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A pot of hot tea is a great way to begin the day – even with camera in hand.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Being a fairly active member of the art Discussions (forum) at Fine Art America<\/strong> I have been involved in several “Art Challenges” over the last year. These involve posting one new piece of art based on a theme, one piece per day for a set number of days. The Forum Moderator, Abbie<\/a> (a talented painter and photographer), creates these challenges along with the help of another uniquely talented artist, Donna<\/a>. These challenges help us, as artist-participants, focus for a period of time on a particular theme, which encourages new creativity. We all get to see how colleagues interpret the theme, creating a win-win activity for all involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current challenge is “7 Day Kitchen Macro Images<\/strong>” and has about 30 guinea pigs, er – participants, creating close-up images of things in\/around a kitchen. I started off with my morning kitchen routine of making a pot of tea for my wife and a cup of coffee for me. My only change in routine was to have my camera in hand affixed with a macro (close-up) lens. My first image was of the fire used to heat the teapot full of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Blue<\/a>
An Expressionism view of blue gas flames heating a pot of water to make tea.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, day #1 of the Challenge, I heated the water for a pot of tea – so today (day #2) I added in the tea bag. The teabag was easier to photograph than the gas flame because I didn’t have to put the camera right on the stove near the burners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tea<\/a>
A traditional tea bag hanging by its string and presented as a simulated charcoal sketch.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I was able to hang the tea bag by its string and photograph it with a shallow depth of field to blur out the background, which is actually a brown wicker-back chair near a window. A tea bag, by itself, is rather plain so I edited this into a simulated charcoal sketch presentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link: Blue Flames Heating Up the Teapot Expressionism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link: Tea Bag Rendered in Charcoal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow I will need to photograph a cup of coffee as it is being brewed. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit my FAA gallery at Bill Swartwout Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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