I thought it would be fun to create an image that is the antithesis of what I often think of when I think of sepia. A processesing from the 1800s, those gold toned sepia images, and others from the time, were most often formal portraits (part of that was the limitations of the camera).

Unlike the usual formality found in older sepia images, this image has a strikingly private feel to it...a man and a woman in the bedroom, yet perhaps more shocking than looking into their bedroom is the suggestion of a lack of intimacy; he reads on his computer and her back is turned to him (don't read more into this "self portrait with significant other", I was just playing with creating emotions using some of the "effects" in the mac's "photo booth" app).

I shot the image using the THERMAL effect, then converted it to SEPIA and placed a VIGNETTE effect on the edges as well.

This image was created for the Totally Informal Transglobal Challenge. The theme for this Thursday, November 5, is "sepia". For other participants responses, or to post your own, click here: http://form.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=42618