my name is mwd: photos

The end of a cup of coffee. This was inspired by having seen this picture by Ladislav Rombald earlier in the week. Mine doesn’t work nearly as well, but I liked the idea that most people (myself included) post pictures of a freshly made coffee ready to be consumed, but Ladislav’s photo of the nearly drained espresso tells much more of a story. This photo is a reminder to me that I should try to find that story shot more often.

It was also an attempt to play with shape: lining up cups and saucers is a real pain, so here I was deliberately off centre but still trying to get an overall nice shape profile.

It was fun trying to recreate the shot by Ladislav without having a reference to hand, and only now seeing where mine differs in execution to that which inspired me. For example, I put the focus plane on the foam, as that had some detail to it, but I think the original works better by ensuring the lip of the cup is in focus to provide some definition in shape (though harder to do at an odd angle like I’ve gone for here).