Until today, I had been shooting everything in “auto” mode. That’s a shame, I know, but I’m lazy like that sometimes. But knowing in the back of my mind that I must start shooting manually in order to step up the level of my game and and become a serious photographer prompted me to break out my camera today and get started. These are a couple of the first images I shot. (more…)
May 31st, 2009
Vegetables are one of the great loves of my life, be they raw or cooked. I guess y’all probably think I say that about everything. Well, if you think that, you’re almost right. It’s true that I am extremely fond of a wide variety of veggies, fruit, fish and seafood, meats, grains and legumes, and I probably like more of them than the average person, but I can tell you that I do not like everything. There are some things that I do not like (such as snails from a can, butternut squash soup and Spam — yuck!) and there are others that I either cannot or simply will not allow myself to try (like brains, chicken feet, sweetbreads and fish livers — double yuck!), but most fruit and vegetables are not among these categories. (more…)
May 23rd, 2009
Until today, I had been shooting everything in “auto” mode. That’s a shame, I know, but I’m lazy like that sometimes. But knowing in the back of my mind that I must start shooting manually in order to step up the level of my game and and become a serious photographer prompted me to break out my camera today and get started. These are a couple of the first images I shot. (more…)
November 25th, 2008