Today the theme for TT is “From Above”. This has to be one of my favourite types of photography. Kim first introduced it in one of her classes (I can’t remember which one), but I fell in love with it immediately. It tells a story like no other type of photo can, and she sent me in a whole new direction, full of ideas and possibilities.
For this image I used one pot of the succulents I’ve been wintering, along with some pebbles, garden shears, and a photo that I took last spring (of the potting bench). You see, there is a story here … but this is not the potting bench, it’s simply a small bench I keep indoors for a prop.
So many possibilities … I have a hashtag on Instragram called #fromthepottingbench where most of the photos are from above. I even wrote a tutorial for Digital Scrapper called “Art From Above” where I explain how to set up a photo, and then draw inspiration from it to create a layout.
Thank you so much for stopping by, and have a Happy Tuesday!
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You are so organized, wish I was half as….love the succulents and from above they are even better. Great post Barb
Chiming in with Barbara H, yes, Barb you are so very organized! Photos from above draw me right into the picture. I love your little succulent plant and the bench background!
Lovely image Barb, and thanks for the tutorial on WordPress…
Very pretty!! <3
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So many wonderful from above shots! I really love your heart rock with the purple flowers.
Just gorgeous – and I will be following your series of setting up the a project gallery!
Thank you, Cindy! And I’m so glad you’ll be following my series! Thank you!
I like the composition of this shot.
I noticed one of your thumbnails was “I love lilacs”. I do too, but I don’t get them here.
that is sweet. :)
Beautiful image! Love that you are so organized to create a project gallery! Beautiful gallery!
Lovely! And I love that you included your project gallery. I’ll be going back to those other posts as soon as I can. It’s evident that you have a special affinity for ‘from above’. I haven’t quite found the key yet {but then I haven’t tried as hard as I should, either!}
Oh, I love all your ‘from above’ images, Barb, just wonderful !
Have a nice week,
Sylvia
it took me a minute to get the perspective from your shot. But I think it’s a fantastic shot! Thank you for popping over to my place and leaving a comment. xo
i love this perspective and the story your shot tells. awesome!
Awesome image – I love all of your From Above images too, as well as your instagram feed!
love the scene at your “potting bench” be it inside or out :-)
beautiful vignette created with your succulent garden <3
Thank you for sharing this lesson and your lovely shots from above. I didn’t know Kim had used this theme before and I was stuck till the last minute. I photographed flowers “from above” so I guess I was on the right track. You certainly are organized and a real go-getter!
Beautiful perspective Barb. Love your thumbnails too. I just couldn’t get it together to play at Kim’s today so i’m off wandering and visiting those that did!
Glad I stopped by from TextureTuesday links, love the composition of your shot and need to read the series. I am doing Captureyour365 so I am always looking for photography and photoshop inspiration.
I’ve not done very many from above photos so this was a fun experiment for me. I enjoyed reading your gallery tutorial and will stop back for part 2. It’s a great idea. I do miss the early days of doing websites when we had more freedom with the html to add things. WordPress really limits it, and Blogger is a bit more friendly about it. There was more work to it because it was all hands on and not just a template to follow, but not really. It was fun for me and such a learning curve. I was in Geocities for quite a few years when I first started and did a lot of work and then sadly, they closed down the site. My work is still floating around out there, which I did not think could happen since I had taken all my things off the site when they announced closing, and I cannot get access to it. I’m hoping WordPress or Blogger don’t do that anytime soon, but I save all my posts in case and usually copyright them.
Anyway, loved your post. Happy Tuesday.
Great “above” shot! I love the beautiful green of the plant on the right.
Perfect choice for this time of the year!
Excellent composition as well as perspective.
Beautiful. Great Jade Plant. Beautiful color.
Lovely composition.
Beautiful garden image! Makes me aware of how close spring really is! I’m ready to get my hands in the dirt! I’ve not done much from above shots. Thanks for this inspiration. I’m going to work on that!