“A grandfather is someone with silver in his hair and gold in his heart.” ~unknown
Remembering
November 4, 2009 · 6 Comments
Categories: Sue Henry Photography
Tagged: coins, eyeglasses, grandfather, memories, pocketwatch, still life, Sue Henry Photography, wooden stirrup
6 responses so far ↓
David W. Martin // November 4, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Real nice still life Sue. The rest of the story, did you set this up, did you find it somewhere? What about the lighting. I have lots of old money that I keep around, it looks like there are some foreign coins there too.
This shot leaves such a good feeling!
suehenryphotography // November 4, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Dave, You have asked some good questions. Let me tell you the “rest of the story!”
This shot was set up to fulfill a photography class assignment. The assignment was to shoot a body of work that addressed a word that we drew out of a sack. My word was “accumulate.” In this shot I tried to represent that we accumulate “Memories.”
Included are: My husband’s grandfather’s gold watch and wooden stirrup, my grandfather’s glasses, and the coins that were in my father’s pocket when he returned home from World War II.
It’s a good thing you (the viewer) can’t see the ironing board I have set up the still life on!!! Or that I used a blanket for the backdrop!!!
Natural lighting. No flash. I really had to experiment with the arrangement to keep a glare from the windows from occurring.
As you know, this type of shot is certainly out of my comfort zone. I did, however, get positive feedback from my instructor! She asked to keep my accumulation of images that I shot for my assigned word “accumulate!”
Sue
David W. Martin // November 4, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I like it even more now that I know the rest of the story. You have such a good eye Sue that I do not think you have any problem with any “comfort zone”
cara // November 5, 2009 at 1:50 am
This is fantastic!! I love the arrangement of objects. Thanks for sharing the story… it’s a very beautiful, elegant way to shoot the assignment for “accumulate.”
Susan // November 7, 2009 at 3:42 am
This is so rich in content.
susanne49 // November 9, 2009 at 6:51 pm
This is a beautiful set, great shot made with lovely memory items! Fantastic, Sue!