Casting a Long Shadow
Anyone who follows my photostream knows that I love and collect 1:12 size miniatures which I photograph in realistic scenes. The artifice of recreating in minute detail items in 1:12 scale always amazes me, and it’s amazing how the eye can be fooled. Amongst the tens of thousands of items that make up the collection, I have a substantial glassware selection. This includes this beautiful blue glass jug and its matching glasses, which I bought from a high street stockist of dolls and dolls’ house miniatures when I was a young teenager. The pieces are made from hand blown and spun glass, and I am very partial to the colour.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 3rd of May is “the shadow of glass”, so I really wanted to use a piece or two from my miniatures collection for it. I have photographed the drinks set on a page from one of my books on glass from my library: “Glass: Pleasures and Treasures” by George Savage, published by Weidenfield and Nicholson in 1965. The image from the book depicts a blue glass urn from Roman times. Setting the miniature drinks set up on the page, I was so delighted by the long blue shadows they cast. I spent a bit of time arranging them, and this was the shot I liked the most. I hope you like my choice of this week’s theme too, and that it makes you smile!
Casting a Long Shadow
Anyone who follows my photostream knows that I love and collect 1:12 size miniatures which I photograph in realistic scenes. The artifice of recreating in minute detail items in 1:12 scale always amazes me, and it’s amazing how the eye can be fooled. Amongst the tens of thousands of items that make up the collection, I have a substantial glassware selection. This includes this beautiful blue glass jug and its matching glasses, which I bought from a high street stockist of dolls and dolls’ house miniatures when I was a young teenager. The pieces are made from hand blown and spun glass, and I am very partial to the colour.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 3rd of May is “the shadow of glass”, so I really wanted to use a piece or two from my miniatures collection for it. I have photographed the drinks set on a page from one of my books on glass from my library: “Glass: Pleasures and Treasures” by George Savage, published by Weidenfield and Nicholson in 1965. The image from the book depicts a blue glass urn from Roman times. Setting the miniature drinks set up on the page, I was so delighted by the long blue shadows they cast. I spent a bit of time arranging them, and this was the shot I liked the most. I hope you like my choice of this week’s theme too, and that it makes you smile!