Wine Glass Menagerie

[Mike Buckley]

The most number of wine glasses I have photographed -- seven. No two of them are alike. Even better, none of them are broken...yet.

[Marie Hass]

Hi Mike,

To me, this image is a sensory image - not only does it appeal to the eyes, but if I were to touch the glasses, there would be slick - almost oily feel to the glass.

Somehow I prefer the whole glasses, out of everything I have seen. There is a completeness to this image, despite the differences in the glasses themselves. Given that, there is an aura of calmness to this image, whereas the broken glasses convey more tension.

I hope I have made sense.

Marie

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you for your detailed explanation of your response to the various kinds of photos, Marie. You mentioned calm and tension. It's interesting that some people see the photos made with a dark or bright background as evoking calm or tension and they don't always agree about which style tends to evoke one or the other.

if I were to touch the glasses, there would be slick - almost oily feel to the glass.

That's the Windex. As you can imagine, I use lots of Windex.

[Marie Hass]

Yeah, and that too. No fingerprints.

Marie

[Downrigger]

Something about the image presents these objects as personalities, as though a group of standing people. I could assign gender to the glasses, (e.g. tall fluted in the back is a fellow with a graceful female to his either side) and two - on the right - would be neuter/younger. The group appears either interrupted in a conversation among themselves and turned to regard the photographer, or standing to be photographed. Anyway, Mike, this is not only an artistic achievement but also a remarkable dishwashing achievement.

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you, Mark. I often see personification in the photos of wine glasses and I arrange the glasses using concepts that I would use if I was positioning people. In fact, I tried splitting up the two small glasses displayed on the far right side but doing that never "felt" right. That's because I thought of them as being younger than the rest and that such a pair of younger people probably would be more comfortable standing together rather than apart in a group photo.

By the way, cleaning the glasses is really not a difficulty and it's never my major concern. My two largest concerns after selecting a composition and lighting are dust settling on the tabletop during the shoot and imperfections in the glass. Both issues have to be dealt with during post-processing because both are impossible for me to control at the time of capture, at least considering the limitations of my makeshift studio. I can minimize the impact of imperfections in the glass by how I position the glass but I can't always eliminate it.

[Manfred M]

Another stunning shot of glasses Mike.

[deetheturk]

Well captured Mike,i like this image alot.

Cheers David

[Wavelength]

Glassic shot!!!

[ShaneS]

Seconded!

Glassic shot!!!

Nicely done, Mike. Kaye mentioned an exhibit but do you have a place to display your images online (beside here)? If not, your should really consider doing so as many more people should really get to see these images.

[Mike Buckley]

Thanks for the nudge, Shane, about setting up an online gallery. I want to build up a larger portfolio of images of glass that includes more styles before I do that. Even so, keep nudging me.