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Square White Space

August 11, 2014 by Barb 12 Comments

Good Monday Morning! What are you having for breakfast?Bowl of Cherries

I’m having white space.

One of our challenges in the Be Still 52 class was to create a still life around a spoon. Once again my love for clean, minimal, and white kicked in.

I took this with my DSLR and I have to tell you that it’s becoming more and more difficult for me to set up for a square image. I’ve become so used to my phone which makes it a breeze because of the option to take a square shot to start with.

So here I first set everything on a 12×12 inch piece of scrapbook paper and then removed it when I was ready to shoot. That helped but it wasn’t perfect. I still had to crop and straighten. Then I had to lighten, brighten, dodge and burn. Oh well, it turned out in the end and I achieved what I was going for.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Filed Under: Artful Photography, Still Life Tagged With: be still 52 class, lightroom, photoshop

Comments

  1. TexWisGirl says

    August 11, 2014 at 7:51 am

    so very cute!!!

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  2. Dotti says

    August 11, 2014 at 9:37 am

    Love the minimalism with the pops of yellow and red!

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  3. Gail says

    August 11, 2014 at 10:45 am

    Even though the minimalist layout was a bit of work for you, it certainly paid off! I adore the single cherry on the spoon and seeing just the edge of the bowl. Nicely done. You are the master of still lifes!

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  4. Roxi says

    August 11, 2014 at 10:50 am

    I never really thought about setting up on purpose for a square. That would be a challenge! Too bad there’s not an overlay to put on your lens.

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  5. lisa says

    August 11, 2014 at 11:23 am

    Wonderful simplicity, Barb!

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  6. Judy says

    August 11, 2014 at 12:19 pm

    Did you create or simply enhance the shadows with the dodge and burn tools? Great contrast between the rounded spoon and fruit with the angular edges of the bowl.

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    • Barb says

      August 11, 2014 at 7:06 pm

      Thanks Judy! Actually the I only dodged and burned the cherry on the spoon :) but I did lighten the white background using curves.
      Barb

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  7. Beverly says

    August 12, 2014 at 5:55 am

    Excellent set up…the minimalistic clean look is spot on. I love the colors, and the single cherry in the spoon! Beautiful!!

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  8. Viv says

    August 12, 2014 at 6:34 am

    Great capture Barb, it’s amazing how difficult it is composing a ‘simple’ still life…

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  9. Sylvia says

    August 12, 2014 at 12:14 pm

    Great capture,Barb, such a wonderful color combination !
    Nice week,
    Sylvia

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  10. Melinda says

    August 12, 2014 at 3:16 pm

    You are inspiring me! Love the simplicity (albeit deceptively simple. . .) of this set up! Beautifully done!

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  11. Cathy H. says

    August 14, 2014 at 8:10 am

    Simplicity and white space can create such beautiful images! This turned our beautiful!

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