Experimentation With Cherries and a Cup

I watched a program a couple of weeks ago on The Food Channel, which showed a feature on Food Photography. As a foodie, I got kinda excited about that. I searched the internet for food photography examples, and thought that I would like to try my hand at them. Although I had planned on shooting outdoors yesterday, I neglected to check the weather. It rained like cra-zzzy! So, inspired (by the television program), I got out some fruit and other props, and started shooting. The lighting wasn't the best, and my PhotoShop skills are still kindergarten. After taking about 250 pictures, these three are really the only ones that I'm happy with. There are a couple more pics that I like the composition of, but take a little more advanced skills at PhotoShop to improve. I think I've found my photographic niche. This is an area I definitely will experiment with and concentrate more of my efforts on. I will, however, be shooting nature, etc., as I need to improve my skills on those areas as well.

Light Box and View From a Skylight

I had made a light box a couple of weeks ago, with instructions that I found on the web. It didn't cost very much to make, but am having loads of (frustrating) fun learning to work in this new environment. My problem is trying to get the lighting right. I am using a couple of compact flourescent bulbs, but think I will have to change them to incandescent, as they throw out too much yellow light.


Yesterday morning, after our big storm, I was making my usual cup 'o tea, looked up into the skylight, and this is what I saw. Although it looks like clouds in the sky, it's actually snow that had accumulated overnight on the skylight.

Waterworks Park and Home

I wanted to take advantage of the frost this morning. Boy! were my fingers ever cold! Hopefully the pics are well worth the effort. I was fiddlin' with the light as well, hence the reposed pic of Bairn.

"Double Exposure"

I was goofing with shaking the camera on purpose (to an otherwise mundane still life of an apple and three bananas). This is what I got.

Zoom "N' Jiggle Technique.

"Water" Assignment 1.

"Patterns" Assignment.

Trying out a new angle.

Saw the footprints, liked the composition.

Hey Jim! Thanks for the quick lesson on Zoom Burst.

"Lines" Assignment.

Just liked the flower.

"Water" Assignment 2.

Trying out the black reflector I made.

Another try at flower shooting.

Trying out the zoom lens.