autumn gatherings

An invitation to

'gather, drop and place'

a few signs of the season

onto a

moodboard

was simply too much

to resist.

This moodboard was

really a joy

to create

from an ever-growing stash

of dried florals,

satisfying an inborn urge in me

to select, arrange, and compose

intuitively.

(I am a collector and organizer of things, after all)

I gathered 'stuff' casually

- over the course of a few days -

as I spied something on the ground

or 'on the vine,' almost dried

and fair game for picking

this time of year.

And while I had all this bounty

scattered about my studio,

I felt the urge

to set up

a still life

photo shoot.

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One stem spoke to me

poignantly of life:

sadly fading, yet still

beautiful

graceful

s a c r e d

I needed

to draw that stem

to see

and

understand

how this

could

be.

Afterward

I wanted to draw

the simple beauty

of the five cherries

- one at a time - 

to see and capture

the uniqueness of

each one.

***

Notes:

CAMERA

Here's what I started with:

'gatherings'

on my

sewing table/desk

before Lillian marched through it

my moodboard set-up

in our garage:

I was hoping for some filtered afternoon light

but the wind forced me to close the garage door

and turn on the overhead light.

Canon EOS 6D

Tamron SP 24-70 f/2.8 lens

Manual Mode

hand-held

ISO 3200

f/5.0 1/125 sec

 my still life setup:

same camera and lens

ISO 400

f/5.0 1/4 sec

Lillian temporarily occupied

with a wad of paper

LIGHTROOM

I cropped and did my own basic edits,

then applied Kim's Moodswing preset,

following her accompanying video

to get those rich, moody tones.

PHOTOSHOP

Simple editing,

the same for all three images.

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