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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Peppers and GarlicTime for a little more food photography! Yet another of those self promotion projects that always gets bumpped by other things. |
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Low Aperture PoppyI've always liked playing with low aperture shots. I like the way the stem of this poppy goes out of focus fast. For comparison, the apple from Thanksgiving was about as tight (high) aperture as this lens gets. Which kept the nice texture of the skin in focus over the whole surface. |
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Friday, November 23, 2007
Backlit Grape LeafOne nice thing about living in Southern California is the fact that you can take pictures like this even this time of year. On the other hand, we were walking The Hound yesterday when we passed a tree with beautiful fall colored leaves. Makes me think about taking a trip somewhere to see some real fall colors!backlit 45 | closeup 32 | grape 3 | grape leaf 3 | green 35 | leaf 47 | macro 20 | macro photography 12 | stem 7 | vein 3 |
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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 3 | Baby Granny Smith 1 | food 26 | freckles 3 | fruit 25 | Granny Smith 1 | green 35 | isolated 1 | spots 2 | stem 7 | tart 1 |
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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 2 | Capsicum chinense 4 | Caribbean Habanero 3 | food 26 | fruit 25 | garlic 3 | Habanero 4 | heirloom tomato 3 | hot 7 | jar 1 | nightshade 20 | pepper 10 | Photos I Grew Myself 55 | stem 7 | tomato 16 | vegetable 22 | vine 14 |
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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, 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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