Last week I attended a bouquet making workshop in Amstelveen at the Boerma Institute (http://boerma.nl/) It was so wonderful learning about making bouquets after shooting so many of them over the years. I have a renewed appreciation for the craft and can't wait to test my newfound knowledge when I am down in Mexico next week for my sister's wedding.
Wiley getting sweet on some florals - thanks to Piet!
A few portraits of my sweet sweet mama - I took a few others on the Hasselblad from this same session, but have not had the chance to scan the negatives to get a few up on the web. The light in our backyard is always amazing, and those peonies! My goodness -- swoon... Someday I will have a garden, until then however, I will have to be content with little succulents on the aft deck!
The light specific to 'in between' spaces is amazing. I always look for doors, open hallways, or spaces that have a clearly definitive light and dark area. I like to play with placing the subject in the light or in the dark. Here my lovely mama is stepping indoors, so she is backlit, but I over exposed a few stops so while her hair is very light, I still held onto the backyard.
One of things I love about photographing people is that you call just about anything a portrait - it can be just the hands, or just jewelry, you don't even need to see the face! A portrait is to capture some sort of that person, some aspect of their 'ness,' whether it's in the expression, the movements, or the smile, you are getting just a piece of who they are.