Summer foods begin

Was walking around the supermarket looking for some interesting food to photograph with this new lighting idea I had and decided to use these neat little tomatoes with some fresh mozzarella that cut about the same diameter.  Fresh basil and some croutes make up the rest.  Summer veg's are on the way!

Dessert on a pedestal

New photo of a dessert mouse from a local high quality pastry shop.

Thought I would frame it like a piece of artwork. 

     Well. After a few iterations and way too many calories ingested I think

I've perfected the bran muffin. Muffin tops are the best. :)

Food Work

Photographing food is one of my favorite things to do.  These are wrapped scallops from a great Italian restaurant nearby.  Very fresh ingredients and it looks like the chefs know how to not overcook green beans.  This shot is mostly available light from windows camera right. 

Master Chef Dessert Take Two

Chocolate raspberry.  High quality ingredients.  Intense chocolate flavor.  Hard light/soft light, kicker light. 

Master Chef Dessert

Felt like photographing desserts so I decided to buy some individual ones from The Chocolate Mill here in Glens Falls. This peanut/chocolate tart is the first shot.  Its great to have such quality items nearby.  I was only able to work with them for a little while as food can lose its look quickly.  Besides.  I wound up eating them all before I should have.  Hard to keep your hands off food like this!       

Open House at Saratoga Race Track.

Spent part of the afternoon walking around the track facilities shooting whatever looked interesting.  Not crowded so it was great being able to photograph areas without too many people.   I guess that included these urinals.  They look so ready for action.  Sweep the floor before opening day please.

 

A few Steeple Chase races today to keep things interesting.  There were a number of photographers around all practicing their trigger finger timing for the upcoming season I'm sure. 

 

This dining room really was lit red from the overhead translucent cover.  I thought it was kind of neat looking.

Last but not least we have Sparkles the Clown in action.

Great new restaurant. Phila Fusion, Saratoga

Spent a good part of the afternoon yesterday shooting food at a this new restaurant in Saratoga.  I have to say  the presentation is the best I have seen.  Just beautifully done.  Tasted great too!  The shots were all done during service time so I was working as fast a possible.  This of course makes it a challenge to quickly decide on lighting and composition.  The lighting was a combination of window light camera right and one softbox camera left at about 10:00.  Some reflector work also.