Last weekend, my wife and I got up early to take a drive down to the Hyde Park area of Cincinnati. Hyde Park is one of the nicer areas in Cincinnati to live, with a small but very nice shopping … Continue reading
A Preppy Hyde Park Morning
Category Archives: Photography
A year of beer
I’ve mentioned this a couple of times before: I spent one year photographing every different ale or beer that I had in my home, and recently finished the project! The tough part wasn’t finding ales or beers to try, but … Continue reading
free barbecue sauce
It’s time to announce my first giveaway/contest for 2009! Honestly, I forgot that January 11 was my three year anniversary for Bucky’s Barbecue and Bread. To celebrate, I decided to go back a bit for a contest. Let’s talk about … Continue reading
a quick Christmas ham tip
It’s Christmas Eve! One day left until Christmas!!! So what’s on your list for Santa this year? There are some things I’d like to have, but nothing I really need at all. If I get any camera stuff, hopefully readers … Continue reading
kitchen close-ups
I’ve been in a rut lately, not very inspired, so I decided to get out some kitchen utensils and playing around with the camera a bit. I have a set of extension tubes for my camera which are fun to … Continue reading
An Historical Food Blogging Find!
My wife and I were out over the weekend and decided to go to the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio. While there, I found an early example of how foodies captured food images before digital cameras: I have to … Continue reading
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 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
Food Photo 101 – Lesson 1!
With this being the first Food Photo 101 lesson (yea!), and on Tuesday, this is Nika’s lesson that I’ll be following with my results on Thursday. So keep in mind that these are Nika’s words, not mine: Click here for … Continue reading
Food Photo 101 – Gearing up
Or… “How To Make Your Food Look As Good As It Tastes”. We’re gearing up to start our online adventure in food photography. Nika of Nika’s Culinary has set up a forum for the ‘class’ here. Also, there’s a Flickr … Continue reading
October Preview
Fall is in the air! Actually, it’s not in the air; in SW Ohio, we reached almost 90 degrees F today. I’m ready for 65 degree days, a touch of fog first thing in the morning, and temps that make … Continue reading
Announcing the september carnival of food photography
As summer peaks, start taking your food photos celebrating the best that summer has to offer! This edition of the Carnival of Food Photography is all about summer and summer foods!
Gather up the best the season has shown you, take some photos of it, put it in your blog, and enter it here! I know some people that are reading this are capable of not only great photos, but know how to get a shot that says ‘SUMMER’!!! (yes, I’m talking to you, Nika and Nicole, and others!) Continue reading