Kitchen Shapes

 For this post I explore and choose ordinary objects within my kitchen to photograph.  They range from forks, knives, cups and glasses.  The lighting is indirect window lighting using a black background.

Using some of the elements of design, namely form, line, color, shape texture and space...I have arranged these objects to present interesting compositions of ordinary kitchen found objects. You notice how I have used line, shape and color in these photographs.

This is a way for you as a photographer to challenge yourself by applying some of these design elements to explore their use in the photographing of familiar objects that you probably make use of every day.  It is a challenge to force yourself to look at everyday objects a little differently and apply this use of design elements in how you approach this artistic perspective in your photography.

Reality vs. Reality

I think we all at times want to escape from what we call reality around us into a world of our choice.  It can be wild and unpredictable but it is one we designed even though it only lasts  maybe only over a weekend.

Welcome to Tucson’s Steam Punk Convention 2019...where reality is suspended for one weekend.  This post is a small peek into this world of a group of people who have chosen to suspend reality and present an enjoyable alternative.  So, walk with me and my camera down the street, where your reality is put on hold, and Steam Punk becomes the reality you may have been looking for.  So therefore, the question is…what is reality really?

Walk Through A Stone Garden

One of the common proposed activities of a photo club is an excursion to the local plant nursery to photograph the flowers. A plant nursery is a place where you can see and photograph a large selection of plants within a fairly close and controlled environment. However, while the plant life offers many opportunities to capture the color and beauty of this natural environment, we sometimes miss the other items that are scattered amount the plants, namely the garden statuary.

So this post is a collection of images I have made of the various stone and bronze pieces that sometimes may be overlooked on these photo excursions. This is my walk through what I like to call “The Stone Garden.” It is in this garden, that faces look back at you and if your listen, you may hear them whispering to you, because each has a story to tell.

The most difficult task in capturing these objects is isolating them from their surroundings so that they stand alone as the main subject of your photograph. This sometimes can be achieved by moving in close, but sometimes it requires burning in the distracting background in post-production using imaging software. Also, bringing up the saturation will also help make these stone faces standout in these gardens of stone.