Monday, January 28, 2013

Beyond, Beyond - Week 1

Beyond, Beyond is the new Kim Klassen class I am taking. You all know that I love Kim! This is a year long class with assignments once a week, easily done right?

Except that Kim and the teacher of the other class that I taking right now are ganging up on me this week. Both are making me photograph with intention.

The challenge from Kim this week was to set up a scene to shoot, take 10 different shots; close up, further back, change the angle, the focal point, experiment with negative space (more or less). Really "see" what I was capturing. Do not move the subject. Move my body, move the camera and move my focal point.

Deciding what to shoot was hard, I am not much of a still life shooter, only when I have a PURPOSE for it do I do it. I needed to find something interesting enough to take 50+ shots of...then I saw it. The wood cornice that I found at a flea market last year. I love all the different nooks and crannies, the layers and texture of the paint. I could do this!


I added a dried hydrangea blossom that I had found on one of my morning walks.

I used my 50mm 1.8 lens for some shots, but a lot of them were with my 60mm 2.8 Macro lens. I took 90 photos and I kept 40 of them. More than I ever expected to keep. 

I really enjoyed exploring different angles, and using my macro lens. I was surprised how fast an hour passed while I was doing my assignment.

14 comments:

Unknown said...

Just lovely!

nancyjean said...

hi sarah...i just love hydrangeas...so beautiful! and the cornice with the pealing paint...wonderful textures! such a great collage!

Anonymous said...

You will have to revise your opinion of yourself now -- you are a great still life shooter. These are beautiful.

Anonymous said...

I love those golden tones. Beautiful!

Viv@Thoughts from the Desktop said...

Sarah it's great...... love the macro shots and the hydrangea really sets it off...

Mary said...

Nice Sarah. You like your 60mm Macro Lens, do you use it often? May be my next big inverstment.

Cathy said...

Sarah this is really so lovely. I love the way it all comes together. I would frame this.

Cathy H. said...

Wow!! Theses are fantastic! I was drawn to the shapes and textures. I would say you're a great still life photographer!

Helen said...

Beautiful Sarah - very inspiring!

Dotti said...

Lovely ... all the way around lovely!

Pride In Photos Beauty said...

The gold of the background with the flower...fantastic coloring!

Sherri B. said...

You did a beautiful job...gorgeous, subtle tones and lovely texture!

Anne Camille said...

A beautiful still life arrangement and gorgeous shots! Well done!

Roxi H said...

Awesome. What's intriguing is, it makes one wonder about the rest of the photo.