Foto Friday: Still-Life

Our challenge theme this week is still-life. I must not be the only one that immediately thinks of bowls of fruit at the term "still-life." (You can see a bigger version here: A Fruitful Idea.)

Following last week's declaration of turning this weekly challenge into a selfie project as well proved to be a little harder than I had anticipated. But my three-year-old photography assistant saved the day when she told me I could "take a picture of me taking a picture of the fruit." I did. But then I put myself into the frame too. 

Things I learned:

• Direct light in the late afternoon is lovely.
• My old D70 feels really awkward in my hands. 
• Pushing the remote with my foot almost always results in three frames.
• It's actually kind of tricky to arrange fruit and make it look appealing.
• My little kid cannot leave the fruit in the bowl. But she has really good ideas, so I forgive her.

Comments

[Rhonda]

WICKED cool shot Mary!! Love the strong lights and darks in it! totally cool!

[Heather M.]

Ack. Just realized I forgot to leave a comment. I love your take on this challenge. Your ideas just blow me away.