still life : composition and perspective

It's C & C Photography's 2nd photography assignment, and the focus this week is composition and perspective. So I gathered together some beach stones, seaweed, shells, a bowl from Ron Dean pottery, a witch ball, and a little sequined ball. I arranged them on a painted nightstand, with the afternoon light coming in the window. I used 3 different lenses to achieve these effects. I did my photo editing using Picnik.

Straight on

Bird's eye view

Up close and personal

Off center

Unfocused

Monochrome

I'm throwing in a few bonus shots, just because I couldn't leave these behind on the cutting room floor.

Sequins abstracted

Witch light

Textured

I took two other series of shots using different objects -- the first set (beach finds) was too busy (too many items) and the light and setting were wrong. The second set (toys outdoors) was cute but not really still life material-- more like a series of portraits.

I have to say I love the results of this assignment. The light was perfect, and the different textures and tones really helped. I like that because of the textures and light, the monochrome shot is interesting as well. Thanks to Camilla and Carolyn for another great learning experience.