Red Velvet Cake

"I don't know what's more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early, or acting like you know what you're doing."  -  Jim Gaffigan, actor and comedian

Lemons

I bought some lemons.  The lemons were for my Be Still 52 assignment which was to create a still life photo inspired by a still life painting.  After I took photos for the assignment, I took a few more photos that I liked better and thought I would share them today with Texture Tuesday.  

My still life photo (below) for the Be Still 52 class didn’t turn out how I had it pictured in my mind.  I need to find a different glass pedestal, this one seems crooked.  I thought it was sitting crooked on the wood paneling, but no, it is just crooked.  I didn't see this until I was trying to edit the image.  I guess that happens sometimes.  

I have some very exciting news… my little brother (he is 39 years old) and his wife had their first baby last night… it’s a boy.  I am so happy for them.  I can’t wait to take pictures of baby feet.  I love baby feet.  

Today I am joining Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday and Be Still 52.  The still life image was textured with Kim’s textures dessert_2b, cecile and waterfront 7_magic in screen mode for the canvas texture.  I kept playing with layers until I felt it looked like an old still life.  The other lemon images were textured with Kim’s texture gift and the top one has a layer of waterfront7_magic also.

Thank you for stopping by!!

Have a great week!!

Michelle

 

Pears

In my Be Still 52 class the assignment was ‘organic’, to interpret as we would like.  When I think of organic I automatically think of organic fruits and vegetables, so I bought some pears at the local fruit stand.  I also think of nature, making wood my choice of background. 

I tried and tried to get the color the same in both images for this diptych, I couldn’t do it.  Then I realized with a different point of view and the light hitting the subject differently, it was impossible to get the color exactly the same.  I settled for close.

Today I am joining Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday and the class Be Still 52.  I used Kim’s Lightroom preset darklight, brought some saturation back into the images and other little changes here and there. (Is an image every really finished?)  I textured the images with Kim’s textures colton and dessert.

Thank you for stopping by!!

Have a great week!!

Michelle

 

Confucius Quotes and a Still Life Portrait

 ‘Respect yourself and others will respect you.’ - Confucius

‘The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.’ - Confucius

‘What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.’ - Confucius

I was searching for quotes and came across a few from Confucius.  He was a smart guy.  It is amazing that quotes from over two thousand years ago still hold significance today.  

In my Be Still 52 class the assignment was to take a Still Life Portrait, no person in the image but items that give you a 'portrait' of the person.   This is a Still Life Portrait of my daughter, Megan.  I took the photo on her worktable, under the strong light.  This is where she loses all track of time.  She makes jewelry at this table, stamping letters into metal shapes or making pendants with wire and beads.  Megan loves chocolate milk and Trader Joe’s macaroons.  Blue is her favorite color.  She collects keys and went through a phase writing faces on rocks, I still find them everywhere in the yard.  She loves the ocean and collecting seashells and sea glass.  Megan’s love for the ocean prompted her to get certified in SCUBA, just in an indoor pool for now; someday she would love to SCUBA in the ocean and be a marine biologist.  Her bird Rosie is one of her favorite companions, Rosie follows her everywhere.  Thirteen years flies by so fast…

There is a slight chill in the air, fall is on its way in my part of Ohio.  It is time to find jeans and sweaters that have been hidden for a while now, making soup and soon taking lots of pictures of colorful leaves.  I hope you are enjoying your fall weather too.

Today I am joining Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday.  My top image was textured with Kim’s texture 0603 and my Still Life Portrait was textured with total grunge.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Have a great week!!

Michelle