Before the story – I enjoy sharing my thoughts on photography(and PhotoShopped photos)  with you via these Blog pages – In addition to photos on these blogs the Club shares sideshows and videos on the screen on the Manor porch.  Any photos you send me (Jimbrubaker@earthlink) will get shared via one of our digital outlets.  Donald Wyllie volunteered to create slide show of your photos – he can put any subject into a show, but themes such as flowers, rocks, birds, mushrooms make great shows – think about it – You can get the joy from sharing.  Send photos to me, and I will  post them on the blog and/or get them to Donald.

Now the story: This whole story, today, is to feature Susan Hubbard.  She sent me  photos of the boat race she witnessed in Port Canaveral. 

Click in left column:  “1. Members – Out and About” to see her photos.

It is unusual for Susan to send me photos that are not of flowers.  Click:  2. Photo shoot images” then click on her name to see flowers she posted there in the past. 

Here is one flower Susan posted last year.

The last time I visited Susan’s and Rone’s house, Susan showed me a box she built to set flowers in to photo them.  The purpose of the box was to control light and shadows and maybe more?

When I returned to own home, I went on-line to find out about photo boxes.  Here is some of what I found:   

1.  “A light box or photography tent is an accessory that generally has sides made from a semi-transparent material that diffuses the light coming from a number of different sources. This provides an almost completely shadow-less and even amount of light to hit against a solid, simple background.”

2.  A website explaining Dark Food Photography also popped up. Over the last several years, a trend has developed in the world of food photography –  a trend towards controlling light and shadows to create dark, moody images, often with a rustic feel – Not very far from flower photography say I:

Dark moody food with flowers!

3. For about $100 you could purchase a “FotodioX LED Studio-in-a-Box”

Control light and shadows

I bet if you search the web you will uncover lots of techniques and equipment to better show off your flowers and/or food.

Now Click: “4. Jim’s Ramblings.”   I rambled on about  flower photography – hope you enjoy my rambling. You might even see some PhotoShop playing I did with flowers and the TGO wall at the corner of Plantation and East Plantation (By Lake Judy).

Maybe we (you) would like the TGO Photo Club to find someone to teach us (educated us) on flower photography. Maybe we could form a “Birds-of-a-Feather” flower photography group to learn more about flower photography.  Just let me know!

As you swing thru life, smell the roses, chocolate cake, and the mood of flowers – then smile.