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When I started with photography I used playmobil to compose with more than one subject and to play with shadows! Not my greatest shots but fun enough to play :)

Flowers is surely the winner though for still life

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Ha I love the play mobile idea

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Really enjoyed this one! Intention and serendipity 👌🏾

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Thanks Gajan!

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Similarly, flowers. But that’s because my partner is a florist! Otherwise, it’s simply light. Some old object that’s been chosen or handed down and placed in a certain spot in the house. So much opportunity just at home.

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Ooh cheat code, florist partner!!

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I love propagating plants from cuttings, so our kitchen windowsill always has a selection of small glass bottles containing various herbs and plant cuttings in water. Early morning sunshine on them have been a daily reminder of beauty and really gets me inspired to shoot.... And then flowers - of course. No doubt.

Here in the west of South Africa we have what is called "Fynbos" (pronounced "fɛinbos"). It is now end of Winter here, and the Fynbos is spectacular.

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Ha I have the same hobby! Avocado seedling everywhere!

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Congrats Christian! You're the winner of this week's giveaway! Check your email for more details ;)

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I am so amped about this!! Thank you!

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We live in a home full of windows and enjoy the play of light on the walls/objects throughout our house. My 'in-home' photographs tend to be shafts of light as it hits different pieces of pottery, bookshelves, unmade beds, and my creative spaces. I collect botanicals for cyanotypes, and quite often am drawn to photographing the dried flowers/plants used in my prints.

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I have been very curious to try some botanical cyanotypes, probably next spring

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I recently got a dog (a little terrier mix rescue), and he tears apart every toy we give him. I'm starting a series now photographing each toy as they destroyed 🐶

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haha I LOVE that

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There’s a yellow orb-weaver spider that likes to spin between the camellia and the car port, so her web catches dew in the morning. My daughter calls the spider “Ghost,” and it’s endlessly fascinating to see how many different ways she can make the same thing.

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that's so charming Aden

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I love taking photos of the windows... not like the view out the window, but the actual windows themselves

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I love that too, and reflections!

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If I’m honest, I don’t think about taking photos around the house very much. Usually my photography takes me out of the house. Now that I’m thinking about it, I have a lovely hanging plant that makes all kinds of crazy shapes and patterns with its leaves and hanging vines. This article is a really great reminder that we really need to look no further than what’s around us. Very inspired. Thanks very much!

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so happy to read that Jack, thanks for sharing and go snap those shots!

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I’ve always been drawn to reflections of mirrors and windows throughout my house, particularly when the morning sun makes interesting and disorienting patterns in the light.

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same for me, big time

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Living at flat where my house area had a lot of stray cat. When sunrise, the lighting were pointed to those cats and could make a lot of interesting photo. But somehow I was still experimenting my camera. Hope to get more good photos

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Yes!!!

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I have two floorlamps in a corner of my living room next to the windows. The glass of the lamps are a deep purple and a light but bright pink. In the summer evenings the sun always does a little dance with the lamps, and the glass bounces of colour on the wall behind them.

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Love that!

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I got more into still life during COVID lockdown, especially after the birth of our daughter. It reminded me to look closely at the things I took for granted, and I still carry what I learned through it. Travel is great, but there’s no shortage of things to document in the space you’re in at any given moment. Thanks for yet another great post!

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thank you for the kind words Chris!

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I haven't made many pictures at or around home, at least not with intention. However, several images have been of light bulbs of various shapes and sizes. You've got me thinking!💡

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now stop thinking and start shooting ;)

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Sounds like a cheat answer but genuinely it’s just daylight - any room / wall / object / alcove in my house can be transformed by the right light...

The obvious soft dawn or orange dusk light for starters - but our house is also opposite a school building with a lot of windows which often throws huge reflections into our house and creates real surprises of shadow and colour.

Lovely post 👌🏼

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thank you james!

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The most recent thing to inspire an impromptu still life photoshoot for me was a flower bouquet I picked up from a local business. The light was hitting it just right and I was feeling bright just looking at it. Other times, it's usually light hitting a normal object in a new way that inspires a still life for me.

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exactly that :)

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