Studio 365: Day 57

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Three Palettescapes (my new word) from yesterday’s palette photographed before it was washed away forever. The word describes these serendipitous landscapes of color that seem to have a life of their own. Interested to hear your thoughts.

My thanks to all of you who are following Studio 365. Please know that your support and encouragement are very much appreciated. Only another 308 days to go 🙂

Studio 365: Day 53

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And the Oscar goes to…

…our wonderful late parents to whom we gave this golden Oscar to celebrate their Golden Wedding in 1986. What a special day that was. Lovely to remember them on thechangingpalette on Oscar Day and particularly my mothers advice to always “Count your blessings.”

Rule of Thirds applied.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds

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Those of you who follow thechangingpalette will be familiar with this image from Studio 365:Day 48, which I have modified for Jen’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds.

These two photos were combined using layers and masks in Photoshop Elements.

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The still life was photographed at night using light painting, and the Bokeh effect created by applying a Gaussian blur to the painting layer. The beautiful vase was made by the Vancouver artist Rachael Radford and featured on Studio 365: Day 36. Thanks Rachael.

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Studio 365: Day 51

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Stained Glass Variation I

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Stained Glass Variation II

Given today’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds from Jen I thought I would work with some of the torn pieces from yesterdays Guildford Cathedral Revisited and play with the rule of thirds and Bokeh effect. What do you think?

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Well Met

As promised on MoMA Mia, a gallery and slideshow of some of my favourite photos from our recent visit to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The perfect way to spend a few hours on a New York Sunday afternoon in January.

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While you are viewing the slides, enjoy Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett singing…you guessed it of course…New York New York.

Studio 365: Day 50

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Guildford Cathedral Revisited.

After yesterdays’s collages, I thought I would revisit an image I found in one of the studio drawers. In fact it was a stencil I had made of a stained glass window in Guildford Cathedral in England.

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I had photographed the window some years ago at a time I was using stained glass imagery in my paintings. Here is the photograph…

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…and here is the resulting painting…

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Excited by yesterday’s collages this is the collage for today’s Guildford Cathedral Revisited using torn pieces from previous stained glass window paintings.

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