Black & White, With A Splash of Color

{1} Munchie The Cat

{2}Jared & Sarah's Eyes

{3} Butterfly In My Palm

{4}Saint Louis (Adorning Biltmore House)

Do you like using the black and white photo medium when editing your own pictures, or do you prefer color? How do you edit your own black and white photos exactly...what photo editing programs do you use?

Welcome to Neo-Victorian Photography

Welcome, dear blogging world, to Neo-Victorian Photography. I wanted to start this little blog because I find that on a monthly basis I take at least one hundred photos, and I thoroughly enjoy taking pictures of anything and everything, from a photo of a mantis shrimp to a mountain top...a to z I take photos of them/he/she/it and so much more.

My favorite photography themes are: Love. Life. Simplicity. Humanity. Nature. The Art of Random. Etc.

The phrase/term of endearment "Neo-Victorian" was coined by my loving boyfriend, Jared (of almost one year come next week), in March of this year, and it has definitely stuck with me. Jared says I am so old fashioned in my thought processes, and in the ways that my idealist mind works, but I am of this century nonetheless. My current tastes, stylings and interests combined with my idealism vary between being a lover of some very modern things, i.e. cameras, computers, cell phones, while still embracing things and thoughts from centuries past, i.e. courting, anti-feminism, marriage, using proper English when speaking (how 'bout that ya'll?) etc.

I want to show imagery that illuminates the past, in my photography, but that also at the same time lights the future that lies ahead in wait...the road before our feet to tread. That said, I will be photographing my life as a Neo-Victorian for you all to glimpse and ponder. I can't wait to share my "eyes" and "heart" with you through my photos! (Hopefully I will get a better camera soon. ;-) Really, the only place to go on from here is up...in my skill of photography, and so I shall commence.)

(*Note: Occasionally I will post photos that my sister (Mary) has taken for/of me, that I will have edited. These photos will have the tag: Kat-Belle Photography.)