These two images of my uncle I ultimately decided to use because I thought they both showed the two major ways I view him. Put simply, one way I look at him is as a positive image of America (shown in This is America) and someone to look up to, as he is the closest thing I have to a dad. I also see him as just my uncle, a relatively down-to-earth guy who's outgoing and has a decent sense of humor. So while the photo on the left might not seem as remarkable, it's still very down to earth.
Short on people to take photos of as I was, I just had to include Rose as part of the cast of portrait subjects. Fortunately, with these photos came the easiest choice of which one to make black-and-white, since her face in the photo looks like she really doesn't want to have a photo taken of her, or that she's just concentrating on something else. Meanwhile, Queen on the Throne is really just Rose basking in all her glory, and once again directing her queenly attention towards something else.
With these photos of Karen Cole, a friend of the family, I was specifically going for photos which represented her, so the background subjects were quite easy to choose. However, I do wish I had taken Collection of Glassware so that I could present the rule-of-thirds. Meanwhile, I chose to do Walk through the Garden as the black-and-white image because I wanted both images to have a bit of an old-timey look, and the Glassware photo already had some of that feeling.
These two photos of Mr. Boshoven, who assisted me with getting information about colleges I might want to look at, were both relatively easy to take regarding the decision-making process, though I think I may have unfortunately failed at the Rule-of-Thirds I was attempting in Down by the Swamp. However, I particularly had more trouble in Photopea with Friendly Neighborhood College Prep lining up the Gaussian Blur, since Mr. Boshoven was in a seated position. This added a lot of complexity, and as my hand is not the steadiest, it was hard to get the borders exactly right.