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Birthday in Baltimore
Hello friends!
We made another trip to one of our favorite destinations: Baltimore. This time we were celebrating my son’s 9th birthday. We knew a trip to the Maryland Science Center would be perfect for our scientist-to-be son.
We were so fortunate that it happened to be the opening day of the da Vinci exhibit. This exhibit is said to be the largest, most comprehensive traveling exhibit (the largest stays in Italy of course). I think we could have stayed for hours… it was incredibly fascinating. I learned so much in such a short time about da Vinci, and now I want to do some additional reading and learn more. There was so much information alone on Mona Lisa…who stole her and for how long….what the painting must have looked like originally…did she have eyelashes and eyebrows, or not? Looking back, I realize how lucky I was to see this painting in person at the Louvre.
Mona Lisa's smile
Here are a few pictures from the day…oh what glorious weather it was!! I’ve converted the pictures to black and white while doing one of this week’s Visual Poetry projects. I can’t believe how much I’ve learned….before I would simply “remove color” in Photoshop Elements. I didn’t adjust for saturation, contrast, or brightness settings. A few simple adjustments really leads to a much more depth…thank you, Susan!!
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Cindy Wimmer is a jewelry designer with a passion for combining vintage elements with modern wire design. She is the co-founder of artBLISS, hosting jewelry and mixed media workshops in the DC area. Her best-selling jewelry design book, The Missing Link, was released in Fall 2013. Read more.
What a gorgeous photos!! love your baby’s smile!!! Happy Birthday to your scientist-to-be son!!!
Beautiful photos and you have such happy gorgeous children. How wonderful that you all got to see the DaVinci exhibit. Very special!
These photos are just soooo beautiful Cindy!! You are doing a great job in Visual Poetry too! Looks like you had a fantastic day
You are so right! The de-saturation option is just one more reason I am so fortunate to have taken this class =) So glad you did too! xoxox
Wow…I would love to see this da Vinci exhibit. Better check to see if it is coming here~hope so.
I love the picture of you and your youngest son inside Mona Lisa’s smile!
And, you MUST do something more with the running one of your boys! Print it out and keep it forever. It is the BEST!!
Hugs to you my faithful friend~~~
diane
xoxoxo
What a fun day! Your pictures are beautiful as are you and your darling children!
Looks like you all had a great time!! I would love to get a closer look at da Vinci’s work!
your children are so cute! that does sound like a wonderful exhibit and one i’d be thrilled to see. isn’t photoshop the best?! i feel like i’ve only grazed the surface of what can be done with it.
OOH, thanks for the heads up on the exhibit! We used to be members. Did you go see the Human Body exhibit when it was around last year? Zack was fascinated.
Sound like an an adventure that I’ll have to look into…funny but my 8 yr old LOVES! science too, always has…we have a couple days off school this month maybe we’ll venture to Baltimore although they really want to go to DC
Thank you for your comments, everyone. And YES…if you live in the area, it really is worth it to visit the exhibit!
all your pictures are so so nice!! (and you are more beatiful than mona lisa!!)
your kids are lovely!!!
LOVE the photo of you and Nathaniel in Mona Lisa’s smile! Look at all the hair he has now! Wow–all of a sudden he seems to be growing up entirely too quickly! Savour the moments. Love, Madeline
These photos of you and your children are wonderful Cindy, you are a really beautiful woman and your boys are just so “adorables”. Thank you to share with us a part of your intimity.
xox
I can see your photography developing (play on words) with each post. It is wonderful and has so much depth. What a cool birthday! I bet your boys were so excited.