Category: Table Top

Swirling Abstract

I was simply trying to create art using a 12″ long kitchen whisk in which the steel was coated with  red rubber. To me this has kind of an outer space look but the beauty of abstract art is that it takes on whatever meaning you interpret it as. I […]

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Studio Shot – Vintage Phone Booth

This is an approximately 18″ lantern from my house. It had a candle inside which I removed. The intent was to replicate a vintage phone booth. The top had been doctored and the words “PHONE” were added. I set this shot up in a pitch dark studio light painting it […]

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Flourescent Light – Abstract Macro

This shot began with a standard fluorescent light bult as seen in the “before” shot. This was photographed in my studio using three lights with various colored gels to give the results shown. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61mp mirrorless camera and a Sony 90mm macro, f2.8 G OSS lens. […]

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Abstracts using household straws.

For this shot I used a cluster of multi-colored plastic drinking straws. The shot was lit with studio lights using red and blue gels which overpowered the straws natural colors rendering the image you see. This is an ultra close up of the ends of the straws. I photographed this […]

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Macro Close Up of Kitchen Whisk

This image began with an everyday kitchen whisk used to mix eggs and the like. I lit one side with a blue light and the other with a red light. I utilized a red/blue gel with the overhead light. I came in as close as possible to the head of […]

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Macro Close Up of Potatoe Masher

Here’s an example of how you can create art with an everyday kitchen tool. This image began with a potatoe masher as you can see in one of the images. I backlit the object with a blue light, side lit one side with another blue light and the other side […]

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I put this poster together as an ode to a hobby that has given me so much through the years. It’s like the poster says although I’m getting old with every passing year when I pick up a camera I get rejuvenated. It’s a gift. Those of us that feel […]

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My 65th Birthday Present!

My beautiful wife Cheryl commemorated by 65th birthday with this beautiful CASE brand knife that she had inscribed. I’m now officially a senior citizen. I’ve been a collector of folding pocket knives for many years and this addition just made my day! I’m especially fond of CASE knives as they […]

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