Happy Wednesday!
This week I decided to try something new that I've always thought about - photographing foods!  I LOVE cooking and am always in awe of the beautiful photos in cooking magazines...but any time I've taken a few shots here and there I've been dissapointed. 

The perfect opportunity came up at work - Butler/Till is participating in creating a gift basket to the Hunter's Hope Silent Auction.  The theme is "Healthy Living", so I offered to create note cards with photos of healthy foods on them.  The pressure was on!  I've never liked any of my food photos, so this was going to be a challenge.

Saturday morning I headed to Wegmans to pick out some photograph worthy vegetables.  I ended up buying enough to last me 2 weeks!  I took several photos and didn't like what I was seeing - the light was awful! In my little kitchen, on a cloudy day with 1 light the flash demanded to pop up causing a washed out look.  On non-flash mode the shots came out fuzzy due to a longer open shutter time (need to find my tri-pod). I ended up closing the blinds and adding a few additional spotlights on the veggies. We worked together for 2 hours rearranging the veggies in several "poses".  Below are the photos that made it to the cards:

 Cilantro

 Tomatoes

Peas

 

Peppers

 

Finally a few photos (out of 100) that satisfied me for the first real attempt.  I ordered the 5x7 cards from Snapfish and they were delivered a few days later - printed beautifully!  I should have taken photos of the actual cards.  People have been showing an interested in purchasing cards with different themes, so I'm pondering creating more and selling them in my Etsy shop.

Also new - HighlightImages@gmail.com.  Contact me to set up a photo shoot or to buy photo-cards.  Each 5x7 card will be $4, photoshoots vary (Engagements, Senior Photos, Kids (portraits or sports portraits), Family, Prenatal shots, Pets, you name it, I'll do it!).