In the Land of Dreamy Dreams (focus, textures and light) (Be Still #4)

My favorite still life from this part of the lesson

This week's lesson in Kim Klassen's Be Still 52 class included a wealth of technical information to get a dreamy feel in your still life photographs. A lot of this was a good review for me. I've taken all my photographs for this class so far using my fixed 50mm lens and shooting to give the depth of field I wanted.

Deconstructed faded hydrangea blossom

I did learn a new trick about where (and why) my camera focuses in aperture priority mode.

And I really liked pairing this information with past lessons on finding good back grounds to add texture and visual interest, cropping and using white space. This photograph and the photo up top use some lace-edged doilies made by my Abuelita and a tile sample from when we redid the bathrooms last summer.

I kindof like the second one better because of the light and color story

And I unintentionally created a really nice comparison about the lighting inside and outside my home. These two photographs with very similar composition were taken within a few minutes of each other. One taken inside (door open, on the floor) and one taken 3 feet away (outside on the deck railing). Such a different feel (partly from the background and perspective, but also from the light).

So that's it from week #4 (check out my earlier post on week #4 here). As always, feedback most welcome - anything from as simple as your favorite photograph to thoughts on focus, texture and light!