I finally got the urge to start playing around with my camera again, even if it is going to be short lived. I arranged a couple things where I like the way the dim light works in the house, and snapped a bunch with the old point and shoot. I liked the way this one came out the best.
The first shot is the unedited picture straight off the camera. I played around with some of the photo editing stuff in Picasa for the next three images. First, I warmed the color and added highlights (image 2). Then, I added a black and white fade (image 3). After a while I decided the black and white didn't work as well as I'd hoped, so on the recommendation of a friend I cooled the color again (image 4).
Overall, I don't really like the lighting and the wood floor in the original shot. I'm thinking that if I would have covered up the floor or maybe had darker wood it would have been better, but I think it's a bit distracting and takes away from the overall image.
