[Battle Bride vs. Gallant Groom] Two friends of mine, Lena and Piers, got married a month ago. They needed to make it legal and so had a judge do the actual legal-in-New-York-state marriage a little over a week ago. I brought my camera and took some pictures. It was outside, next to the closed bridge by the Ithaca courthouse. I figured it'd be easy to use Photoshop to modify the sign and make something funny.

So I did.

And it was easy. "Bridge" becomes "Bride" quite easily. Almost...too easily. And Lena and Piers' poses were fun. I felt I should do more than just delete one letter of the alphabet.

And so I did.

Also here's a full-size version of this image and one without the zapping where you can more easily read the bride closed sign. In the full sized version, it's easier to see things like Piers' eyes, and the glow of the blue light from the orb on Lena's right arm and side of her face. Also, here's the original version of the picture. images/Drawings/Sketches/bride.png