{"id":499,"date":"2010-04-11T23:34:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T06:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=499"},"modified":"2010-04-21T19:03:44","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T02:03:44","slug":"peppers-and-irises-wk15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/11\/peppers-and-irises-wk15\/","title":{"rendered":"Peppers and Irises – wk15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, I purchased several bell peppers at the grocery store. I took care to select some peppers that were contorted. This morning, at breakfast, I took two of these bell peppers out of the fridge. Later after they had warmed up, losing the layer of condensation, I decided to try my hand. I had been pondering Edward Weston’s Pepper No 30<\/a>. I set out the peppers on a sheet of white foam core and used a reflector to fill in the shadows. I made several images with this set up on the dining table. The white background offered by the foam core was not a good idea. So I came in closer to isolate a smaller area.<\/p>\n

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Two Peppers<\/p><\/div>\n

Edward Weston shot his peppers in monochrome. I wonder how that would look?<\/p>\n

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Pepper Number Two?<\/p><\/div>\n

Later this evening, I reviewed Edward Weston’s image. The dark background makes a huge difference to the success of his image. I will have to try something darker the next time. The one pepper is no longer whole, having been chopped up into a salad.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week, I purchased a bunch of irises. Our cat, Jasper, loves to play with fresh flowers, so they were placed in a vase well out of reach. Down came the vase for some experiments. I always enjoy photographing irises; we have planted in the garden and see them bloom every spring. Irises reveal many sensual shapes — this flower was no exception.<\/p>\n

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Sensual Iris<\/p><\/div>\n

From another point of view…<\/p>\n

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Another View<\/p><\/div>\n

“Good Morning” greets this cheery flower.<\/p>\n

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Good Morning!<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, here are two irises dangling from the vase.<\/p>\n

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Dangling Irises<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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