Still Life Photography with a Dash of Black and White

Light and Shadow never stand still, they are always dancing together.

The camera is like a portal that offers an entrance into another world. We don’t see everything around us, that’s a fact. We make choices, often unconscious choices that filter everything for us.

I love apples. They are tasty and they are healthy to eat. But if I stop and admire nature’s work in the form of an apple, I realise how much I’ve taken for granted the vivid colours and the forms found in different types of apple.

Then move along to pears, not only the mild green-yellow of its skin, but the slightly rough textured skin. Like nature created a purse, especially to hold pear.

The above photo started at breakfast. I was sitting at my kitchen table drinking coffee, and staring out the window. Then I noticed the morning light. It seemed to lend everything a special translucent feeling that made the morning special. Then, when I looked across the room at my work surface, I saw a plum. It looked like a painting, not a plum to eat but admire.