Fun with Color, Light, and Paper is a photography project that peaked my interest in Abstracts.  Paper is the subject, but playing with Color and Light made the forms and shadows so very interesting.  The creative juices start flowing when you let your imagination go wild.
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See the Gallery below for some Before and After examples. (Click on the thumbnail to enlarge)

What's Needed: For video tutorials search YouTube for Abstract Paper Photography.  There are a number of examples on set-up for table tops and lighting sources.

1. Obviously Paper.  I used a pack of letter size Astrobright colored paper purchased at Walmart.  Fold or roll the paper into any number of shapes.
2. Paper Clips or Bobbie Pins
3. Light...Any light source you can control, e.g. Lamp, Flash, Strobe, FlashLight, LCD panel, etc. You need to be able to light subject paper from below and above.
4. Table top set-up...Search YouTube for examples.  I used a small slide/negative light table large enough for letter size paper.  Different colored paper was used on the light table for a variety of "below" colored light source.
5. Camera/Lens...Any combination suitable for Macro or Close-up photography.  I used the Olympus Tough TG-6 camera with a diffused light adaptor.
6. Photo Editing Software...The examples were done in Adobe Lightroom
7. IMAGINATION...Remember the intent is to use the light to create form and shadows with the paper, and including some texture is an added feature. Tight cropping, rotating the image, changing white balance, contrast, Vibrance, Hue, Saturation, Luminance can have enormous effects and pleasing results.

The Comments are open.  I would like to see what you've come up with.

I'm going to try this again and hopefully get into the habit of posting at lease weekly.  It's not that I don't have the time, especially with this pandemic, to keep this blog current, I just get wrapped up in other projects.  Before I know it the weeks fly by.

Here's one of the reasons I get so wrapped up in a project.  Several months ago I decided that I needed a photography/camera system that would be less physically demanding on this older person I've suddenly turned into.  Consequently, I went with the Olympus OM-D Micro 4/3 system.  Now, my weight and size of the Olympus Kit compared to the Nikon D500 Kit has been nearly cut in half. More importantly, I haven't seen any notable loss in quality in my photography by using the Olympus Micro 4/3 system. The learning curve of the Olympus menu system has been a little challenging, but, entertaining and fun.  I'm so pleased with the results that I have just about decided to sell/trade some of the Nikon gear.  More on that later.

Coming Attractions:  Macro/Closeup Photography.  Here's a few teasers.  
Comments are open.