What a fine lookin’ specimen. The fish, of course. Had to post this pic of Jon and his friend from our day off on our recent Costa Rica mission trip. Still need to post several photos for the previous Costa Rica posting, but had to share this. The photo on the left is now one of my top favorites of Jon. Great expression. I need to use the 50mm more often. It’s a good lens (it’s not the 1.4 but it still does a nice job.)
06/21/2011
Jon & his best friend…
03/10/2011
Cupcakes (Archive Diving #3)
I was going through my photos last month, getting a food portfolio book printed, and really became fond of this photo. This was taken in Dec 2009 at Bottega Louie in LA while documenting a large event for a company’s Christmas party–oh, ‘scuse me–“Holiday” Party. I hadn’t paid much attention to this photo at all since the day I’d taken it. But, like I said, last month I went through my archives and grew to really enjoy this photo.
12/02/2010
Persimmon
Shot on tile with a texture courtesy of: Paul Grand
I’ve not been a fan of persimmons in the past but these are starting to grow on me. Plus, these lil’ things are so cute with their green “bows” on top.
11/23/2010
Caramel Apples, Just in time for the holidays
Behold. My Harry & David-esque photo for the holidays…
My friend Donna made these caramel apples complete with a hand-written, considerate yet humorous note that read, “Dental Warning: This caramel is great at ripping out fillings and crowns…Chew with caution”
I don’t recall ever having a candy or caramel apple before but these were kind of addicting and not sickly sweet like I had imagined. Really yummy. And, no, I didn’t eat both of them by myself. And, yes, I did chew with caution.
06/21/2010
Vegan Chef Charmaine Daniels
Havin’ Fun in the Kitch-Un!
Vegan chef Charmaine Daniels and I had a great time tooling around the kitchen last Wednesday. Thanks to Jim & Donna for providing a FABULOUS location for this shoot. Bright, airy, scenic, clean. Great specs for a food shoot.
I love photographing food, Charmaine loves to cook, and we both love to eat good, tasty, colorful food–and it just so happens to be super healthy and vegan. Just look at her. She’s fit and gorgeous!
Be watching for more photos as she whips up a super fresh and tasty tabbouleh/tabouli…(However it’s spelled…I found about 9 thousand different spellings on Google…)
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A few of the ingredients.
Check out the size of this knife.
Choppin’ up fresh parsley, green onion and mint. The aromas were wonderful. Especially the mint.
By the way, I love how the green onion reflects off the knife in the middle photo. So shiny…
The dish is starting to come together. Beautiful! I never tire of these complementary colors in food.
Cucumbers…
Adding the cucumbers, fresh lemon juice and bulgur wheat (bulgur was soaked in water, then drained).
Drizzling some delicious extra-virgin olive oil into the mix.
Look at Charmaine! Isn’t she the cutest chef?!
Then it was out to the balcony for a lovely alfresco portrait.
The wind was mighty and blowing her hair all over the place, but we managed to get some nice shots. I do love the spontaneous look of this portrait.
Thanks for joining me on this food journey. Hope you enjoyed it. Until next time….