I’ve done maybe 1 or 2 web/blog ‘tag you’re it’ type things in the past, but I’ve kind of stopped doing a lot of that stuff. No one cares that my favorite movie is Bed Time for Bonzo (it’s not… … Continue reading
Pay It Forward
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Food Photo 101 – Lesson 3 Results
Lesson 3 is all about depth of field (DOF). One thing I’ve noticed in looking at food photos is that really shallow DOF is used a LOT with food (sometimes too much, I think). However, it can be used to … Continue reading
Food Photo 101 – Lesson 3
After a well deserved holiday break, here were are at Lesson 3 of Food Photo 101! I peeked at Nika’s photos for this and had a good idea that we were going to do one of the topics I’ve really … Continue reading
Chefs For Humanity
I was contacted last week by a Chef’s For Humanity, an organization founded by Cat Cora (you might know her from Iron Chef America). The goal of the group is to gather culinary professionals and educations to fight hunger around … Continue reading
Pumpkin Bars
or My Favorite Thing My Wife Makes For Me That I Eat Too Much Of Too Quickly. But that title was too long, I thought. I do most of the cooking around hte house, but my wife does make a … Continue reading
Thanksgiving
I hope I’m not disappointing anyone by not having a lot of Thanksgiving food this year. I’m doing the same as last year, pretty much, so if you search on ‘Thanksgiving’, you’ll get lots of stuff from 2006. Instead, I’m … Continue reading
Food Photo 101 – On Holiday
One thing I realized I don’t think I’ve emphasized for Food Photo 101 is that this is an evolving instructional series. Nika and I talked about topics, but she’s coming up with the lesson organically and as she’s inspired. Because … Continue reading
Food Photo 101 – Lesson 2 Review
Here we have Nika’s review of my work for Food Photo 101 Lesson 2, along with several others that are following along… This week we had quite a few people contribute their results to the Food Photo 101 flickr pool. … Continue reading
Food Photo 101 – Lesson 2 Results
Lesson 2 was all about directing light. I was hoping to have some good morning light again, as the time change means that it’s too dark when I get home to have much light coming into the dining room. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Food Photo 101 – Lesson 2
It’s time for for the 2nd lesson in Food Photo 101! Without further ado, here it is, in Nika’s words: Welcome back! I was so impressed by all of the work you all did on the last lesson, great job!We … Continue reading
Food Photo 101 – Lesson 1 Recap
The Sunday Recap is Nika’s review of the week’s lesson. I look at this as kind of the instructor’s review of my work. So, in Nika’s words… It has been a fantastic week! We have had more than 80 people … Continue reading
Food Photo 101 – Lesson 1 Results
Nika put together a great lesson for our first week. This is the second part of these lessons. After getting Nika’s lesson, I’m going through them, then posting the results. Why? I’ve seen a lot of tips on different sites … Continue reading