I wanted to do something a little different this week. I have the typical pictures of fall leaves that I could have posted, and some old film that I will post eventually, even a study of my cat cleaning herself (full of funny cat faces)… but those all seemed boring. So, what exciting pictures could I take without leaving my house (it’s SO cold outside)?
I have an old desk/office set from the 1800s. It’s beautiful hand carved old wood, and I love it, despite the fact that it’s really uncomfortable and delicate and thus mostly unused. It used to be my parents’, but when they divorced, no one really had room for it, so I inherited it. The bookcase is my favorite part of the set, probably because I have a thing for books. But really, it’s awesome. So, I decided to make that my focus for this week’s Casual Friday. Books and old furniture definitely quality as something I love.
I wanted to make these shots look old and abstract-ish because the bookcase is so old. I used my tilt-shift and shot through glass to help get that out of focus, old lens look, shot at a high ISO to get grain, and then purposely underexposed a bit. Convert to black and white, and tada.
