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Teapot, Reflections, and Pears

July 7, 2025 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment


I had an old silver teapot on my credenza, just gathering dust. I bought it years ago in Charleston thinking it might be worth something. I still don’t know about that, but it was pretty. Before using it in my image, I first had to polish it. I always wanted to use it in a still life, but didn’t know what to do with it. Finally, I decided to add some Peruvian Lilies to the opening. I love the look of pears so I added them as well. I added a lovely ornate candle holder with an orange and yellow thick candle to offset the orange in the flowers. The background is a texture I added in. i think the darkish background brings out the beauty and drama of this arrangement.

Filed Under: Still Life Photography Tagged With: afternoon tea, arrangement, art, background, brown, candle, close up, cozy, decorative, elegant, flower, flowers, food, fresh, fruit, fruits, glass, green, leaves, metal, metallic, old, orange, pear, pears, petal, plant, pot, reflection, silver, soft, still life, still life food, tea, teapot, texture, vintage, warm, warm lighting, white, yellow

Spoons in The Sink

August 24, 2024 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

 


I enjoy using everyday, mundane, items that nobody even thinks twice about such as utensils in the sink, and turning them into art. We sometimes miss beauty that surrounds us in different ways. Who would find beauty in a couple of spoons sitting in some soapy water in the sink. I took a little artistic liberty with this image in that I added a pinkish layer to give it a little color. I arranged these shiny spoons in a pleasing manner in the sink and added some bubbles. My goal was to show that seemingly ordinary things we see all around us can have beauty when visualized through an artist’s eye.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Still Life Photography Tagged With: basin, bubble, bubbles, clean, cleaning, cleanliness, detergent, detergents, dish soap, dishes, dishware, dishwashing, drain, foam, foamy, froth, frothy, grease, household, housework, kitchen, kitchen spatula, kitchen utensils, messy, metal, remove, rinse, rinse out, shiny, silver, sink, soap, soap suds, soapy, soapy water, spoon, spoons, stainless steel, steel, tableware, utensils, wash, washing dishes, water, wet

Flowers in Studio 2020

April 22, 2020 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

I set out to photograph some lilies and other pink flowers with fruit. I decided to add this to its own post since I wanted to highlight the flowers. The pink flowers bloom on  a bush in front of my house but I don’t know their name. They bloom every year. I added some different textures to show how the same photo can be changed with different backgrounds. I also set the lily up on the silver platter to show the reflections.




Filed Under: Flowers and Trees Tagged With: backgrounds, bloom, bush, flowers, fruits, lilies, pink, platter, reflections, silver, textures

Food and Flowers in Studio

April 22, 2020 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

Since we are in a lockdown due to the Pandemic, I have been coming up with creative photo ideas in my studio. What do I like most?–Food and flowers! So, I set out to make some fruit plates with cheese. I put everything on this silver plate that I got from Hobby Lobby as a prop some time ago and never used. I added a lovely lily that had bloomed in a vase at home. The resulting images are just what I had envisioned.

I also took some photos of the same lily and added different textures as backgrounds. It is amazing how a background can make the same image look different.




Filed Under: Flowers and Trees, Food Tagged With: backgrounds, cheese, flowers, food, fruit, lily, pandemic, plate, silver, studio, textures, vase

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