Lens Artists Challenge#256: Inspiration Found in the Kitchen

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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. 

138 thoughts on “Lens Artists Challenge#256: Inspiration Found in the Kitchen”

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  3. I loved everything about this challenge and your exquisite photos, Ritva. It was a great teaching tool for others, and you are a great model to showcase the kitchen. I don’t have a favorite photo but the pizza looks delicious and the striped bowl was fun. I do love that you asked us to share a favorite mug or cup. For me it was relative to where I was, so I had to share more than one. Loved this!! well done and thank you for hosting. Once again you bring us the best of the best.

  4. I liked the layers of color in your photo of stacked plates and in your picture of the delicious-looking pizza, Ritva.

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  6. What a beautiful, creative way to photograph your kitchen items, Ritva!!
    Your theme is fun and inspiring. Thank you for sharing with us. 🙂

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  11. It’s the most beautiful cup (and even more special because it belonged to your husband’s grandmother). We have almost the same one – it belonged to my husband’s mother. But it’s tucked away in a box right now … you inspire me to go look for it when we’re visiting our hometown again.

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    1. I should also add that my favourite mug is a matte black, very hard to photograph. If I had done one you would have taken to be a painting by Malevich.

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  21. I love to cook and my kitchen also inspires me. I enjoyed your post and I will really enjoy following everyone’s take on the challenge!

  22. Hi Ritva. What a great theme idea. I love it as well as your images. Your heirloom teacup is wonderful. It must be so satisfying to hold the same cup that your grandmother used. And that pizza….terrific. Your lighting of these household items really adds to their beauty. I’m so delighted you’re leading the challenge this week! Many thanks!

  23. Your photos are really beautiful, I love the softness and the angles you use, especially the corkscrew. The pizza made me drool, I could happily eat a slice or two of that!

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  29. I love everything about your challenge and how you present it. There’s something very unique about your style that I find comforting and inspiring. Wonderful, Ritva. Thank you.

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  35. What a very elegant home you must have, Ritva. The photos are stylish and beautiful. That cup reminds me of my Mum’s china cabinet. She had some wonderful pieces in there, but long gone or in my daughter’s house. I do have a favourite cup- a Snoopy one, bought for me by my youngest one Christmas.

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  38. You have provided me with a lot of inspiration. I think I’ll have some fun with it tomorrow.

  39. These are wonderful, Ritva. Any time you have posted something from your kitchen, I always think, ‘why didn’t I think of that!’ So much good inspiration from you.

  40. I love this challenge and your wonderful images of everyday kitchen items. I love that your beautiful cup is from your husband’s grandmother!

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  45. These are wonderful, Ritva, although I hope you had to move lots of things to get such empty counters for the background! My counters have quite a few things on them. 😉. To me, your shots show a peacefulness, a sense of joy in lovely but useful items which is something I also like. Beautiful shots.

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  48. Great shots, Ritva Sillanmaki!
    Your images beautifully capture the essence of everyday objects, reminding us of their elegance and the role they play in our daily lives.
    These clicks express the craftsmanship.
    Each click tells a story of its own.
    Love the cup and the tomatoes (I hope my guess of tomatoes is correct.)
    Thank you so much
    Philo.

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