Still Life photography – It is all about the light

October, life still

Today’s featured photograph is a seasonal still life celebrating the harvest in the Northern Hemisphere.

PBS KVIE Auction this coming Fall

My still life photograph Crabapple Harvest is going to be auctioned October 1 – 3 on TV (KVIE-HD). All proceeds benefit the PBS station, KVIE.

The Only Constant in Life Is Change.- Heraclitus The other day, after noticing how the flower above had turned into such a wild old lady with the “hair” all messed up, I could not resist making a portrait of it. Aging is a common experience to all of us, and wilting flowers have the powerContinue reading “Fading beauty photography”

Selective lighting in botanical photography

“If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all of it.” John Loengard In a previous post, Spring Musings, I mentioned selective lighting and darkening the background as my favorite tricks to make a flower picture look a little different. I explained how I do it in the field with the help of a speedContinue reading “Selective lighting in botanical photography”