Last week's prompt in the Still Life Photography class I'm taking was to shoot a "real life" still life. Rather than posing, choreographing or creating a scene, the prompt challenged us to look around and find a still life in our real life. I found these two in my bedroom, and I'm linking them to Helena's Photography Pairs weekly meme as well. The top one is my craft desk and the bottom one is my bedside table. I like the composition and moodiness of both. The biggest problem with found still lifes is that you're also dealing with found light. But I drew on the various lighting exercises we've been doing in the class to create these two shots. And I really like both of them. What do you think?
I love to look around my home and find spaces that delight me--I had not really thought to call them still lifes, but that's a perfect way to think of them. I recently went to a workshop about making space in our homes for beauty and simplicity, and the workshop leader spoke of having vignettes in our home; this is exactly what you are capturing here!
I love the light coming in the window..I'm always envious of your clear Californian light: even on the worst of days it looks better than here. Though, now I've said that, I'm thinking..maybe you are just very clever at finding good light and have been studying hard in class!
1. A "wild heart" - a naturally occurring heart (like the rock above, but it doesn't have to be a rock) 2. A footprint or pawprint 3. A skeleton, bone or x-ray 4. A book or magazine read during 2016 5. A porch or deck 6. A camper (caravan) 7. A family gathering 8. A drawing, art project, artistic photograph, scrapbook page, greeting card, or art journal page created by you. 9. Someone playing with, in, or around water. 10. A bicycle 11. Fresh produce 12. A window 13. The moon 14. A buffet of food 15. A team logo 16. A map showing a trip taken during the time period 17. Twins 18. A supermarket cart, basket or trolley full of groceries 19. A seasonal cocktail or beverage 20. Someone laughing 21. A photograph of you with a newspaper or calendar page from the time period covered in the Hunt. Note: you may not use a substitute for this item. Alternatives - if you're having trouble finding any of the above, you may substitute from this list (but you may not substitute for item #21): alternative 1: a lighthouse alternative 2: a baby (human or animal)
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I love to look around my home and find spaces that delight me--I had not really thought to call them still lifes, but that's a perfect way to think of them. I recently went to a workshop about making space in our homes for beauty and simplicity, and the workshop leader spoke of having vignettes in our home; this is exactly what you are capturing here!
lovely snapshots of life - nice to see your houses from summer of colour. Off to look for some real life still life
I think they are both lovely, I really like real life/still life.
I love the light coming in the window..I'm always envious of your clear Californian light: even on the worst of days it looks better than here. Though, now I've said that, I'm thinking..maybe you are just very clever at finding good light and have been studying hard in class!
I love the idea of "found" still lifes & these are great. You did a fabulous job working with the light that was available.
I love them both.
Feeling very jet lagged at the moment...but must say what a joy it was to meet up with you again....we all had a wonderful morning.
Great shots Rinda. I am so behind in this class!
They're both great but I definitely like the bottom one more.
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