I've shown you my attempt to channel Paul Cézanne and also one Irving Penn emulation. Here are a few more photos I turned in for my Beginning Photography class. Our excellent and passionate instructor, Moshe Quinn, gave us an assignment to emulate, but not copy exactly, a photographer or other artist.
Late in his career, Penn photographed took many large-format botanical photographs on a clean white surface. He used exceptionally long exposures with pinhole apertures and experimented with elaborate printing techniques. A great article on Penn's printing techniques can be found here.
Late in his career, Penn photographed took many large-format botanical photographs on a clean white surface. He used exceptionally long exposures with pinhole apertures and experimented with elaborate printing techniques. A great article on Penn's printing techniques can be found here.
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IRVING PENN (1917 - 2007)
Ginkgo Leaves, New York, 1990
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IRVING PENN (1917 - 2007)
Tuberous Begonia
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Here are my emulations:
One of my classmates named her project "It's a Lot Harder Than It Looks!". No kidding. Considering this was my first attempt, I'm not going to complain too much. Thank you, Moshe, for this inspiring assignment. I did learn that I'm very interested in pursuing studio photography and creating more still lifes. Next time I will pay more attention to the lighting.
View more Macro Monday images at lisaschaos.com here. This is my first time posting on Lisa Gordon's Creative Exchange here.
View more Macro Monday images at lisaschaos.com here. This is my first time posting on Lisa Gordon's Creative Exchange here.
I like them and I'm passing this post to photographer hubby who can't get enough info on everyone's work. He loved the last post you did re: Cezanne/Penn.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the first image you've posted of the the 2 flower petals and stems. The composition is wonderful and I can see Penn's influence in that shot.
ReplyDeleteLove these, especially that huge green and red leaf. The color is killing!
ReplyDeleteJe ne connaissais pas ton post sur Cezanne, belles représentation de "still-life" superbes !!
ReplyDeleteJ'adore, d'ailleurs le week-end prochain, je vais à Paris , je ne sais pas si j'irai encore au musée Marmotan ou le musée D'Orsay
Bisous
lori
These vegetable photo shots look good enough to eat! The colour is wonderful! It gives me a few ideas to try myself!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots!
What fun.
ReplyDeleteThat bunch of peppers is my favourite.
And I reckon you emulated the artists.
Is this an on-line class or for real?
What a fun assignment. Love your photos.
ReplyDeleteThese are just fantastic. I am thinking this course must be a lot of fun! I especially love the first one!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing these this week at The Creative Exchange.
Have a wonderful day!
lisa.
Very nice photos (yours included!)
ReplyDeleteI do like these on a white ground very much. I agree, lighting is so tricky, and a mystery to me, though I'm starting to get it a little. But I still avoid the manual settings, and all that jazz. I will, for now, watch you and admire.
ReplyDeleteThe graduated color of the ferns is wonderful.
I LOVE the placement and composition of the red peppers.
Very nice work!
Such beautiful veggies. Love the reds... I'm hungry!
ReplyDeleteWell emulated. Doing an emulation like that is a great way to not only appreciate an influential person, but also to get a deeper feel of what they went through to achieve their result. You've done well here. I'm glad to have found your blog!
ReplyDeleteThese are great! I think I'll try it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great selection of photos. I really love the clips of cyclamen plants - they could so easily be reproduced as jewellery using semi precious stones, proving the theory that you only have to look to nature for inspiration in art. I also love the small shadows around the fern fronds - makes them look quite 3D. Beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteThe pepper idea is very creative and they were all nicely done!
ReplyDeletethese macros are spectacular...I am loving that first image of the leaf...those colors just pop!
ReplyDeleteI adore the third photo down of yours - are they radishes? I will have to give this a try. I can only imagine how hard it is to get the light right and the shadows under control. The post below has stunning photo as well!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love the chard so much I want to take a bite out of the computer screen!
ReplyDeleteNice shots! Good job on the fresh stuff. the composition is really good and the colors pop! Keep up th egood work!
ReplyDeleteHello DutchBaby,
ReplyDeleteWhat is miraculous about your first shot are the tiny white dots and stripes of white light the water droplets come alive! Great!
Glad you joined the MM group! Your shot is one of the best.
I'm reading Cutting the Stone and really getting into it. Any chance Abraham could come to your book club and speak about how he came to write his book? That would be cool!!
When is S going to be on Nova?
Happy Evening to you and Yours!
xox
Constance
My favorite of both yours and Irving's was number two. Well done.
ReplyDeleteDear California Girl,
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope your husband doesn't look too closely.
Funny thing about that Cezanne post. It got linked on a popular website and it quickly became my most visited post of all time.
Dear Kala,
ReplyDeleteThat was a very nice compliment. Thank you!
Dear CC,
ReplyDeleteThank you! The kale was delicious!
Cher lorilaire,
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup!
Quelle chance! Est-il possible, vous pouvez aller aux deux musées?
Dear msdewberry,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Dutchbaby and thank you for leaving your kind comment. I would love to see your vegetable photos!
Dear joco,
ReplyDeleteI took the class at our local junior college. It was half in person and half on-line. Thank you for your visit and welcome to Dutchbaby!
Dear Marilyn,
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun assignment. I learned so much - mostly I learned what I still have to learn.
Dear lisa,
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting the Creative Exchange and for bringing along the creative guests here!
The class was fun but also very time-consuming.
Dear dona,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! Benvenuti a Dutchbaby!
Dear Ruth,
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid the lighting's a mystery to me too. I must confess, it was the least of my concerns. I was too busy trying to make sure I had the proper exposure with the image in focus. You should have seen the contraption I rigged up for my camera. It involved my monopod, a step ladder, and bungee cords.
I'm glad you like my cayenne pepper shot. I tried photographing them individually, but they looked far better in a bundle.
Dear Kris,
ReplyDeleteThank you. Your butternut squash soup made me hungry. Be careful of those cayenne peppers; they are super hot!
Dear John S. Mead,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your kind feedback. I agree that emulation is a great means to gain renewed respect for the artist.
I am glad to have found your blog too. Your photos are spectacular and you've traveled to many interesting places in the world.
Dear Pat,
ReplyDeleteI would love to see your emulation!
This really reminds me of what I call 'textbook' photography, DB. I think you've done an excellent job first time around. And yes, you're inspiring me, too. :)
ReplyDeleteDear angelcel,
ReplyDeleteThank you. Cyclamen jewelry would be beautiful - great idea!
Dear angelcel,
ReplyDeleteOops, I forgot to welcome you to Dutchbaby.
Dear Charlene,
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm glad I learned about edge tension in this class. Welcome to Dutchbaby!
Dear tchesney,
ReplyDeleteThe Swiss chard is as delicious as it looks.
Dear Margaret,
ReplyDeleteThose are French breakfast radishes. I bet they are good on a piece of toast, though I like use them sliced thinly in a salad. Frankly, I paid very little attention to the lighting. My immediate goal was to get a clean focused image. Now that I look at Penn's images, I see that he has very deliberate stark shadows. I placed my subjects underneath the two pendulum lights that hang above my kitchen island, thus I have ambiguous shadows.
Thank you for your encouragement. Your words are very good for my self esteem.
Dear Susan,
ReplyDeleteOooh, if you did, you may end up with chard shards :-/
Dear A. Rogers photo,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your words of encouragement! Welcome to Dutchbaby!
Dear rochambeau,
ReplyDeleteThank you for pointing out those details of the reflected water drops. I had noticed that Irving Penn often had water drops on his flowers.
I'm definitely enjoying "Cutting for Stone". It turns out that Abraham Verghese is scheduled to speak at our local independent book store, Kepler's, in a couple of months. I will suggest to my book club that we all attend.
Dear Relyn,
ReplyDeleteThanks! It really helps me when people tell me what speaks to them.
Dear Ginnie,
ReplyDeleteThank you - I'm very comfortable around textbooks. My father worked for Elsevier, a textbook publisher, when we lived in Amsterdam.
It would be great to see your renditions. You have all those glorious flowers at your disposal.