Practicing Still-life Photography

It's the last day of March and I had to get in a last posting since I was so distracted this month and really ignored my blog.  I took our kiddles to Michigan for a family visit and I took a little time to set up some still- life 's.  Here are some of my favorites:

 

In case you are wondering the plant at the upper right is a fern. I haven't been able to find out the species  of fern but the dots are spores which are visible at certain periods of the fern's life cycle.

These were things around my parents house. You know how some people's houses are a photo opp waiting to happen well that isn't quite the case at my parents house... but there is always a still-life opp as long as you can ignore the stuff going on in the background.  They are big collectors and live in a beautiful old farmhouse- actually two that were fused together in the 20's.

Later I decided to try to make my own still life by scrounging around in my Dad's closet of "crap" (one of many closets) We have "craps" drawers and closets- always something beautiful to be found just gotta look for it amid all the crap!!!

I found some porcelain flowers , a gently- torn vintage fan, some pieces of a watch and a piece of linen with the help of my Pop.  (That's Glen Michaels- check out his new website)








I'm toying with the idea of changing my banner to one of these last 2 photos... We'll see. Any opinions from the peanut gallery? Would love to hear from you!!

The Last Vestiges of Winter.... in Michigan

I have been very remiss- Haven't posted more than once this month!   So here are some photos I took while I was away with my kids visiting family.

  I've just returned from a family visit in Michigan and took some pictures of what I thought might be the last of winter...  We had a lovely blustery snowfall...

I also  looked for new little buds.... Here are some beautiful snowdrops peeking out of the ground cover...  The photo below left is the remains of last summer's hydrangea bushes...

Now that I'm back I hear we will be having another snowfall in NYC this Friday!!!

Get your galoshes out girls. 

Spring may have started according to our calendars but we aren't there yet.

Color Palette Pics of the week

Recently I discovered a new site Pinterest that allows you to catalog all of your  favorite images found almost anywhere on the web.  I wrote about it for the first time back in October.   Since then I have found so many beautiful photos and photos of beautiful things that I've got quite a collection!

One of my "boards" (think file) is just for color palette ideas so I thought I'd show you some of my favorites this week.

This image is from the blog hapahale The bowls are from Mud Australia:

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This was found on You Can Make It Easy and was created by the artist Katharina Trudzinski:

Source: youcanmakeiteasy.blogspot.com via Cinderella on Pinterest

This image is from Color Collective curated by  Lauren Willhite. If you want new ideas in terms of color this is the place to go. I love the pairing of the nude with the red and blues.  She finds so many unlikely color combinations that are beautiful together and inspired by art and images.

Source: color-collective.blogspot.com via Cinderella on Pinterest

Source: bloesem.blogs.com via Cinderella on Pinterest

I want a room that feels like the colors in this bunch of posies: other-worldly.

Source: sundayinbed.tumblr.com via Cinderella on Pinterest

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See more images on  my boards at Pinterest You might get hooked and it takes up less room than a pile of tearsheets from magazines.

I hope this gave you some ideas or maybe just a much needed break to look at pretty things.
Have a good week!