STILL LIFE

Summer Days
A still life romanticizing the days of summer.
HOW I CREATED THIS:
After creating as detailed an image possible I then use Topaz to do a cutout. After that the following software products listed below, are used in my workflow. The more experience I gain through the use of the various programs the better. The creative flow doesn’t like to be kept waiting. :) I also will work on a piece off and on for a few days. This gives me time to give a better analysis of the tweeks needed. I’m extremely critical of my work and will keep working until the magic is complete. But then, as Leo said, an art piece is never completed, only abandoned.
On the majority of my images I use:
Adobe Photoshop, Tony Kuyper Luminosity Masks, Topaz Impressions,Skylum Software, and Nik.
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A Special Day
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A Story In Time
In times of deep stillness you can always experience your true self.
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Days Of Autumn
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Moments In Peace
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A Sprinkling Of Garden Flowers
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A Wet Wet Wobin
Yes, it’s supposed to be “Red Red Robin” but. . . back in the day when I was watching cartoons on TV, a character named Elmer Fudd would probably have said “Wet Wet Wobin”.
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Peach Harvest
A basket of peaches.
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Crystal Grace
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Driftwood & Clematis
Driftwood from the garden and a fresh cutting of clematis were all I needed for this still life. Going for the clean look here.
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Intimate Conversations
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Red Flowers
The flowers are Garden Wonder dahlias. They grow about 3 feet in height and the flowers are around 4 5o 5 inches. Beautiful for flower arrangements and I plan on growing some again next year.
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Enter
I photographed this while lodging overnight with my wife in Jemez, New Mexico. I thought it had definite possibilities. With a little Topaz, Nik, and Photoshop, this is what I ended up with.
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Garden Rocks
I have been trying for years to capture my Zen rocks in the garden in a way that would transfer the emotional and philosophical feelings I have for them through visual content. I feel as though I finally have done so with this B&W.
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How To Grow Smaller Flowers
Being a gardener I thought I would have fun with a bit of humor. This is my first year growing Dahlias and I’m happy with the results. I planted dinner plate dahlias and they can get 10” and larger. The one pictured here is a only 7”.
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Nocturne
I’m musically challenged but my wife plays, and kindly loaned some of her sheet music for this still life.
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Romance In Red
Water drop reflections.
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Garden Impressions
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Teapot Dahlias
An impressionistic rendition of dahlias in summer.
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A Flower By Night A Dahlia By Day
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Garden Dahlias
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Holiday
A Still Life With Metal Water Pitcher And Fruit.
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Garden Treasures
A still life of peaches and flowers.
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Bee Balm
I deadheaded the garden this morning and even though the Bee Balm was spent, I still thought it beautiful for the subject of a still life.
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Peach Harvest
Peaches in basket with wine.
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Garden Impressions
An impressionistic take on the garden.
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Sunflowers On Chair
A bouquet of flowers on a chair.
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Summer Romance
A romantic setting of flowers and fruit.
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A Toast To Life
Tin Cup Of Cut Flowers From The Garden.
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Daylilies And Pitcher
Soft light and lots of Bokeh highlighting the magic of flowers!
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Strawberries And Cream
Strawberries next to a small cream pitcher.
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Lemonade
Fresh picked lemons from the store. :)
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A Country Morning
Life on the farm.
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A Bowl Of Lemons
A bowl of lemons.
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Spring Garden Flowers
Preparing fresh cut flowers for the house. The flowers are Summer Snowflake Viburnum. They are a perennial and bloom from mid spring to early summer.
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Spring Roses
Still Life depicting the first yellow roses of spring in the garden.
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A Day At The Beach
In putting some things together for a still life I ended up with shells, a basket, and some cloth. I was also aware of the negative space during this process. Once isolated, development on the objects began and then textures were introduced. With textures, I wanted to imitate the blue sea and a sky at sunset. The cloth added flow to the scene.
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The Watering Can
I find the watering can essiential in the garden for those flowers I may have missed or that need a little extra water. It really saves time. . . when I remember where I left it!
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Home For The Day
A table showing objects after a long workday.
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An Old Fashioned Love Song
A romantic compostion dedicated to love. Love has never been out of style because it is the very fabric of creation. At least this is what I have experienced in my meditations.
I have tried to render this with a somewhat old fashioned look and yet present it with some detail and a little contrast.
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Reflections Of Shakespeare
This is a busy time for me out in the flower garden planting and doing maintenance. We had a very cool and windy day so it gave me a chance to bring in some of the lilacs for a photo shoot. A heavenly fragrance! Oh, the working conditions! :)
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The Morning Paper
A concept image of all the ingredients of needed to start the day.
This particular image was the one I settled on which was the third shoot and arrangement. Lot’s of fun and I learned a lot. Most often drapery, cloth, or a paper is used in many still life works to help draw in the eye and or to add interest. This is my first implementation using newspaper and I found it brought back memories of days gone past when looking for a job in the classified. In light of that, I also added teeth marks on the pencil. :)
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Fallen Blossom
A bit windy here in the Spring sending fresh blossom flying. This one landed in my hand as if saying, take my picture! A little texture and a little photoshop and I thought it somewhat worthy for the eyes of the world!
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Spring Blossoms
Spring blossoms
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The Coffee Grinder
The coffee grinder, and the coffee beans ready to crank out a morning wake-up call.
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WALKING THE PLANK
I had fun doing this. I love mixing it up and having differnt styles in my various works.
In this, the clock and windchimes are actually suspended by fishing line while the shell is propped up. As for the crow, I brought him back (image) from a trip and placed him on the plank. Along with the addition of the crow I added the title of the image onto the clock along with reversing the image reflection of the shell for fun! Hope you like it!
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KITCHENWARE
A play with wooden kitchen utensils, dried flowers, and light! I generally use Topaz textures which was used for the background and my main body of work is done in photoshop.
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Quiet Time
A still life dipicting a time for reflection.
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