Jewels

I’ve been playing with my images lately and liking the altered versions more than the “as shot” originals. I shot these plums last Sept for Connecticut Magazine and they’re beautiful as is in all their purple majesty but I’m loving the toned versions too.

Here is the original and a couple other versions.

Somehow you see things in a photo that you don’t with your eyes. My breezeway is looking very blue here, although the dogs like it in this heat. I went to the Ben Moore store looking for a tan/gray/weathered cedar color and was talked into this blue by the “decorator”, Mistake! I’ll repaint in the fall when it’s cooler.

My new Canon makes it so much easier to document daily life, this is my son playing his bass

As a long time Hasselblad shooter I never thought I would be using 35mm again. I picked up some Canon equipment recently and love it. The lenses are beautiful, it’s soo much smaller and easier to handle than my clunky but loved square format. I’m using both formats on jobs right now but can see that with the addition of a few more lenses I may make the complete switch to Canon.

This was part of a story on Jamestown, RI I shot for Yankee Magazine. Love the warm, end of summer light and the iconic Dels truck. I submitted it to the Teacher/Student show at the West Hartford Art League where I’ve been teaching photography workshops for a few years now. The show is at the Clubhouse Gallery and up until the end of June.

after the storm

I have a thing for bowls and blue so this was a perfect match for me on my bi-annual trip to Ikea in New Haven with my friend Lynne Graves… they came in a smaller size perfect for olives or nuts and this larger size… I bought both…. I love that you can get in and out of Ikea for under $100 bucks with plenty of goodies and even have money left over for their Swedish meatball lunch..

The most interesting looking people come to art openings.. these were at the Ellen Carey show at West Hartford Art League that opened last night…shot with my Canon G11… the first is art dealer and collector Marion Harris..

and here is a video I shot of Ellen Carey talking about her show

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I saw these tomatillos in the grocery store and thought they would make a good subject…I love the papery texture of the skin and the pale green color… I shot them last week on a piece of green slate and then again this week on linen… very different feel to each…

now I need to find a recipe….

This very simple classic lamp was bought as an inexpensive temporary bedside reading light. I had been looking for something prettier and couldn’t find anything I liked in my budget when it dawned on me that I could just paint the one I had…two, actually. I found a pale blue paint at my local Benjamin Moore store and went to work ..first spray painting with metal primer and then brushing on two coats of the paint. I liked the texture of the paint but wasn’t completely happy with the color..it was a little too baby blue, where I wanted more of a smoky pale blue. I took the paint can back to the store and they worked with me adding small amounts of red to get just the right shade.. I repainted and here is the final result…

Now to liven up the shade… stay tuned…

These latte bowls hold just the right amount of my favorite winter squash soup–curried butternut or a serving of blackberry ice cream. Found them on sale at Anthropologie (6 for $18 including shipping). I love how the receipt is folded into the little cloth bag… And the bowls came covered in fanciful tissue paper as if they were a gift… even though I paid for them. Now I just need to replace my old chipped plates and other dishes that Brian took with him to college… If you have any affordable suggestions, please post…

Every January I organize my files and calendar for the new year… usually I use functional but boring manilla file folders and a simple black daily calendar. This year I decided to bring some pretty to my office and went in search of colorful office supplies. I found this daily organizer and beautiful folders at Staples.