STILL LIFE

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. :)
The Morning Paper lantern candle clock coffe grinder coffee newspaper pencil eye glasses coffe cup cup coffee beans vase books dried flowers time still life keys curtains window light reflections
Southern Comfort
I named this southern comfort because I imagined the vase to be something I might see in the southern U.S. It has been broken at one time and repaired and handed down to us. Since the daylilies are in bloom I thought it would be a great time to immortalize them both. I used window light and black fabric to get this effect plus a little photoshop.
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DAYLILIES IN JUG
daylilies jug still life
White Roses
Fresh picked roses catching the last light of the day.
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Drift Wood & Clematis
I have had this piece of driftwood in the garden for years with the idea of doing a still life. What better accompaniment than the spring flowers of Clematis.
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Tambura Man
I’m musically challenged but I love this drone instrument from India. An amazing sound that can be easily recognised in the background of East Indian Ragas.
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Tropical Teacup
A tea cup of flowers with a little Topaz Impressions, textures, and layers in photoshop. I wanted the feeling of sky and water for the background for a balance of warm and cool colors and to give a light presentation as a gift floating upon a cosmic sea! I often have fun mixing an artistic look with what appearts to be realistic to our eyes.
Tropical Teacup tea cup flowers floral pink flowers impressionistic
THE ATOMIZER
An atomizer and some flowers that are waiting to be brought back to life. I can just hear Gene Wilder in the movie “Frankenstein” exclaiming over and over “It’s Alive”. . . It’s Alive! :)
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A Summer Setting
A still life portraying the gifts of summer.
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A Guest For Tea
A fun still life welcoming a guest for tea. There is much planning, arranging, and work setting up for getting the image in the mind’s eye, whether it’a a landscape, portrait, or still life composition. What I love about it is that it may be quite some time if ever, that our inspiration as photographers will be duplicated by a phone camera, or a pre-set button in a software program. Images by all passionate photographers and digital artists are truly inspiring to me.
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Teapot Dahlias
An impressionistic rendition of dahlias in summer.
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A Loose Thread
Three spools of of loose thread.
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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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After Dark
clock candle lamp candle lamp fruit pear books bowl wooden bowl candle light
SWAN BOUQUET
crystal swan daises still life
Days Of Autumn
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R O S E S
still life rose
Oops!
Black-Eyed Susan flowers spilling from a blue vase.
Spill flowers yellow flowers blackeyed susans blue vase vase water water spill texture reflections floral
A Story In Time
In times of deep stillness you can always experience your true self.
pocket watch open book book eye glasses vintage glasses teacup and saucer teacup flowers bouquet dahlias fuzzy wuzzy dahlias floral
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 Toast To Life
Tin Cup Of Cut Flowers From The Garden.
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TABLE SETTING
Still Life with daylilies with a texture overlay.
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A Flower By Night A Dahlia By Day
fruit basket fruit basket plums wooden crate blue light evening evening light
A Country Morning
Life on the farm.
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A Special Day
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Holiday
A Still Life With Metal Water Pitcher And Fruit.
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Garden Dahlias
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Crystal Grace
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Yellow Roses and Sea Shells
I had a lot of fun doing this Still Life and learned a lot as well. I find them very difficult and demanding and to me that is fun! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did in making it.
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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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Intimate Conversations
corded telephone antique telephone vase simple bouquet cup saucer cup and saucer tea coffee
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! :)
reflections Shakespeare book lilacs flowers curtain window light text crystal ball crystal
DAYLILIES IN VASE
Daylillys still life
A Sprinkling Of Garden Flowers
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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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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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The Heart Of Elegance
Three Red Roses in a Crystal Vase with reflection.
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A Dream By The Sea
A Dream By The Sea.
Dream The sea shells jar glass jar clouds design inspiration
Quiet Time
A still life dipicting a time for reflection.
Quiet Time chalice lamp candle flame candle lamp dried roses book red book beads prayer beads dollie candle light
A Sunday Afternoon
A summer hat and roses.
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A PITCHER OF FLOWERS
pitcher flowers still life
AN OPEN BOOK
still life candle book
Daylilies And Pitcher
Soft light and lots of Bokeh highlighting the magic of flowers!
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DAYLILY DIVA
daylilies still life
Red Roses
A still life setting of red roses in the cabin.
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THE BLUE VASE
blue vase flowers still life
GRECIAN VASE
greesican vase rose still life
HOSTA BLOOMS
still life hosts blooms

" Turning Moments In Time Into Works Of Art "

STILL LIFE