“I am a realist painter, but we can never paint exactly what we see …” Interview with Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Rebecca Giles is a still life painter who was born in Media, PA, but grew up in Europe and the Middle East. At the age of twelve, Rebecca discovered oil paints when she befriended an Uzbekistani…
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WTP Artist: Stephen Althouse
“Cloth, string, and rope are such expressive materials for me.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor “Stephen Althouse (b. 1948) fabricated his early sculptures out of wood, leather, and forged metal to resemble farming implements. Later, rather than making sculptures from raw materials, he began collecting already made objects which he loosely assembled together to…
Two Up
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 Easy. That’s what I thought when I read the prompt: “utilize two sides of a square…allow for room to breathe….shoot top down…” Easy…not! Maybe I was overthinking this hold concept but I could not put anything together that made me happy. Pearls is one…
Faffing
By David Hayes According to the Urban Dictionary, one of the many definitions of faffing is “…to muck around, wasting time doing something not necessary.” Another way to look at it is to just play around with objects to see what comes about…without any preconceived notion as to the end results. At least that’s how…
Photo Apps: A Tea Party Instagram Challenge
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 There are times when I hit a creative block…like everyone does. I’ve learned to try not to fret about this and to be patient. Most times this works. As of late I’ve had one of those blocks, until I saw a challenge on Instagram…
Like. A. Lightbulb
I’ve have received a lot of positive feedback from my recent “Like. A. Lightbulb” still photography series. It is such a simple set-up…three replica vintage Edison lightbulbs in a tall vase, backlit. Just goes to show that simple is best! Here are seven images from that series that I like the best!
Opening
Yesterday I posted some images of a stack of books that I used in my Be Still 52 still life shoot over the week-end. Only with the books there were also a vase of tulips, a vintage camera, and some vintage photos. Today I want to share with you all a close up of one…
Knowledge: Still Life iPhoneography
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 This stack of books is from a more elaborate still life I set up in my living room over the week to take advantage of the sunlight streaming through our front blinds. The most recent Be Still 52 prompt had us working with more…
The Four Lovelies
Pears have always been a subject of artists and photographers. Their skin and curves seem to attract many artists, including myself. Four Lovelies is my most recent study of pears this time shot with my iphone native camera app and processed with the iphoneography apps Distressed FX and a touch of Snapseed. Let’s…
Two Versions
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 You’ve seen my iphoneography images from this shoot in my earlier posts…now it’s time to show you what I did with my DSLR and Lightroom/Photoshop. Version 1 was edited in Lightroom and the preset Kim Klassen gave us was applied. With Version 2, I…
A Different Approach
David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 The beat goes on with my Be Still 52 workshop! This week we were asked to do prop gathering and then play around with more side lighting. Gathering props was fun…I do like finding something new to play with. I even took some time to…