For this month’s Photography Styling Challenge, I had to look no further than my kitchen pantry.
Just reading the word “pattern” in this month’s prompt took me back to elementary school, forming arrangements with plastic geometric tiles. I loved this activity; creating flowers and houses and nameless other configurations. I was pretty thrilled at the prospect of this post and spent days chewing on the subject. Should I photograph a cut sewing pattern laid out? Should I head outdoors seeking naturally occurring patterns over staging?
I opted for a small arrangement of items from my home, we have so many small things.
My pantry yielded legumes, nuts, dried herbs, pasta, and grains.
To explore more patterns in people’s lives:
a woven life 
February 3, 2014 at 8:51 am
I love how you staged the patterns here! The last pic is darling!!
February 3, 2014 at 11:49 am
What a great idea to use pantry items. I love the dark background, especially in that last picture with the dried flowers. My favorite is the corn kernels with the slight drops of water. Really simple and clean photography. Love it!
February 3, 2014 at 5:08 pm
Thank you so much. The water was unintentional, but I really enjoyed the way these turned out. I’m purdy proud. Thanks for stopping by!
February 3, 2014 at 12:19 pm
My favorite, is unexpectedly, the pasta. These are wonderful 🙂
February 3, 2014 at 5:08 pm
My favorite is the pasta tooooooo!!!!
February 3, 2014 at 3:34 pm
What a creative take on patterns! I love the image of the corn kernels, although they all look very striking against the dark background. Beautiful! ~M.
February 3, 2014 at 5:09 pm
Thank you, M! I enjoyed this one a lot. Another fun month of planning and shooting. Now I’m off to see what everyone did!
February 3, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Lovely Nicole! I especially love the second and last photograph! What a great idea and you captured natures patterns beautifully…well done! x
February 4, 2014 at 1:43 am
Such a creative way of doing this months theme. Agreed with Roxy on the 2nd and last photographs. I love the water droplets in the 2nd one and the use of light in the last one. I love the awesome contrast
February 4, 2014 at 9:11 pm
beautiful pictures…I especially love that dark background u have used. It looks like a well scratched, well used metal tray… am i right? I am so on a hunt for rough boards or trays!
The corn kernel pic is my fav.. very well shot.
February 5, 2014 at 8:35 am
Thank you Namrata. The popcorn photo seems to be a favorite. I used my old baking sheets for these photos. It was my first time really using them as a background. I recommend them! Thanks for stopping by.
February 21, 2014 at 2:46 am
Fun! I like this one! especially the contrast of the black and the little short pasta 🙂 So cute!