113:365 Salmon Cut

Partly to help out the restaurant, Livingston's in Linlithgow, and partly for my college style life, i had the opportunity to shoot some still life food.

This is - Whisky and Orange Cured Salmon, Rocket, Orange and Shallot Vinaigrette from the starter menu.

Really are nice folks at Livingstons and i can testify to the desserts being utterly awesome.

110:365 Fun with Smarties

Another still life type image, seems to be something i'm doing a lot of on here even though i'm not a big fan, just think they are easier for me to do :)

This time it's a replicant of something i seen in a previous magazine, maybe Digital SLR photography (i think).

It's Smarties in a white tube (made from a4 white paper) with a cd holder front on the top and some syringe dropped water, with a flash from hitting it from around a foot away.

I do quite like this though :)

104:365 The keys to my Life

Another crap one tonight as i'm just in from the pub, 4-4 - oh my what a game that was.

pic of my keys with flash shot through a tea towel, this was a test but i liked it better than the 'final' one :)

094:365 Another Vroom Vroom

Spent another couple of hours today trying to get this to work, much much much happier with this shot.

Shot with flashgun through softbox from above.

think that's my still life stuff all complete now :)

093:365 Vroom Vroom

Some of the first test shots from my last still life stuff that i'm working on, this time trying my themed shot of model cars.

The background is an A3 print of the car park shot from yesterday.

Think it work ok, but still lots of tweaking to do.

091:365 Colourful Fun

Had spent a good few hours tonight trying to get another of my still life images to work and i've got nothing at all out of it ...

They just don't seem to be working at all.

So i ended up shooting this for todays shot instead... it's Glitter glue pens stood lid side down on our kitchen table with a flashgun fired through from behind.

I like the texture and glitter...

090:365 These Boots Were Made for ...

Today I had a wander into college and chatted to Keith and although i'm not feeling a lot more confident about my interview on Thursday I'm still a bit nervous...

So for todays shot i decided to play with my next still life element which is using "natural light" and used light coming through the kitchen window to light these old boots that i use for the gardening.

I've partially made them black and white and merged the layers to desaturate a little.

Really quite happy with these shots.

085:365 A Policemans Best Friend

Another image for my college still life work this time it's food based.

I love Donuts :)

083:365 Still Life Continues

Spent yet another couple of hours tonight doing some still life work, this time mixing up some whisky glasses and a wine glass.

This is probably the best one for me, i really like the deep red from the rose wine in the wine glass.

Although i still hate doing still life it is growing on me a little more.

082:365 Amber Nectar

Todays shot comes from my testing for our college still life module, i;m not a huge fan of this type of work but i spent a couple of hours this afternoon playing about with some still life stuff.

I quite like the final image here but knowing college i'll have to re-shoot a whole lot of them to get one they will like.

032:365 Orange Crush

Todays image is partly the one that I had planned, although it had changed a little from the one i had in mind.

To do this I sliced a clementine in half and froze both halves overnight.

The halves were then taken out and i shot some together before smashing one half using a rolling pin to destroy it.

It was placed on a wooden chopping board to give it an interesting textured background, and shot using off camera flash with a home made softbox.