Hand Tinted Still Life, B&W Film
Megan Hutton - Hanging Basket
Megan captured this well composed still life as an assignment while a student at Wilkes Community. The original was taken on black and white film, scanned to digitize the image and brought into Photoshop where she very carefully hand tinted the various objects. The image has a subdued color which is quite different from that taken with color film or a digital camera. It helps to convey an old world timeliness well suited to the various components. There is no “wow” factor here. Rather it’s a calming and comfortable effect, as the photographer intended.
As a bonus, here’s
another photo from Megan. This time it’s a digital image taken in September of 2011 with a Nikon Coolpix P7000. A good example of getting close to your subject. Great detail and lighting.
I like reactions to the “wow” culture we live in – or what is that other thing?? “You made it pop!!” as if some hard worked creativity is all to do with momentary supply of effervescence and warmed up soap-bubbles!!!
Megan shows the way a composition can be imbued with considerable interest which always provides a lasting effect. It is worth the hard effort to make something hand-made, even if it starts off with pressing a trigger.
Also, I like how the cords divide the sections and the way the added color gently weighs in the primary elements to the arrangement, added to the subtle complementaries of the basket against the green glass carefully positioned in the whole. This a well thought out study spanning all the varied echoes of curves and ovals starting at the ‘porthole’, journeying and dipping through the plane and rising into the mirror on the right.
Very enjoyable!
pretty! I bet that was hard work!