Day 27/365 - 2010

"The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion" , Katherine Hepburn - From the movie Stage Door (1937)

Day 26/365 - 2010

“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses”

Day 24/365 - 2010

We are back to my friend the carnation. This time I turned the whole photo B&W and hand colored it. I like the softness of the photo, it turned out looking very vintage to me which is something I am trying to learn to do. Some of the people out there are such masters at this technique but I think I still need a bit more practice.

Definitions of: carnation

Definition: The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.

Definition: Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.

Definition: A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.

Day 23/365 - 2010

Well another rainy day project, I re-worked the carnations I bought a few weeks back, using desaturated color. Someone mentioned the colors in my photos are very rich, and this is not the first time someone has said that to me. I guess yes they are, my eye tends to love rich colors, maybe it is because I was born in the Mediterranean and it is part of my DNA. Well anyway today I am going to see with a different eye and try de-saturing my color see what it does for my soul.

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.

Day 13/365 - 2010

I actually went in to buy these beautiful white roses and saw these little carnations sitting in the throw away section of the shop. I wound up coming home with them and had a photo in mind and as I was putting together the shot I noticed all the different shadows this little stem gave off and wound up taking this photo. So not only are these not the flowers I wanted or the shot I expected to take this is what I got. The thing that photography is teaching me is to look beyond what I see and SEE the possibilities.