by speterlewis@gmail.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Social Distancing
I challenged myself this morning: No breakfast until you make something beautiful from something ordinary. Even after 35 years working behind the lens, and with enough photo gear to choke a mid-size SUV, I still find myself striving for simplicity. Line, form, the...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
This time of year in New England, whether you are a flower photographer or not, you’re taking pictures of flowers. How can you not? They’re all over the place and they’re beautiful! And I think they are just as gorgeous when they’re dead! The...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | Jun 2, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
I offer this as additional proof that stunning images (or at least the potential for them) are all around us. This is just three of my wife’s mixing bowls, nested and placed atop an LED light, with dandelion seeds and stems placed in the smallest bowl....
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 31, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
I have a thing for falling water. And the combination of water and flowers just seems so natural. This shot was very easy to make: find a cooperative blossom, pour water through it, and capture droplets with speedlights using very low power (hence, very short flash...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 28, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
If you have a garden, then you have no shortage of models this time of year, and they sit still and do what they’re told. We have several patches of irises in our gardens. We didn’t plant them, they were either here when we bought the place 21 years ago,...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 25, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
I do a lot of product photography, and it’s always new stuff. It all looks perfect. Today I decided to make a “product” shot of something that isn’t new. This is my old wire brush. I’ve had this thing for decades. I mostly use it to scrub...
