Meghan’s Gallery

Once again, this is really last week’s photo, because once again I’m a bit behind.

This week’s photo is a bouquet of daisies, roses, and carnations that I picked up at the store last weekend as a test subject for my light box. With diffused sunlight coming through the cream background from the window behind the lightbox, and a little bit of ambient lighting from the front of the box, the colors are nice and rich.

Autumn Flowers, originally uploaded by Meghan A.

This is really last week’s Photo of the Week, I just forgot to post it. One day last week, while I was working from home, I took the camera out into my backyard at lunchtime. This old bottle has been sitting on the patio table as long as I can remember, and I’ve always been meaning to shoot it. With the sun high, the shadow and lighting was interesting, and when I processed it later, it turned out even more interesting in black & white, which the contrast and brightness bumped to keep the shadow and the hint of the table edge.

Old Bottle, originally uploaded by Meghan A.

Can make a big difference.  For example, take this photo of a basket. Pretty nice, decent color and contrast, not a bad picture.

Then convert it to black and white, adjust the contrast and shadows a bit. Now it’s really interesting!