For this blog post, I decided to highlight a candle as the product in my still life. With this still life I wanted to highlight the connection between scent and memory, by featuring the scented candle and scented flowers. I chose to highlight daffodils and hyacinths because, to me they are connected to the memory of going for long walks with my mom during the pandemic. We would walk around the neighborhood in early spring when the hyacinths and daffodils were starting to bloom. My mom and I both love gardening, so being able to go for walks and admire other gardens in the neighborhood is a fond memory from a time that was otherwise quite grim. The scent of these flowers now transports me to those memories. The candle in the photo is symbolic of power of scent as a catalyst for memory, as well as the warmth and comfort that this memory provides.
I kept the composition of this photo simple, because after trying to add more elements I felt that the significance of the objects was being lost. I shot the still life from a more top down angle so that the flame of the candle would be visible and so that the negative space between the two groups of flowers would appear to be less.