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Reading by Candlelight

July 24, 2024 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment


I enjoy combining many seemingly unrelated objects into a cohesive composition and telling a story too. The theme is reading by candlelight so, in addition to the candle and books, I added a red candle holder, an alarm clock, and pears. I felt that his creation needed some lovely pink lilies to bring it together. The pink glass vase matched the pink lilies. This arrangement has a classic, still-life feel with a soft, blurred textured background.

Filed Under: Still Life Photography Tagged With: alarm clock, background, beautiful, blue clock, blue texture, book, burning, candle, candlelight, candles, clock, composition, coziness, decor, decoration, flame, flowers, food, fragrance, fruit, glass vase, glasses, green, house, indoors, light, lily flower, lit candle, natural, open book, pear, pears, pink lilies, pink vase, red, red candle holder, still life, table, vintage

Boots, Lilies, and Skull

January 30, 2024 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment


I had these old brown boots in my closet that I had not worn in a while. I wanted to use them in a photo, but decided to add a few items. Why not use the boots as vases? I absolutely love lilies, especially the gorgeous pink and purple ones, so I placed them into the boots. I felt the green stems and pink blooms would offset the brown in these boots. I decided to use a red candle holder and a skull. One would think that the elements I chose for this image would not work if taken by themselves. But together, the contrasting colors, shapes, and subjects form a pleasing, distinctive, yet unusual composition that somehow pleases me. For dramatic effect, I chose to photograph this creation in my studio against a black background.

 

 

Filed Under: Still Life Photography Tagged With: background, beautiful, black background, bloom, blooming, blossom, boots, boots with flowers, botanical, composition, death, flame, flora, floral, flower, flowers, footwear, green, green color, grunge, Halloween, head, horror, human skull, leaves, lilies, lilly, lily, mystical, petal, pink, pink color, plant, purple lilies, red candle holder, skeleton, skull, skulls, smoke, spooky, springtime, teeth, white candle, zombie

White Lilies

February 12, 2023 by Marilyn Botta

I just love white lilies against a black background. Here are three similar yet different images of white lilies. I hope you enjoy these pictures and love them as much as I do. I enjoyed taking these beautiful pictures.


Filed Under: Still Life Photography Tagged With: blue vase, flame, gold vase, green apple, green glass vase, red candle holder, smoke, white flowers, white lilies

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