The best thing about a new hobby is that it gives you a reason to buy new stuff, and I love buying new stuff. Here’s what I got last weekend:
A tripod so that I can take better pictures of my food. The salesman tried to talk me into a $180 clamp that the professionals use, but I went for the $25 cheapo portable tripod. I tried it for the valentine’s day photo, and I think he was right about that clamp – you need it for the overhead shots. But I still like the little one, mainly because it is cute.
New dishes. My own dishes are green, and although my friend Rachel graciously loaned me a white bowl for a recent post, it was clear that I could not continue to rely on my neighbors for dinnerware. Fish’s Eddy is having a close out sale at the B’way and 77th Street store, so I headed there last Saturday and I now have a great collection of single plates and bowls to enhance my food shots. (Just no room to store them…)
A Clamp-on Light. Well, technically I didn’t buy the light, my brother-in-law did. But I did start using the light in the kitchen this weekend, because we have no over-the-stove light to work (and photograph) by. Suddenly, I can see what I am cooking. Amazing!
Now I just have to get back into the kitchen. The problem with a day job (and a family) is it leaves no time for cooking…
Category: Food
Well, I wasn’t going to say anything but it has been awhile since the Doctor has given us a new recipe…you need to make something to go on those beautiful new dishes. Perhaps I will just send you my new amazing corn muffin recipe. I think they would look great on that blue plate…
Funny I should read this today, I suppose. I just went and bought a $25 tripod this afternoon. It does make a huge difference, especially on close ups.
I’m still trying to figure out light. It seems to me like it’s virtually impossible to take a decent photo without daylight, and there’s not much of that left by the time most of us have finished work.
Love what your doing with your blog. I enjoy your posts about medicine and reproductive health just as much as your posts on food. You’ve created your own niche, and that is no mean feat in a world where everyone has a blog.
Rob:
Thanks for the comment. I was starting to think I needed to separate my blogs topics a little more. Now I thik I’ll just leave it the way it is.
I agree with you about the light in photos. That overhead light I got is good for faraway use, but doesn’t really light the shot up close in any good way. Probably this is why the real photographers use those umbrella lights.
One thing I’d like to get is a flash that bounces off the ceiling. I think that’s a good way to get light at night without the typical flash effect that drowns everything out. I had one for my old 35m, just have to see if they come for the digital cameras.