Fun with Food
When I’m bored, I take photos. My favorite subject is, of course, my son. But at almost 5-years-old he’s gotten a bit too clever for his own good. The bribing stopped working and he just won’t sit...
View ArticleCan You Help a Girl Out?
Can you help a girl out? It’s time I invest in my very first real macro lens. I think Nikon calls it Micro, right? Not sure why, but I really feel that spring time is macro lens time. Getting down and...
View ArticleInstagram Effect
My twitter timeline is being flooded with instagram photos. Thanks for this heavy deluge of serious photo editing, guys. Not sure why everyone is so deep into this instagram business. I mean c’mon,...
View ArticleMacro or Micro
So, after my plea for help about buying a macro lens, I decided it was time to take the plunge into macro land and buy myself one. We scooped up the kiddo, got in the car and headed downtown. I walked...
View ArticleDetermining Exposure
Here’s the last photo I took of my boy, who I -judging by this shot- really can’t call my little boy any longer. He sure is growing up. I really love the shots that I took of him this weekend. It’s...
View ArticleMy Lighting Setup
Like every food blogger out there, I too struggle with a serious loss of light during those long autumn and winter months. Never made a secret of the fact I prefer shooting with natural light, but...
View ArticleNow & Then
Now and then I end up with a photo that I somehow don’t think will work out in my food posting, but that I feel is too beautiful not to use. This bombay potatoes shot is a perfect example of that. See...
View ArticleBeautiful Figs
Had a rare free moment today and wonderful light to work with, so I started working on a series of natural-light food photos for my home. Something I’d been planning forever but somehow never got...
View ArticleThe Star of The Show
Next one in line for a canvas was one of the most fragrant and beautifully star-shaped spices in the world: Star anise. Highly photogenic.
View ArticleBlooming Tea
The best thing to me about tea flowers is not their delicious and delicate flavour, even though it is a somewhat acquired taste. It’s not the fascinating way they magically bloom as soon as their...
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