{"id":13303,"date":"2012-10-12T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/?p=13303"},"modified":"2019-04-29T23:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T03:00:02","slug":"inspiration-from-nature-color-shape-and-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/inspiration-from-nature-color-shape-and-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration from Nature: Color, Shape, and Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13305\" title=\"Hammock in the trees (c)2012 La Domestique\" src=\"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hammock.jpg\" alt=\"Hammock in the trees (c)2012 La Domestique\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>October is flying by and it seems all my projects involve everything but food. Being a freelancer is fun because I never know what kind of project lies just around the corner. Most recently, I photographed my friend Kerry, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/commaworkshop.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comma Workshop<\/a>, quilting in her beautiful studio and I&#8217;m working on a project styling luxury handwoven purses with a photographer for another client. Food is still my favorite subject, but it&#8217;s fun to branch out and grow as an artist. I don&#8217;t have a recipe for you today, but I would like share a few photos I captured on a trip to Seattle in August. Nature is a huge inspiration for my lifestyle and food styling. Even though it was still technically summer in Seattle, the overcast skies and cool temperatures felt very autumnal. Usually, when I think of lying in a hammock I picture ocean waves, sunny skies, and a refreshing drink, but it&#8217;s interesting to see a hammock at the edge of dark and mysterious woods. Instead of a lemonade I picture sipping a cuppa hot tea and getting lost in a copy of <em>Alice in Wonderland<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13307\" title=\"A path through the woods (c)2012 La Domestique\" src=\"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Forest-Path.jpg\" alt=\"A path through the woods (c)2012 La Domestique\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This path through the woods made me think of the old Hansel and Gretel fairy tale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13308\" title=\"Berries on the bush (c) 2012 La Domestique\" src=\"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Berries.jpg\" alt=\"Berries on the bush (c) 2012 La Domestique\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The foliage in Seattle is overwhelmingly green, with bursts of red berries that almost seem florescent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13311\" title=\"Blue Berries against lush forest (c) 2012 La Domestique\" src=\"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/blue-berry.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Berries against lush forest (c) 2012 La Domestique\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s challenging to capture detail when the background is full of leaves in so many shapes and textures. I liked how the light kissed these dusty blue berries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13312\" title=\"Fern (c)2012 La Domestique\" src=\"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Fern.jpg\" alt=\"Fern (c)2012 La Domestique\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13314\" title=\"Leaves (c) 2012 La Domestique\" src=\"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Leaves.jpg\" alt=\"Leaves (c) 2012 La Domestique\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Flora and fauna of the arid Front Range in Colorado (where I live) is so specific and often monotone (pine trees in the mountains and dry scrub in the foothills) that I always appreciate the diverse plants in other parts of the country. I got a high off the visual stimulation from so many shapes and textures in the temperate rain forest of Washington. I returned home inspired by nature with new ideas for styling and photographing.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Does nature inspire your creativity? I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/12\/inspiration-from-nature-color-shape-and-pattern\/#comments\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October is flying by and it seems all my projects involve everything but food. Being a freelancer is fun because I never know what kind of project lies just around the corner. Most recently, I photographed my friend Kerry, founder of Comma Workshop, quilting in her beautiful studio and I&#8217;m working on a project styling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[210,9,84],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13303"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19226,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13303\/revisions\/19226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}