by speterlewis@gmail.com | Mar 24, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
Just a few feet away from the Day 4 photo of Amanda’s rose, I found delightful chaos in the form of dried sage hanging from the apple ladder lashed to the ceiling. This form of photography and post processing is referred to as Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
Upon our dining room ceiling I hung an old apple ladder years ago fastened to the ancient joists with some cut nails and lengths of twine. And upon the rungs of the old ladder each season I hang garden herbs to dry and cast fragrance. Two months ago I hung there among...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Mar 22, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
For some reason, today’s shot was hard. I picked a bunch of lovely old sunflowers from out in the yard. All sorts of dried out and picked apart by birds. And I tried a bunch of them but nothing worked. Desperate (perhaps an overstatement), I finally just picked...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Mar 21, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
This is just an old bucket that I found out in the barn years ago. According to the label, it originally held white lead. Soon it will likely just hold a potted plant. I think it has loads of character, and may have mouse turds in the bottom. Which I will leave for...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Mar 20, 2020 | Social Distancing
Today begins a grand experiment. I just lost my job due to the Coronavirus, and have joined the growing and scary (perhaps scared) ranks of the unemployed. I am grateful to my employer and glad that they expect to hire us all back in a few weeks (although that may be...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Mar 17, 2020 | Freelancing, Product
This is a great illustration of why product photography can be more time-consuming than it might seem. You set up your lights, dial in the base exposures, arrange any reflectors or flags you need, focus stack, bang out the requisite images (in the case of the shot...
