During the three weeks since I last posted to my blog, I’ve been working on the lessons in Kim Klassen’s Month of Multiples course. The course officially ended this past weekend but I plan to continue applying the multiples mindset, information, and exercises to my photography going forward.

Over the next few days, I will upload some of the photographs I made in response to the course prompts.

Here are three images from still life practice sessions with zinnias from our garden. The first image was composed and captured quickly during my lunch break on a workday. It was taken using the natural light in my south-facing living room. The second and third images, using a light canvas background on my balcony, were taken on different days but at about the same time each day. I fussed over them more, but with mixed results. I am not skilled at arranging flowers and I often think my best strategy is to drop them in the vase and allow them to arrange themselves naturally. However, I am publishing them as a record of the flower harvest of our late summer garden.