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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Hot EspressoAhhh more food! (or more specifically drink) It was all I could do to finish this before I go get some coffee myself! (Another of the wonderful things my wife introduced me to.)Well, these were two of the first experimentations with this style for a series of ads and a website. Generally, I'm pretty happy with it. It's nice to be the designer as well as the photographer. It helps get the exact image you're looking for. aromatic 2 | beans 2 | bitter 1 | cappuccino 1 | coffee 3 | coffee beans 2 | cup 1 | cuppuccino 1 | drink 1 | Espresso 2 | espresso beans 1 | hot 6 | liquid 1 | reflection 10 | steam 1 |
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Garlic ReflectionsIn addition to my local Santa Barbara images site I am in the process of doing some self promotion work for my commercial food & restaurant photography. I've always loved photography and I REALLY love food, so I guess it was only a matter of time 'til I made the connection!Ohhh I just LOVE Garlic!! aromatic 2 | black background 1 | clove 1 | cooking 1 | culinary 1 | Elephant Garlic 1 | flavorful 1 | food 20 | garlic 2 | head 1 | healthy 3 | odor 1 | produce 1 | purple 30 | reflection 10 | root 2 | seasoning 1 | shiny 1 | smelly 1 | spice 1 | spicy 1 | still life 1 | strong 1 |
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Friday, October 19, 2007
Harbor Earth ShadowI really love this shot and all the others I took along with it. It was a great evening right after a Photography show walking with my dad at the Santa Barbara harbor.Aside from the beauty of the scene and the great memories it brings back (as most of my photos do for me), I like the science in this shot. If you poke around the photo of the day it's not hard to notice other evidence of the left side of my brain creeping into my photography. In this case, the dark blue near the horizon that slopes upward to the left is what intrigues me. It is actually the shadow of the Earth. As the sun was slipping further below the horizon behind me on my right side, it still lit the atmosphere above me. It is easiest to see this effect looking out over the ocean so there are no hills or even buildings and trees to block it. BTW, I finally got back to the photo of the day thanks to a really nice post the other day from Mary Ann. Always wonderful to know people are enjoying my creativity. One of the many things I was doing in my absence was working on a new gallery site of my Santa Barbara photos... www.ImagesOfSantaBarbara.com. Thanks again Mary Ann! blue 12 | boat 17 | California 108 | evening 36 | harbor 11 | light 49 | night 27 | ocean 62 | palm tree 33 | purple 30 | recreation 1 | reflection 10 | sailboat 10 | Santa Barbara 120 | Santa Barbara Harbor 11 | sky 49 | sunset 75 | water 55 |
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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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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Mesa SunsetThere are few places in Santa Barbara where you can watch the sun set over the ocean. Most of the beaches face south. But if you look around you can find a few spots with a nice view.We have to enjoy the sunsets while they last, this is about the time of year the show is over for about nine months. During the spring and summer there's not usually enough clouds to make a spectacle like this. |
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Santa Barbara Mission TwilightThis was a long exposure. The exposure time made the reflection much more interesting. it gave the effect of the sharpness near the bottom of the image getting blurry near the top where the water was falling from the top of the fountain. |
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Monday, July 11, 2005
Nighttime MissionThe cool thing about this long exposure is that fact that it made the surface of the water look like glass. If you look closely you can see that there are blurry areas near the center of the fountain where the water was running down. But most of the waves that moved slowly across the surface disappeared. I thought the motion of the ripples across the water would blur a larger part of the reflection but sometimes you get a pleasant surprise. |
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Sunday, April 17, 2005
Nighttime at the MissionI almost lost this image. It was on a roll of film in a camera that I had not used in a few weeks. Assuming it was empty I opened the back of the camera. Luckily the best shots seemed to be early on the roll and deep enough in the camera to not be affected.This was a long exposure from the edge of the fountain. the blurry area in the water is the affect of the water on the surface over the length of the exposure. |
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Thursday, April 7, 2005
Sunset ReflectionThis was taken from East Beach in Santa Barbara. The strings of lights are Christmas decorations on Stearns Wharf. |
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Sunday, January 2, 2005
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