I am hosting this week’s Lens Artists Challenge with a theme of Inspiration found in the kitchen. That is often a place I find something to photograph in an hour of need. It can be a view from the kitchen window or an interior shot of the kitchen. As we know, kitchens may vary from an alley kitchen to an open plan or kitchen-diner. More importantly, the kitchen hides a huge number of small details. Here are some ideas: cultery, glasses, pots and pans. I have done my share of these shots. Food photography, recipe ingredients, as well as a cooked meal can also be found in your kitchen. The possibilities for all kinds of variations are an endless source of inspiration. Let your creativity flow.
I am lucky to have two kitchens. The following items have found their way to my summer house. As you can see from some dust and spiderwebs, these are not in use, but make for nice photos.
Now I have one request and hope you play along. Please share a photo of your favorite cup. No explanations are necessary but hoped for. My cup is old and used to belong to my husband’s grandmother. It is pretty and vintage. I like it. Most importantly, you can have a nice cup of coffee in it.
I cannot make a post about kitchen inspiration without a shot of food. Pizza, with air dried ham, mozzarella and rucola. So good.
I hope you found inspiration and share your kitchen discoveries with us.
Remember to link to this post and use the Lens-Artists tag in the reader section. Next week Philo of Philosophy Through Photography will be presenting a wonderful challenge so look for her post.
If you would like to participate weekly in our Lens-Artists Challenge, click here for more info.
Ritva, what wonderful pictures from your kitchen, love your lighting. And, especially your set of four pictures; two spoon images, one masher and the other I do not recognize. Their backgrounds and lighting are terrific!
Thank you Sylvia!
What a wonderful idea for a post. It is a true compliment to be asked to host a post and quite a responsibility also, to reply to all of us who join in the fun. Your photographs are stunning!
Thank you Lindy, It was nice to be asked 🙂 and i am catching up with responses and it is fun to see what you all have come up with.
Beautiful images. That is a gorgeous cup!
Thanks Dawn 🙂
Your work is stunning! Thank you for a wonderful challenge. Here is the link to my response! http://drphotographysite.com/2023/07/07/lens-artist-challenge-256-inspiration-found-in-the-kitchen/
Thanks Donna, glad you liked the challenge
Your photography is wonderful as always. 😀 😀 Great topic for this week. 😀
Here is my entry.
I was not expecting what I saw when I opened your post. It took my breath away to see how beautiful you made simple things. Photography is truly an art for you. You will laugh when you see my photos tomorrow. They are not art, and I probably shouldn’t even link them because they are “record shots” only. Have a wonderful week.
Marsha, many thanks for your kind words, I couldn’t find your link, and as I visited your site I did not see the post 🙂
It wasn’t up when I wrote to you. I was writing my post. Here is the link. http://alwayswrite.blog/2023/07/05/wq-27-new-ways-to-have-fun-with-flags/
Thanks for joining Marlene.
Thanks for participating 🙂
What gorgeous images Ritva!
Cooking is a kind of necessity as well as a pleasure for me. Necessity because of some my food preferences and sensitivities plus the lack of easy access to restaurants that can cater to me. And pleasure because usually the food that I cook turns out pretty good – at least for my taste! 😂. So the topic is good but sadly, my photography of that theme is not as good. I gave it a try nonetheless and here’s the post:
Thanks for sharing these images but enjoy this Pizza .
Thanks for participating
Hello Ritka, nice to ‘meet’ you 🙂 I love your close-up shots of the different kitchen utensils, you really bring out details of their form and design beautifully! This isn’t the sort of thing I often photograph so it’s taken me a while to formulate a response, but here it is at last: https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/gallery-kitchens-in-time-and-place/
Thanks, your take on the topic shows variations of kitchens from all over. you certainly have been inspired by a kitchen
These inspirations from your kitchen are certainly wonderful 🙂
Thank you 🙂