STILL LIFE
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Apples On Chair
On this composition I raised the back chair legs slightly in order to push everything forward a bit. Other than that is was just developing as usual using Topaz and Adobe Photoshop along with bouncing back a bit to ACR ( Adobe Camera Raw).
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Flowers Of Summer
The dahlias on display were grown in my garden. It was the first time growing them and I was very pleased an excited each day as I tended them. The large yellow ones are actually white but they are eight inches in diameter! What a blast!
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A Bowl Of Plums
One of my recent Still Life images with a bowl of plums. I had fun creating this and then enjoying a very tasty desert over a few days. Now, well, I'm just a regulartype of guy! :)
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Morning Ritual
A teapot and cup with dried flowers.
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Summer Romance
A romantic setting of flowers and fruit.
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Autumn Grass
The ornamental grass has produced their fall fronds in the garden. My wife and I enjoy their movement in the wind going from side to side as if conducting a musical symphony. The gentle sound of the waterfalls in the background, and yet a stillness at the same time, penatrating ones very being.
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TIME WARP
My impression of time. A good tool but an extremely bad master. Great for the illusion of duality!
The Coffee Grinder
The coffee grinder, and the coffee beans ready to crank out a morning wake-up call.
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Sunflowers On Chair
A bouquet of flowers on a chair.
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Cherries
One of my photographic images. A Still Life of cherries. I have found that like life, the cherries can be likened to our life experiences and memories, sweet and sour. And then there are the pits of course! :).
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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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The Sewing Basket
I found this sewing basket at a local Goodwill store. When I see something handmade like this I can’t help but appreciate the skill in making it. The top to the basket is in the foreground and fits beautifully. The basket inspired me to do this still life. As you can see, we don’t have a sewing machine. :)
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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. :)TheMorningPaperlanterncandleclockcoffe grindercoffeenewspaperpencil eye glassescoffe cupcupcoffee beansvasebooksdried flowerstimestill lifekeyscurtainswindow lightreflections
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
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.
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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 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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A Summer Setting
A still life portraying the gifts of summer.
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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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SWAN BOUQUET
R O S E S
Oops!
Black-Eyed Susan flowers spilling from a blue vase.
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A Story In Time
In times of deep stillness you can always experience your true self.
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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:
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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.
A Flower By Night A Dahlia By Day
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A Country Morning
Life on the farm.
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Holiday
A Still Life With Metal Water Pitcher And Fruit.
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