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Still Life Photography

The Beauty of Simplicity: A Still-Life Study in Light and Texture

The Beauty of Simplicity: A Still-Life Study in Light and Texture

  • April 13, 2025
  • Creative Writing / Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
  • 3 Comments

This still-life photograph captures the quiet beauty of everyday objects—a tin of sardines, a weathered coffee cup, and scattered crackers—brought to life through moody lighting and rich textures. Inspired by Dutch and Spanish still-life traditions, it’s a study in simplicity and storytelling.

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Vanitas with Papers and Brushes: A Reflection on Life’s Transience
Vanitas with papers and brushes

Vanitas with Papers and Brushes: A Reflection on Life’s Transience

  • January 5, 2025
  • Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
  • 1 Comment

  Vanitas with Papers and Brushes "Vanitas with Papers and Brushes" is one of a series of evocative photographic still life compositions steeped in a moody, dramatic atmosphere, resembling a…

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The Fisherman of Nazare
sardines and crackers

The Fisherman of Nazare

  • May 16, 2024
  • Creative Writing / Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
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  The Fisherman of Nazare The last of today's sun has cast its warm glow on Nazare, a tiny and inviting whitewashed stucco village covered in red tile roofs and…

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Fall Colors – Still Life with Pears
Still Life with Three Anjou Pears

Fall Colors – Still Life with Pears

  • November 18, 2023
  • Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
  • 2 Comments

  Still Life with Pears - Capturing the Beauty of Fall Colors" This simple still-life image of three brilliant red Anjou pears seems appropriate for the colorful Fall season, at…

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Tools of the Trade – a Still Life
Woodcarving Tools

Tools of the Trade – a Still Life

  • October 22, 2023
  • Fine Art Photography
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Tools of the Trade Woodcarving Tools were the tools of my trade in my previous life. I recently made this still-life image of the Tools of My Trade. Long ago…

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Attic-ware aka Ancestral Guilt
Still Life with Bear and Roses

Attic-ware aka Ancestral Guilt

  • March 18, 2023
  • Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
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Attic-ware Attic-ware is a term I've come up with to describe all that stuff we store in the attic, closet, basement, or wherever for sentimental reasons. You probably have your…

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Sunflowers with Pears – a Still Life
Sunflowers with Pears-

Sunflowers with Pears – a Still Life

  • June 19, 2022
  • Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
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“Sunflowers with Pears - a Still Life”   Harbingers of summer. What more so than this American native, the giant yellow sunflower. Sure to bring a smile to your face.…

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A Bunch of Okra | Still Life
A Bunch of Okra-

A Bunch of Okra | Still Life

  • June 5, 2022
  • Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
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"A Bunch of Okra" "A Bunch of Okra" is my most recent still life composition. What is it with okra? You either love it or hate it. "Yuck, it's slimy,"…

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Orange and Blue – a Still Life
Orange and Blue - a Still Life

Orange and Blue – a Still Life

  • May 29, 2022
  • Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
  • 4 Comments

"Orange and Blue - a Still Life"  "Orange and Blue" is a slight change of tack from my usual still-life compositions. Typically, my still-life photographs are darker, fully saturated compositions…

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Raspberries and Blackberries – a still life
Raspberries and Blackberries - a still life

Raspberries and Blackberries – a still life

  • May 22, 2022
  • Fine Art Photography / Still Life Photography
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"Raspberries and Blackberries - a still life" is a new addition to my Still Life portfolio. The dark and moody feel of the composition was a bit of a challenge…

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