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Still Life

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I have been buying on this last month on some different kinds of vases. Some fractal as you will see below and some interesting styles yet to be photographed. I like going to Etsy as well but they see you coming on prices and pull your pants down to drain you of all of your cash. My friend and studio owner Phil Lynam gave me some dried poppy heads and some dried Artichoke heads that I keep thinking are called Asparagus.

When I do this kind of Still Life that I love, I try to do them a bit different from what you would normally get for the subject. Google Still Life Photography and see what comes up. It is all good photography, but a lot of the same styles over and over ...Traditional I think is the word, where as my images are more vibrant in colour.

Still Life Minimalism,

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Flowers, mushrooms,chilli peppers and a sea shell this month are offered up for your pleasure to Shoot on a plain white background it can be a back breaking to do.

Still Life fractal glass

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Once again I turn to Ebay the online car boot sale is a great source of this kind of glass at a reasonable price. So I have been purchasing some vases that have the kaleidoscope of colours in them. I lay back on my couch. Point the camera at the ceiling lights and Amy holds the vase close to the lens to get this effect. There is nothing more scientific about it than that.

Still Life – Minimalism

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Just three Minimalism pictures this month. A can of Heinz Beans, A banana and a splatted ripe tomato, I had originally done them for last month, but was not entirely happy with them. So we did it all again and this time it worked out.

Still Life – NEW Fractal Glass

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When drinking a Pepsi Max at my parents place, Amy pointed out the refracted light going through the glass the drink was in. It looked almost two tone with its vivid purples, yellows and greens. So I reached for the camera and snapped away at the glass (I shall let you in on a secret …. I did not know this at the time, but its actually made of plastic … Could have fooled me ….. Who Knew?)

I was going to file these under the Random section of this blog, but liked the results so much I started a new page in Still Life for more images like this when I can find them.

Still Life – Hush Update

Amy and I have been at it with the chiffon scarves, shaking them in front of the lens to get some results. There is a lot of red going on, so I chose four of the best to display with only two going onto the final gallery.

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Red apples and a hesyan sack on a wooden top is the view captues here. Edited in Photoshop to hopefully give an antique finish to them.

Fine Art / Hush Abstractism update

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In what would have been another quiet month we got around to doing some more I.C.M. Images for the Hush gallery. I love making these abstract pieces of art, but they take a lot of images to find the best ones. I do hope we got this months pictures right?

Still Life

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Some of what you see here this month might look confusing but I hope you can see what it is. Especially the first three. They are some abstracts I took of a park bench against a black wall with some lemons on the ground (I was feeling arty farty at the time). It might be clear to you, but it looks reasonably interesting. The other images are of red tulips with a bit of an I.C.M. Touch. I thought about putting them in the I.C,M, gallery, but I thought they looked out of place. So they are in the Still Life gallery instead.

Still Life Minimalism

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These minimalist images or a fence, a road sign and some branches of a tree were taken out and about in St Johns Church. Also there is two captures of a box of eggs and an old Swanvesta Match box. All taken at their bare minimal.

Still Life / Fine Art Update

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Amy purchased a bunch of red tulips a while ago and we got to use them for still life images, getting closer to the subject matter for an intense red and green. I found that trying to take a shot of them getting the whole subject was a biy too much for the eye to take in. So we kept it simple. I picked the two best to edit and did a few more (Yet to be edited) in the I.C.M. Style for next months update. I also took pictures of a tree close to my house and Accidentally solarized the picture, but it looked good after colouring them orange.

Still Life – Chiffon and cling film

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New additions to the Still Life / Fine Art gallery are some images not centred on an object like a flower or a vase. Here Amy and I have created two different style using everyday items to give an abstract look to them. First is the orange coloured pictures of what was simply cling film covering my drink I have for breakfast that Amy makes me. The colouring is from the tungsten lighting in the room and not Photoshopped. That just as it was in the camera. The lines and patterns of of the cling film being stretched across the cup.

The second set of Still Life pictures were easily created by slowing down the shutter speed on the camera and Amy waving a few chiffon scarfs from Amazon in front of the lens. It was no more complicated than that, but I think quite effective, giving them an etherial aesthetic. Please enjoy.

*NEW* Still Life - Minimalism

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'Minimalism' is a section of photography that strips every picture down to its base component and subject matter. No clutter, no distraction for the eye that more regular images may contain. The pictures are often turned Black and White so it not only becomes stark, but makes the viewer think more about the shape and texture of the subject, not distracted by colour. So that is what I have gone for here I have done similar before but having read up on it, I wanted to dedicate a gallery on its own to it.

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So something a bit odd this month for a still life subject. Amy showed me a half dead leek that she had in the kitchen. Some of its leaves were still green the others a cream colour and all withered. The two together created and interesting variety of textures and visual confusion. I photographed it in my light tent, choosing to go close up on many shots with a few in the larger picture of a vase. I think the closer ones work best. Have a look yourself and see what you think? I gave the leaves a red tint in post processing.

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Outside my local hospital is a fruit and veg store that's there four days a week. What an inspired idea to put that where everyone can have no excuse to buy fresh healthy food? So at this store I found a fruit I had never seen before and decided to surprise Amy with it. She knew exactly what it was … Its called a Dragon fruit and has an interesting if weird look to it. So before eating Settling on these three images as the final cut for the Still Life gallery.

Still Life Update

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This month I did manage to do some still life stuff, some of which were left over unedited from September. These are all of vegetables and past their best flowers. As always thank you to Amy for her help.

Still Life Update

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This months Still Life images feature the dried up and dying stills from last months flower pictures. I like the quality and textures of decay. As much as rust can look great colour wise on an old piece of iron, so decay, like Autumn, can throw up beautiful hues.

Still Life Update

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In this months Still Life there are a mixture of fruits and vegetables like sweet potatoes and cherry's with satsumas. Most of the images have a distressed overlay given to them to make the impression of an old appearance to them. There is also the Arum lily from Junes flower shoot in a vase, interesting I think because of the kink in its stem. I shall hopefully do some more this next month.

Still Life – Update

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There is a bit of a rusty feel to this months and Aprils Still life images. I purchased some rust forks and keys from Ebay to photograph. And I think they turned out okay. Amy also suggested we snap some of the old twigs we have that are now bare of fruit and leaves, but have interesting shapes. So here they are. I do hope you enjoy them ?

Still Life – Update

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We have been doing a few still life jobs this month, all in different styles of finish.

Many of them are bulbs with a lot of root search out for water and a home. Others are dried flowers and odd things like past it sell by date vegetables, gone to seed/ Fresh fruit for rotting veg as the punk band The Dead Kennedys once sang about it, but it would be nice to see one day, one of these images hanging from a gallery wall … I would be happy to make do with an outdoor privy … its a start.