On a walk around the block with the kids yesterday I saw this translucent wild ginger leaf. I snipped it, brought it home, and shot it on my lightbox. This kind of close-up photography is a very different approach to high key than something like Floral Arrangements. Close-up, this backlit leaf looks like textural fabric, a feather, or maybe a distant, colorful landscape.
Almost always these days I am thinking about how images will print when I make them on our new printer, and what kind of surface or substrate will work best. I’m going to experiment with printing “Ginger”—and let you know the results!
BB
5 Mar 2012I was just introduced to your Blog and web site and I just ordered your book on Photographing Flowers. Can you put a picture on your Blog showing your lightbox and camera setup.
Harold Davis
5 Mar 2012@BB—There is a shot of my lightbox and camera setup on page 184 of my Flowers book that you just ordered. Best wishes, Harold