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Photography Light & DIY Diffuser on the Cheap

January 10, 2012 16 Comments

When I attended the Food Photography Overhaul last month, I learned good lighting is the KEY to good photos. Now, I consider myself a pretty darn good student. I listen carefully, I take notes diligently, and I try to implement my new knowledge as soon as nerdily possible. Yet as mentioned in my last post I experienced some extreme frustration while trying to photograph those delicious balsamic pork tenderloin medallions in low lighting. The need for light was obvious, but where the heck was it?! I tried switching locations. The stove top, the living room floor, the bathroom counter, the laundry room. Photo after horrible photo. It was absolutely infuriating!

A couple of days later (once I had a chance to cool down and drink some wine), the BF and I headed to Lowe’s to resolve this lighting issue once and for freaking all.

Here’s what we picked up:

My Favs, Ramblings

DIY Photography Light Diffuser on the Cheap

January 10, 2012 26 Comments

When I attended the Food Photography Overhaul last month, I learned good lighting is the KEY to good photos. I consider myself a pretty darn good student: I listen carefully, I take notes diligently, and I try to implement my new knowledge as soon as nerdily possible. Yet, as mentioned in my last post, I experienced some extreme frustration while trying to photograph those delicious balsamic pork tenderloin medallions in low lighting. The need for light was obvious, but where the heck was it?! I tried switching locations–the stove top, the living room floor, the bathroom counter, the laundry room–photo after horrible photo. It was absolutely infuriating!

A couple of days later (once I had a chance to mellow out over a nice cheap bottle of red wine), the BF and I headed to Lowe’s to resolve this lighting issue once and for freaking all.

Here’s what we picked up:

Ramblings

2012: the do morer year.

January 1, 2012 8 Comments

It’s a new year.

*sigh*

With a new year comes the obligatory reflection on the year past, and looking back I realize just how tumultuous 2011 was. There were ups, and there were downs. Boy, were there downs. And struggles. Like when the BF first moved to Charlotte and the struggle I faced in deciding to move away from home. Then, I struggled to sell my house, struggled to rent my house, and struggled to find a condo to rent. When I couldn’t sell the house, I struggled with becoming a landlord. I struggled with the world’s worst movers. Then, I struggled to plant baby roots in a new city. I started my new job and struggled with the realization that it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for. I struggled with the decision to leave that new job for a new-new job. I struggled to be happy. Far too much.

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I shot that sh*t!

December 18, 2011 25 Comments

Over the past two years I’ve developed an addiction to food photography. The styling and the mood. The subject and the props. The lighting. OMG the lighting. I’ve drooled over photos in magazines, on blogs, and in cookbooks and I’ve snapped thousands of food photos trying (and hoping) to get shots that looked half as good. I can count on one hand (that’s five fingers, folks) the number of photos I have taken that I truly loved (one of them being the pic I used for my header on the blog).

That is downright sad.

Fitness, Ramblings

14-Day Fitness Challenge–Turkey Trot Edition

November 13, 2011 6 Comments

I don’t know about you guys, but my level of motivation to exercise is dwindling downward along with the temperatures. Add to this the impending holiday of gluttony, and I’m a wee bit concerned my pants aren’t gonna fit come the new year. Let’s just face the facts. I’m not one to turn down delicious grub, and my food intake around the holidays can be downright excessive. That’s just me. I love food. I definitely make an effort to be “conscious” of what I’m eating, but when you give me fifty options there’s no way I’m walking away from that buffet line without a mounding plate of glorious home cookin’. There will be pounds of turkey slathered with cranberry sauce.. and several hot buttery rolls… and potatoes in every fashion: mashed ones, and cheesy ones, and sweet ones topped with melty marshmallows and brown sugar, and a potato salad… or three. Let us not forget about the dessert table. I can hear the angels singing now…. I have to sample everything. It’s tradition, and not doing so is just, well, downright rude in my family.

Hence the aforementioned pants fear.

Since I function best in life when I have goals to strive towards (Type A? Moi?!??), I’m rolling out a personal fitness challenge to get me amped up to exercise over the Thanksgiving holiday. This isn’t just ANY fitness challenge, this is the 14-Day Fitness Challenge – The Turkey Trot Edition. The goal of this fitness challenge is to exercise every day for the next 14 days. Yes, that includes Thanksgiving… and my beloved Black Friday. Every.Day. For 14 days. Here’s the kicker: I’ll also be running my first EVER race — The Cleveland 5 mile Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day.

Can we all keep our fingers crossed for no snow, please?!

I WILL EXERCISE EVERY DAY.

Who’s with me?

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