Tools of the Trade

Tools of the Trade by Helen Bascom
Tools of the Trade by Helen Bascom

Tools of the Trade

Just a few of my favorite things.


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  • Antoine Dagobert

    Antoine Dagobert, about 1 year ago

    Beautiful light and composition!well done

  • pmistric

    pmistric, about 1 year ago

    Yes, our tools of the trade. You gotta appreciate them. Great still life image. Love your POV.

  • midzing

    midzing, about 1 year ago

    well done, love the lighting,,, excellent shot

  • Karl Schlemmer

    Karl Schlemmer, about 1 year ago

    Wow, great composition and the lighting is fantactic. Very moody abstract. Well done.

  • Jon Clark

    Jon Clark, about 1 year ago

    Nice one tipped over bottle, now that’s saying something…...... Kind of like yelling

  • Carlo Cesar Rodillas

    Carlo Cesar Ro..., about 1 year ago

    Very good use of limited lighting! Great still-life shot! Congrats!

  • petelangman

    petelangman, about 1 year ago

    love the lighting, the colour …everything. brilliant

  • Trace Lowe

    Trace Lowe, about 1 year ago

    cool lighting and composition. Tools of what trade? Make me think.

  • Gayla Drummond

    Gayla Drummond, about 1 year ago

    A very well set up, lit and rather moody shot.

  • Antanas

    Antanas, about 1 year ago

    Perfect composition and exposure, well done

  • coffeetea

    coffeetea, about 1 year ago

    wow make up , good theme chosen! it tells women’s world :)

  • MaluC

    MaluC, about 1 year ago

    Woww very femenine composition, so delicate, beautiful contrast, great colors :)

  • cynthiab

    cynthiab, about 1 year ago

    pure romance here all a girl could need awesome photograph

  • kaylarenee

    kaylarenee, about 1 year ago

    this is amazing, i love the rich tones and shading!

  • Mia1

    Mia1, about 1 year ago

    You did an amazing job, Love the colour and the lighting

  • nikspix

    nikspix, about 1 year ago

    Stunning pic! I love the lighting, the colors, and the spilled foundation. Is there a hidden meaning to that? Great job!

  • Helen Bascom

    Helen Bascom, about 1 year ago

    There is meaning in the spilled foundation, the perfume, the lipstick, even the silk rose. What do you think it means? ;-)

  • Christopher  Ewing

    Christopher E...community helper, about 1 year ago

    very nice play w/ lighting, focus is perfect, great job

  • paul romanowski

    paul romanowski, about 1 year ago

    SO THERE YOU HAVE IT….......MAY IDEA…......
    GOOD PHOTO…

  • Geoff  Coleman

    Geoff Coleman, about 1 year ago

    Love the spilt lotion component to this composition and the difference of its colour to the dominant red. I also like the used look to the lipstick so that none of the “tools” look like props. Excellent image.

  • Jewd

    Jewd, about 1 year ago

    Beautifully lit Helen, lurvv the title and the choice of objects.nicley balanced…thaks for your comments re: my work… jewd x

  • Dave Lloyd

    Dave Lloyd, about 1 year ago

    This is a fantastic image. Very well done.

  • Kimberly Palmer

    Kimberly Palmer, about 1 year ago

    This is great… very well presented.

  • Paul Gibbons

    Paul Gibbons, about 1 year ago

    Love this, awesome lighting well composed. A real work of art.

  • FlickerLightStudio

    FlickerLightSt..., about 1 year ago

    Our work is never done! Excellent job on composition and presentation!

  • memory

    memory, about 1 year ago

    I love the rich tones that adds to the atmosphere of real glamour.

  • Catherine Crimmins

    Catherine Crim..., about 1 year ago

    beautiful helen =0)

  • mick

    mick, about 1 year ago

    great image helen,would suit a shop selling products as such.well done

  • Michele Roohani

    Michele Roohani, about 1 year ago

    great shot – she left in a hurry…

  • Michael and Maureen Mancini

    Michael and Ma..., about 1 year ago

    interesting composition. colors and dof work well with the reflections. maybe a little less crop at the top to include the whole tip(?).

    keep clickin’....

  • googa

    googa, about 1 year ago

    A womans tools love it !

  • Lulybelle

    Lulybelle, about 1 year ago

    very seductive…beautiful image.

  • Dakolina

    Dakolina, about 1 year ago

    tools of the trade indeed. it lookslike one of thopse cool images you see vogue beauty section. enter the world of CHANEL type. lovely

  • Gerard Rotse

    Gerard Rotse, about 1 year ago

    Great composition and colors.

  • BySilent

    BySilent, about 1 year ago

    Wonderful work

  • Sherri Hamilton

    Sherri Hamilton, about 1 year ago

    I really love the lighting on this one, colors are perfect as well.

  • DawsonImages

    DawsonImages, about 1 year ago

    beautiful light

  • schizoren

    schizoren, about 1 year ago

    beautiful composition ..
    great feeling of nostalgia!

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher, about 1 year ago

    GREAT SHOT

  • Rusty Woodward Gladdish

    Rusty Woodward..., about 1 year ago

    I love this composition. Wonderful depth of shadow. Very theatrical, dramatising familiar objects .Shades of Caravaggio . Nice touch with the make up forming a little pool on the table. Great textures. Love it!

  • Karen Crozier

    Karen Crozier, about 1 year ago

    This is great I love collage type pics, especially when you focus on just one color, red awesome

  • gothgirl

    gothgirl, about 1 year ago

    I love the richness of this one the textures and matt and shine with the drip just caught – wonderful

  • Dani Farley

    Dani Farley, about 1 year ago

    good pic, thats what I’m talking about.

  • BFosterBFA

    BFosterBFA, about 1 year ago

    I cant tell what they are but they are put together beautifully and the lighting is awesome…

  • Heather Loster

    Heather Loster, about 1 year ago

    wonderful compostition. great lighting.

  • WitheringMoon

    WitheringMoon, about 1 year ago

    Great composition and tools no girl should be without! a great image.

  • Kate Towers IPA

    Kate Towers IPA, about 1 year ago

    great light and good composition. .nice work!

  • Martin Derksema

    Martin Derksema, about 1 year ago

    Beautiful chiariscuro. Very sensuous picture with a beautiful silence in it.

  • GittiArt

    GittiArt, about 1 year ago

    Beautiful work Helen , these things are very important for me , too LOL :-) ......I guess, for almost every modern day woman !!!.......Love your image , bravo !!!!

  • David Harris

    David Harris, about 1 year ago

    Stunning piece!

  • Hoffard

    Hoffard, 12 months ago

    Great photo! Love the colors…

  • Helen Bascom

    Helen Bascom, 12 months ago

    Thanks Kimberly (Hoffard). It’s an old photo from the depths of my portfolio, forgotten and alone. I dusted her off and gave her a prominent spot for a little while. :-)

  • Birgitta

    Birgitta, 12 months ago

    Haaa. I somehow missed this?? Oh wait..just caught the date.
    This is frikking awesome! The lighting especially. (I wish more
    people would take care with their lighting! This is exceltionally good.)
    Makes all the difference in the world. This is funny..but very classy
    at the same time. Looks great framed too. :)

  • Deri Dority

    Deri Dority, 12 months ago

    I love it!! So perfectly put together.

  • Susan Grissom

    Susan Grissom, 12 months ago

    Great vignette! I missed this one.

  • Steven Torrisi

    Steven Torrisi, 12 months ago

    May be the tools of the trade but its the real person underneath that makes beauty beautiful.

  • Jase812

    Jase812, 12 months ago

    Very cool shot !

  • Peco Grozdanovski

    Peco Grozdanovski, 12 months ago

    Wonderful work dear lady.. My compliments!

  • Heloisa Castro

    Heloisa Castro, 11 months ago

    Beautiful composition.

  • Dennis Rubin IPA

    Dennis Rubin IPA, 10 months ago

    Tools – great lighting on this one, HB!

  • midnight08

    midnight08, 10 months ago

    A womens touch, stunning work

  • Burchett

    Burchett, 9 months ago

    great photo. Perfect lighting

  • PPPhotoArt

    PPPhotoArt, 9 months ago

    this is a fabulous comp with wonderful lighting!!!!!

  • Paul Scarsella

    Paul Scarsella, 9 months ago

    awesome composition!

  • Silvia Ganora

    Silvia Ganora, 8 months ago

    Great concept and light

  • eXposure

    eXposure, 6 months ago

    seems we women have alot in common,
    cant leave the house without it!
    wonderful capture

  • Kelly  Bermingham

    Kelly Bermingham, 4 months ago

    I have missed this one!! shame on me!!! fantastic helen – Girls will be girls!! Brilliant lighting and love the spilled makeup! :)

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