I tried something the other day - just a little experiment... A few irises had fallen over in the garden so my husband brought them in and put them in a vase on the kitchen island. There are some bright lights above the island and they really made the flowers glow.
I wanted to take some photos of the light on the flowers but the background of the kitchen was far too distracting. So I grabbed a 12 x 12 sheet of plain black cardstock to use as a backdrop.
I found out that you could angle the paper to reflect the light differently - in the shot above, I was leaning the paper back a bit so the lights over the island were hitting it directly.
When I tilted the paper a little bit forward, I could get this dark black background. Unfortunately, by the time I tried this, the flowers were already starting to wilt - they just don't last very long at all inside.
I think the effect is very dramatic. Next time I will try setting up the tripod to make it easier to get a very sharp focus (it is hard to work with one hand on the camera and one holding the paper!).
I've been busy sorting and tossing all sorts of things around the house. I've started in the kitchen, but no room is safe! I had a few things in the back of the cupboard that expired quite a while ago...they are gone and now I have more space!
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Hi Diane, Your parents are beautiful and when I was trying to see if you looked more like your father or mother I noticed that you look like both... and your parents look alike, making them a great match. The picture is lovely and I love what you did with the flowers on your ring pillow.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tip using a black piece of cardstock, I will try this. This summer we are redoing our deck in the backyard so not much time for planting a garden and flowers, however I promised myself that next summer I will plant beautiful flowers and will definately be asking you for advise since I know nothing about gardens except that they are absolutely beautiful.
Have a great day.
Claire