Photographic play

It's interesting to me how often I look at things and think about beautiful photographic imagery. Oftentimes, especially when I can't be making by hand myself, my eye enjoys creating beauty with my camera.

Here are a few shots from the last week.

This small arrangement sits atop the microwave in our kitchen here. Some dried honesty in a tactile ceramic vase; a matching but different spot vase bought in Bergen; a silver plate hammered by B; and a paper wasp's nest sitting upon it.

I love the tones, I love the forms, I love the simplicity.

I thought to see how it might appear if I played with the camera a bit.

I like how this one went all out of focus - the softness hints at something, tho I am not sure. A memory? A forgottenenss? Something just out of reach?

And this one I like for its clarity at the front - the detail on the new spotty vase are delightful.

Another arrangement I quite like is these wee hoosies that B made, set upon our fireplace mantle.  All well and good I thought, but really, twinkle lights would make it better! In my view, twinkle lights make pretty much everything better.

I think it might be the way the copper wire refuses to be controlled or trained to a particular shape. I love the random wriggles it draws.

This one reminds me of street lights on a misty foggy night.

A bit similar but simply noir.

And with this one I like the dark undercarriage and the contrasting brightness above.

Making this post really made me wonder a bit about how to bring beautiful imagery into our lives; not just something to be shared on our screens.

I pondered whether we could buy two lovely frames and have them somewhere we would see them; and on a weekly basis or fortnightly basis, simply print a new photo that made use smile, and pop it in the frame to enjoy for a while.

Moving art around, replacing and refreshing art is the way we do things now. In two small homes we have boxes or cupboards with beautiful arty bits, and I regularly move things around, bring these out for show, pop things away for a rest and create new arrangements throughout the house. It makes me smile to see beautiful art in sometimes unexpected places; and to be reminded of old friends when they re-appear.

So I am now wondering if I could use some photos in a similar way??? 

Any which way, seeing art and beauty all around me, spending a few moments capturing it and enjoying it are also ways of feeding my soul and nurturing me.