A Photo a Day by Bill Heller | ||
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Fruit Photos |
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
KiwifruitFood and photography, some of my favorite things! |
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Baby Granny Smith AppleHappy Thanksgiving!!I hope you enjoyed lots of good food and friends today! Unfortunately I did not get to take any photos of the great feast, but this was one of the "aromatics" (to quote my favorite tv chef) that contributed to the meal. I did get a little adventurous today and decided to throw away those silly little plastic bags we usually use for the turkey. I can now tell you that brining your turkey the night before is the way to go. Much more moist and tasty that way. This is the basic recipe I used. But since I had not thought about it before hand I improvised on some missing ingredients. (Also, onions are bad for The Hound, and almost everything we make is hound-safe. Not that she is spoiled or anything. :-D ) apple 2 | Baby Granny Smith 1 | food 20 | freckles 3 | fruit 19 | Granny Smith 1 | green 35 | isolated 1 | spots 2 | stem 6 | tart 1 |
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
Kiwi SlicesThe Kiwis in the kitchen were getting a little soft so it was time to do something with them. I guess I could have just eaten them... but then I wouldn't have some cool photos to show for it.Actinidia deliciosa 2 | breakfast 1 | closeup 29 | dessert 3 | detail 1 | exotic 2 | food 20 | fresh 2 | fruit 19 | fuzzy 12 | green 35 | hairy 2 | health 1 | healthy 3 | juicy 2 | Kiwi 2 | Kiwifruit 2 | natural 2 | nature 3 | organic 2 | seed 5 | slice 2 | snack 2 | sugarfree 1 | sweet 4 |
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
Fresh from the GardenThis was taken a couple hours before yesterday's photo of the day. This was the scene in the middle of the table that inspired the three hour photo shoot.The cool purple garlic bulb is from a recent trip to Gilroy for their Garlic Festival, but most of the others are fresh from the garden. bulb 1 | Capsicum chinense 3 | Caribbean Habanero 2 | food 20 | fruit 19 | garlic 2 | Habanero 3 | heirloom tomato 2 | hot 6 | jar 1 | nightshade 19 | pepper 7 | Photos I Grew Myself 46 | stem 6 | tomato 13 | vegetable 18 | vine 10 |
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Habanero ReflectionI noticed this pepper as I was sitting at the dining room table this morning with my wife and bird. (His cage is in the corner of the dining room. He likes to be right in the middle of the action.)We have a huge pile of peppers and tomatoes on the table from our plants in the back yard. My wife has been pointing out the cool ones to me for a couple of weeks, and I finally couldn't wait any longer it was time for a photo shoot! About three hours later this was one of my favorite shots. But I can't take all the credit, I have a great Art Director & food stylist! The cool black tray was my wife's idea. |
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Monday, May 7, 2007
Tomatillo SpiderWhen we were at the Nursery a couple weeks ago we found some great peppers. This Tomatillo looked so cool I just had to grab him too. I figure they'll make some good salsa together too. I just got a great book of salsa recipes for my birthday and I can't wait to try it out! |
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Stripey SeasonOh I'm so excited! It's tomato time again! (yeah I know I need a hobby! oh yeah, I have my camera!) This is one of our "Mister Stripey" tomatoes from last year. But it is time to start looking for this years varieties. A couple weeks ago we had to search all the nurseries to find only common tomato varieties, but they are out in full force now and I have lost count of how many we have.Of course, one of our favorites is still around from last year. It is a big mass of vines that seems to be very happy and produced fruit all year even through our mild frosts here. (It was nestled against the wall under our living room window and, luckily for him, they didn't seem to have anything like insulation in the 70s when the homes in this area were built. :-) |
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
Grapes on the VineMmmmm, grapes! I love the color of them.fall color 2 | fall leaf 2 | food 20 | fruit 19 | grape 3 | grape leaf 3 | grape vine 2 | vine 10 | wine 3 |
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Sunday, September 10, 2006
Backlit GrapesThis is another shot from yesterday's trip to Seaside Gardens. The grape leaves are amazing in the sun. Makes it look like autumn.backlit 42 | fall color 2 | fall leaf 2 | fruit 19 | grape 3 | grape leaf 3 | grape vine 2 | vine 10 | wine 3 |
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Friday, August 25, 2006
Wild PepperI would tell you what kind of pepper this is, but my wife grew it from a seed and the seed was in a packet of mixed seeds. Hope they taste as good as they look. Of course, this one is particularly wild lookin'. |
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Tomato Worm AssassinThis is how we take care of tomato worms around here!We really like birds in our yard anyway and it appears these guys really like tomato worms. We try to encourage them as much as possible. |
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Pink GrapeOur tomatoes are doing great! This is a Pink Grape Tomato and they are delicious.We had a 'bout with tomato worms and other things trying to eat them. We are trying to keep them organic and in doing this we are getting a real appreciation for how hard organic farmers must have to work. Fortunately, we found crawling rosemary to deter the snails, cut pantyhose around the pots and tied up around the plant to keep other creepy crawlies out and something special for the tomato worms! Check back tomorrow and I'll show you how we handle them. |
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Chicken SaladA couple of days ago you got to see the ingredients. Now we have the results! Food is a tricky thing to photograph. Especially something like chicken salad. It has the very real potential to come out looking like... well, something you really do not want to eat. In examining my favorite cookbooks, I have found that lighting and garnish both play a major role in making formless things interesting and appetizing.In the not too distant future I will be starting a new project, a cookbook, with a friend who owns a great restaurant downtown. I have to practice because his food is so good I really want to do it justice! avocado 1 | Chicken 1 | Chicken Salad 1 | food 20 | fruit 19 | nightshade 19 | pepper 7 | Photos I Cooked Myself 4 | plate 1 | Salad 3 | tomato 13 | vegetable 18 |
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Saturday, June 10, 2006
Tomato BlossomThis one is called "Mr. Stripey"!No! I don't name my plants... Ok, well yeah, maybe I do. But, not this one, he came with that name! Really! And, when this beautiful blossom turns into the HUGE tomato I know it will, you will see why! |
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Wednesday, June 7, 2006
First Tomato of the Season!I am sooo excited, this year is our second attempt to grow tomatoes in our small back yard. And I think my wife has figured out the secret as you can see. This guy is beautiful and smells perfect! (smell is one of THE most important things in picking a good tomato IMO) It is a "Pink Grape Tomato" it is only about an inch long, which is about how big it is supposed to be. And as you can see there are more on the way. |
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Sunday, June 4, 2006
Peach... err Tomato FuzzThe sun was beautiful this evening. My wife and I were playing with our plants in the back yard when she pointed out a few new buds on this tomato plant. (the little round things in the upper right)I'm so excited! I just love tomatoes Most of the ones you get in the store are tasteless. But this plant passes the first test, it smells just like my grandfathers garden. (that is the way I pick a good tomato) It was my job to help him find the ripe tomatoes on his plants when I was visiting. |
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Monday, April 3, 2006
Yellow BellsI love Gelson's! Their produce looks like a farmer's market. They even stack everything with the stems pointing in the same direction. Particularly nice since we went there to find subjects for some still life food photography. |
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Friday, March 17, 2006
Playin' With My Food (AKA This Little Piggy)I am really enjoying the food photography thing. Two of my favorite things, how could it be wrong!?It doesn't hurt that we have a variety of very cool props around. This little piggy has been on our cool stone table for a while and I decided that it was time for his photo shoot! ('Course, the coffee table is not usually that clean :) |
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Saturday, July 23, 2005
One from the Pepper PatchThis is one of my little pepper plants living in a hanging basket in my back yard. One of my favorite restaurants (Los Arroyos, on Figueroa in Santa Barbara) makes, among other things, some incredible salsas. One of which is made from Habaneros, one of the hottest peppers. After getting used to eating their blazing salsa I decided I loved the flavor of this little pepper as well as the kick it gives things. So I had to start a little pepper patch in my back yard. Trouble was, I did not want my muse to get into the plants on one of her evening perimeter checks of the back yard. So they are safely tucked away well out of her reach in a hanging basket. |
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