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Friday, September 26, 2014

life's passing seasons: an organic still life





a quick assemblage
of some
organic treasures
I found in a box
right in my own studio:
sea shells
gathered on a Scottish beach
+
a sprig of dried heather
from the southwest coast of Ireland
+
an old wooden bowl I got
on eBay awhile back
...
reminiscent
perhaps
of
some
past
stage of life
...



May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours.
- Irish toast -





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Notes:

CAMERA
Here is what I started with:
Canon EOS 6D
Tamron SP 24-70 f/2.8 lens
Manual Mode
no tripod
ISO 3200
f/4.5 1/160 sec
afternoon light

LIGHTROOM
I tried a couple different crops
to make the most of the pensive white space;
I wanted to de-saturate and cool the color a bit
so I played A LOT in the Develop Module
with HSL and Tone Curve panels
and fine-tuned Kim's Melancholy preset.

PHOTOSHOP
Lots of experimenting
with
textures, layers, layer masks
and adjustment layers
to get the feel
just right.

and with Kim's help
I've figured out how to
get my drawings
into my blog!
(I'll save that for another post)

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12 comments:

  1. Beautiful 'organic' still life. Love those sketches too. Happy Friday!

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  2. I wondered if those are your drawings, and yes please share. I am having Mallory work on a Title banner for The Coffee Shop Chronicles and that will be so helpful to her and to me to know how to get it where it needs to go.

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  3. I especially love your background cloth, so lovely with the seashells wonderful organic

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  4. wonderful organic images...and your line drawings are exquisite...

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  5. Beautiful! I especially like your explanation of your process...Thank You!

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  6. WOW, fantastic composition. Visiting from Friday Finds.

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  7. Love these! And I need to know how to add stuff too. But I think I know how to look it up.

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  8. Cindy, what a lovely tribute to your sister. I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm sure you feel it every day. Thanks for your kind comments on my syringe art. It was cool to take bits and pieces of treatment and turn it into something inspiring. Are you going to the Light the Night Walk this Thursday?

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  9. such a lovely image - and it sounds like it is packed with memories for you.

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  10. Hi Cindy, I'm visiting by way of Kim Klassen today. So happy I found your site - for so many reasons. I LOVE your drawings - it's the gentle touch you use and the kindness in every line - something that is truly sincere. Your organic image is beautiful. I especially appreciated how you shared the set up and your work process to achieve this look. I think it's your composition and cropping that really make this picture (sometimes I look down at a bowl and some shells and think - Now what?). You have a great eye for photo styling - and it's easy to see that art is your life. Your tinkering in LR paid off - the final image is the beginning of a great story.

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  11. Such beautiful soft lighting and wonderful composition. I love seeing how people create their work - thanks for sharing that! Many congrats on the TT feature today!!

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  12. Congratulatons on the TT feature today!

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