Day 70

Day 43

I got a bunch of these baby calla lilies yesterday to photograph. I put them in the light-box I made yesterday and played around with the lights until I got what I wanted.
Just when you think you understand lights..... it all goes wrong. I started out with a white background then decided it needed some more contrast so I changed the back sheet to black.

Day 36

I started out trying to back light a blood orange slice, the results were disastrous. I just couldn't figure out how to do it without getting lens flare and the light was way too bright even at 1/132 power. Then decided to go in a different direction and try my hand at a still life, with the fruit I had. The cloth is a piece of material I bought in Guatemala last year. I tried adding different elements to the still life but nothing worked for me as well as this did. I just love symmetry and couldn't figure out how to add odd objects to this. So there you have it, my first fruit still life.

Day 33

I've been working on which photos I should submit to the Greenwich Arts Council for consideration to get accepted to "Art to the Avenue" all day long. It is a very difficult process to choose 6 photos that represent my work. I've decided to go with my photos from Africa since that is what I have an abundance of, you can see some on my websight here....

http://bettywisse.com/-/bettywisse/

However I am hoping that after 365 days of this project I will have a whole new portfolio or 2 or 3.
So for today's photo I just took a quick shot of some peacock feathers I had laying around and added a texture I found here

http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/

Day 14