echavez123
MGF, Master Grumble Framer
A young Spanish speaking couple asked if I could fix some very dark photos taken with their camera phone. The wife emailed me three pictures from her phone, which were indistinguishable and extremely dark. However, I opened them in photoshop and cranked up the levels until I could make out something. But, I couldnt make out what is was. She asked me if I could see a "body" in the picture, and darn, the power of suggestion made me see the torso of a body. So, I asked "was there a crime committed here?" They both stared at each other and finally, the wife said, "I'm not sure, but it is possbile that I might kill someone" -- as she stared firmly at her husband!
All this time, the husband was quiet. So, I asked him what he saw in the pictures. He said, "there is a person facing away from the camera at the counter of a bar, and the purple colors are from the lights behind the bar". The wife interjected, "it looks like a naked woman, and it seems she has long hair". Now, to me the images were indistinguisable -- just terribly underexposed photos. But all this started to make sense. Apparently, the husband had been somewhere he shouldn't have, and used his wife's phone camera to take these indistinguishable pictures, and the wife was trying to nail him. There was a heated exchange of words in Spanish so fast, that I really didnt understand, but I sensed he was in deep do-do. At this point, I broke up the meeting, realizing, I was not getting any business out of this. The husband insisted that she pay me for my 10 minutes of time, and I refused since I really didnt deliver anything. She put $20 on the counter and after some back and forth refusal, I took $5 for the coffee fund. They apologized profusely, and I told them they can make it up by sending me some business.
Not sure if I helped or made matters worse, but it was certainly entertaining.
ernesto
All this time, the husband was quiet. So, I asked him what he saw in the pictures. He said, "there is a person facing away from the camera at the counter of a bar, and the purple colors are from the lights behind the bar". The wife interjected, "it looks like a naked woman, and it seems she has long hair". Now, to me the images were indistinguisable -- just terribly underexposed photos. But all this started to make sense. Apparently, the husband had been somewhere he shouldn't have, and used his wife's phone camera to take these indistinguishable pictures, and the wife was trying to nail him. There was a heated exchange of words in Spanish so fast, that I really didnt understand, but I sensed he was in deep do-do. At this point, I broke up the meeting, realizing, I was not getting any business out of this. The husband insisted that she pay me for my 10 minutes of time, and I refused since I really didnt deliver anything. She put $20 on the counter and after some back and forth refusal, I took $5 for the coffee fund. They apologized profusely, and I told them they can make it up by sending me some business.
Not sure if I helped or made matters worse, but it was certainly entertaining.
ernesto
Rick
Rick
