Don't eat 'em yet...

Yum. Baked up some scones yesterday, then photographed them. Then of course, we had to eat them! Hardest part was keeping the nephews away from the scones until I finished photographing them.

I think of all the things I'm trying to photograph for stock, food is my favorite. Maybe 'cos I love cooking. Other than wandering nibblers, the hardest things I'm experiencing with food photography are (1) the tiny crumbs that fall off the food and land on the plate, the tablecloth, etc. I don't always notice them at the time, but zoomed in at 200% they are larger than life! (2) the lighting (3) focus. Sound familiar? I'm always struggling to stay in focus, or at least, have the focus fall where it's most agreeable. What I really need to work on is the lighting so that I can add knives, forks and spoons to the shots. As it is, they aren't there because they reflect too much light and then we have GLARE...

This and That...

It's nice to start the day with a happy story: "A sports car enthusiast who suffered a mini stroke while restoring a Lotus Esprit was amazed when online friends finished the work for him in secret."

On other fronts, I was finally accepted to shutterstock. I've sold as many photos there in 4 days as I've sold in 4 months at istockphoto. Hooray! Over at crestock, all 31 of my latest submissions were rejected. No worries, you get a tough skin quick at this game.

After 3 months at the repair shop (things move very slowly here in Ireland) my Canon should be home within the next 2 weeks. And then I can start shooting some new things for upload. First thing: Christmas and New Year's.

PS Wouldn't you like to tour the world in a chocolate-colored Daimler?