Category Archives: Still Life

Photographer’s Choice – Christine McCarty

Simple Can Be Better

Christine McCarty - Hand With Guitar

Christine McCarty - Hand With Guitar

There’s no missing the focal point in this image. The focus is is on the hand, not the guitar but the two go together to tell the gentle story. Christine chose to place the subject in soft, filtered natural light placed against a dark background to prevent any extraneous objects from distracting the eye. A narrow depth of field provided sharp focus on the hand with a gradual softening as the neck with the head and tuning keys points to the upper right. The final touch is to render the scene in black and white adding to the classical look. Overall, a very pleasing image.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3 with an EF-S18-ffmm f/3.5-5.6 ISII Lens
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 800

Photographer’s Choice – Priscilla Popper

Leaving Nothing to Chance

Priscilla Popper - Yellow Tulips on Blue

Priscilla Popper - Yellow Tulips on Blue

All photographers seek to develop a unique style that sets their work apart, that fulfills their creative need to communicate in a distinctive voice. Priscilla is doing just that in her still life work. She chooses ordinary objects, places them in an extraordinary environment and carefully orchestrates the light and colors to capture an image that faithfully portrays her imagination. For the above she selected blue cloth, blue poster board, a blue vase and, for the perfect complementary color, bright yellow tulips. Natural side light streams in and the perfectly placed framing triangle was created by raising and lowering the shade on the window. The final image is both exciting and comforting, warm and cool simultaneously. Another look at the great creative talent we have in the ACC.
Here are two more examples of Priscilla’s work. Continue reading