atypical
this is not a typical STILL photo. the subject is, for sure. blueberries in different stages of ripening. that’s a lay-up for STILL blog. but the composition is not typical. normally, i would pinch off the stem, and a few leaves and arrange a tidy little composition on white paper. but, these berries are growing in our back yard, and we have so few, and they are so precious that i couldn’t bring myself to sacrifice these eight berries–even for art. so, i told my husband to stand behind the berries with a white t-shirt on. the lighting was a little tricky, as was the wind. but in the end, it was worth saving the berries, and my husband in his crew neck calvin klein made an excellent white background.
ripening blueberries
Love this one so much, especially that you captured the varying stages of color and ripening :) As for the atypical composition, that was the first thing that caught my eye, in a very good way! We’ve had a bountiful blueberry season out here in Oregon and it’s been a weekend morning ritual to go out and gather them from our yard. It’s the small things.
Love your innovativeness – bringing in your husband for his white shirt as background – changing course onto new ground from the white sheet of paper. Thanks for the beauty and the chuckle. And for the wonder of a husband obliging his wife in her creative expression.