Creative collaboration with my daughters.My preteen wanted to do something dramatic.
Enjoy!
The centre of a very beautiful rose
I’ve bought six new IKEA glasses but one of them got broken when I washed it for the first time. Of course, I wouldn’t just throw it away, as well as my daughter couldn’t throw away a Camellia blossom she has found fallen at the ground two days later… / I believe these two imperfect subjects made a perfect combination. What do you think?
Grand Ma passed away six months ago it seems like yesterday. / She wanted to live to be one hundred she was just a year away. / I loved to visit with Grand Ma to me she seemed so young. / She had away about her that made time drift away. / She told me silly stories about when she was real young and men wore hats and courted her from a long long time past. / She talked about what it was like to be young way back then. / When simple things like a summers swim or riding on a bike would make conversation last long in to the night. / And an auto was a rich mans toy that really brought strange smiles. / She told me all the stories about how they use to dance. / And put on all their fancy things to maybe find romance and a man would come and take a bow an asked her for a dance ! / The hand was all that ever touched but that was strong enough! / And then when the Charlston came to town the people went real wild! / She talked about the first war and what it did to everyone, hiding in the basement crying as bombs fell all around! / She said that was a living hell! / And then she talked about the second one and running from the Russians in to the arms of the USA that was for her a blessing! / But of both she was afraid! / She liked it back in the days when men wore hat’s and dressed real nice not like these kids today! / She looked at me and said poor thing these times are really crazy!! / You’ll never understand the life we lived back not too long ago. / How reading by a fire made a spooky story oh so frighting! Not like sitting at the TV as your brain cells fall to sleep! / She talked about all the things she did with her three dead sisters. / And the one thing she loved the most was planting roses. / She talked about the fun she had and the laughter they all shared in the German Black Forest planting all types of roses. / She told me that the rose to her was the strongest of the flowers! / Because it learned over many long years how to protect its beauty! / She said a thorn was there to keep a man fingers from the attack! / And that the Rose to her was every woman’s sweet young heart usually broken by a man! / She said until a man took extra care to gently take the rose, he would be forever bitten by that neckless that she wore! / Grand Ma’s house was full of roses and that was her special bloom! / Not one time did I come by was a rose not in full view! / So there I was in my Kitchen looking at this rose today, and then it looked right back at me oh God I said no way! / It scared me half to death! / And right then and there I knew exactly who was looking straight at me!
I did a number of versions of this still life – in the end I closed my eyes and chose one at random! One does get a tad jaded after looking at these images for too long! Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
You can always tell a man by his hands…they can be rough, tough and dirty…but if they are gentle enough to grace a rose, than you know you found a winner! Pentax K10D A beautiful poem written by Dalton Sayre / Clasped in hands so strong / Petals bright and sweet / In contrast to the mines / So dark and full of heat This blessing Gaia gives / To those who take time out / To stop and smell the roses / And love instead of shout So hear the plea I offer up / To cloud and sky above / As I kneel on Mother Earth / As gentle as a dove I thank you for your bounty / And all that you provide / For roses blooming up above / And the ore you keep inside I know how much you care for us / Although you bear our scars / For unto us doth spill the light / Of sun and moon and stars
A miniature red rose in our backyard. / Colour-manipulated to enhance the water sprayed onto the petals. / Enlarged with a Canon 60mm Macro Lens. All artwork is copyright© to Stephen Mitchell All Rights Reserved. / You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify my photography, writing, and artwork without my express consent.
Experimenting with a very simple vintage effect … if you like it, I’ll post a tutorial. The process requires layers and while I did it in photoshop, I can’t see why it wouldn’t work in Elements. It is very effective on portraits also. Tutorial is posted here Third Place in Digital Manipulation section at 123rd Castle Hill Agricultural Show March 2009 Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
Model is Chelsea Rose / Makeup and Hair by Loran Bean / Assistant: Adam People seem to like when I say how I get my shots, so I will keep up with it! We went to the roof of a shopping centre carpark to shoot this series. It was WHITE, it was HOT, it was windy and it was…EXTREMELY HOT! We now all look like beetroots, we’re so red. I made the mistake of lying down on the HOT CONCRETE for about 10 mins for a series of shots. :( But it was worth it! All lighting is natural, no reflectors were used. This shot was one of the last in the day. ‘Chelsea, get in the trolly!’ I make my models do very uncomfortable things sometimes. What’s the worst thing you have made someone do in order to get the best photo? I want to hear your stories :D And as always, comments are always appreciated. xo / Rose
Model is Chelsea Rose / Makeup and Hair by Loran Bean / Assistant: Adam People seem to like when I say how I get my shots, so I will keep up with it! We went to the roof of a shopping centre carpark to shoot this series. It was WHITE, it was HOT, it was windy and it was…EXTREMELY HOT! We now all look like beetroots, we’re so red. I made the mistake of lying down on the HOT CONCRETE for about 10 mins for this shot. :( But it was worth it! I have been told it looks like she’s very high up. But she’s not really! All lighting is natural, no reflectors were used. And as always, comments are always appreciated. xo / Rose
For MERGE Magazine, May ‘09 Issue [out now]. Editorial [Fashion] supplement using PROOF Cosmetics. Proof Website Concept/Styling/Hair/MUA/Art Direction: Stephanie Mountzouris / Photography/Editing: Moi Models [L-R]: Rose, Jackie, Bianca, Annalisa, Jessie & Moira MERGE website / MERGE on MySpace / MERGE on Facebook Copyright 2009 Harmony Nicholas & MERGE Magazine btw the shot got shrunk by RB so if you want to see a larger version check it out here
“The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart.” Anonymous quote. Taken at Swanes Rose Nursery in Sydney (Australia) and treated in PS. Please visit my bubblesite for more comprehensive categories … Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
I had forgotten about this image – meant to upload it for a challenge that is now long over…many thanks to Alf for his critique of this image and for reminding me of the existance of the gradient tool in PS…
Featured in The Woman Photographer – June 2, 2009 / Featured on RedBubble’s Homepage – June 3, 2009 / Featured in All In, “Editing” – June 5, 2009
A tribute to Janis Joplin / Canon A540 Powershot / Me / My guitar The Rose – Bette Midler Some say love, it is a river / That drowns the tender reed / Some say love, it is a razor / That leaves your soul to bleed Some say love, it is a hunger / An endless, aching need / I say love, it is a flower / And you, it’s only seed It’s the heart, afraid of breaking / That never learns to dance / It’s the dream, afraid of waking / That never takes the chance It’s the one who won’t be taken / Who cannot seem to give / And the soul afraid of dyin’ / That never learns to live When the night has been too lonely / And the road has been too long / And you think that love is only / For the lucky and the strong Just remember, in the winter / Far beneath the bitter snows / Lie the seed, that with the sun’s love / In the spring, becomes the rose…
Spring blooming pink rose and peonies from my yard in May, enhanced with textures / /
An image of a dead rose blended with a photo of rust in CS3 / ... No 2 in a series. Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
An image of a dead rose blended with a photo of rust in CS3 / ... No 4 in a series. SOLD a card of this image July 2009 … thank you to the discerning purchaser! Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
Featured in Pacific Northwest Art in June 2009 Pink ballerina roses in an antique silver vase. / Blooming in my yard in May and June, taken in the Pacific Northwest of the USA / /
Oh, my love is like a red red rose, / That ’s newly sprung in June; / Oh, my love is like the melody / That’s sweetly played in tune. / Robert Burns. ....this beautiful Rose popped out in the garden this morning @ the Norfolk Broads UK… what a delight to behold.. ..Rose Garden ....as is straight out of the camera;Olympus fe 35/30 dpi 314 f-stop 4.6 ISO-100 ....
My mom, Charmian, is the most AMAZING person – warm, talented, compassionate, energetic, accomplished, enthusiastic, sympathetic, witty, intelligent and loving. She can sail a yacht and play the drums. She cycles in bike races, and thinks nothing of cycling 80km just for fun. She can do woodwork, paint pictures and so many other things that I can’t list them all. And she can garden – her garden is extraordinary, full of lavish beauty and breathtakingly delightful. If I was any good at landscape photography I would have shown you just how good she is, but seeing as I’m not, I thought I would show you just one of the hundreds of stunning roses she grows. Taken after a morning of rain at her house in Magoebaskloof, South Africa. Camera Model Canon EOS 500D / Shooting Date/Time 2009/10/31 11:17:32 AM / Shooting Mode Manual Exposure / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125 / Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3 / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM / Focal Length 100.0 mm
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