing the simple quality of the image. I did not plan the photo; I just noticed the shadows on the drapes and went for it.

I see photos everywhere I go. This photo was taken during a computer user group meeting. Again, something caught my eye, and I had my phone with me, so I shot it.

In this case I was at a restaurant, playing with my phone, and the bubbles in my glass looked interesting. During processing I deepened the color of my drink a little and increased the contrast a bit. That was all the original image needed. I try to keep my processing simple. I don’t like it when someone tortures an image just to make something dull look like it isn’t.