Sharp Dressed Man

Spoke to my friend Jim yesterday, who is looking forward to attending a big awards ceremony this weekend. The Grammys, no less! He bought a tuxedo for the occasion, and I'm sure he'll evolve into Handsomus Maximus before he escorts his wife on the red carpet. I know you ladies can get woozy over men in white T-shirts and jeans when you think of one standing by himself. But when it comes to being a couple, when you see yourself in the picture, too, nothing beats the black and white tuxedo, against which your color, sparkle and splendor are shown to best effect. So it is, and so it should be. That's the way we like it, too.

If I need to prove my point, compare and contrast the images above and below.

The Wonderful World of Color

While there's something to be said for accurate rendition of color, I'm not here to say it. Nope, today I come to sing the praises of extravagant, preposterous color, especially that seen in hand-colored and tinted photographs. Sometimes the artist/photographer seems to have intended to achieve something realistic; other times they're just making an image that pops.

Did you notice that both these images have the same background?