Colin Shoots

Things · 8 frames

Things

Still life is where the technical side gets to show off — one light, a lot of patience, and objects that hold perfectly still while you get it right.

A vintage rangefinder film camera on a weathered wooden table, side light picking out the knurled focus ringThe InstrumentStudio, ProvidenceRipe fruit and a rough ceramic bowl on dark linen, lit in deep chiaroscuro against a shadowed backgroundStill Life with FruitStudio, ProvidenceClose-up of wet clay taking shape between two hands on a spinning potter’s wheelCentredSomerville, MassachusettsMacro photograph of an open antique pocket watch showing its brass gears and jewel bearingsSeventeen JewelsStudio, ProvidenceA fountain pen resting on aged handwritten paper beside a glass ink bottle, lit low and from the sideCorrespondenceStudio, ProvidenceA single glass of red wine backlit against a dark background, glowing ruby through the bowl of the glassTransmissionStudio, ProvidenceA well-worn pair of leather work boots beside a doorway on a scuffed floor in soft daylightTwenty Years InDeerfield, MassachusettsOverhead view of a rustic loaf of bread torn open with flour scattered across a marble surfaceThis MorningStudio, Providence