fourpointedstar

Recently I saw a photo of a fork.  
The fork was alone on a white backdrop, illuminated by a single point of light casting a very distinct shadow.
The image stuck with me, itching my creative neurons.  Then this past week, Sarah was at a conference, and I was home alone, so I grabbed random a few kitchen items, a white backdrop, and a flashlight…

Shortly after I’d taken my first photos of the apple for the original photo challenge, I was editing a photo that I’d taken of a Duesenberg, and it occurred to me that I should take the photo challenge at a car show. So today, while at the Elgin History Museum’s car show, I chose a red 1955 Chevy Coupe. I followed the same pattern as with the apples: no bracketing, each shot is planned, every shot is unique. I took 29 images, and I have 25 photos to show below.

I’ve started my first photography class; I’ve never taken classes before, so this is a new adventure. The instructor mentioned in the first lesson the Apple Challenge – take 36 unique photos of an apple. So I took the challenge seriously. I bought 4 apples, ate one of them, and used the other 3 for my photos. Instead of my normal “take a bunch of photos” and “bracket everything”, I took 1 photo for each “pose”. Over 2 different days, I took 46 photos and the lightly edited final 40 images are below. (I did end up retaking 6 photos, as the original image was terribly out of focus or similarly flawed.)