Well….My first blog. I guess I had to do it. What the heck…no more film and dark room. It’s digital and a computer.

I’ve always shot Landscapes, Scenics, Nature that type of thing. Me and a zillion other photographers. Easy to do, no one complains. Pretty much always works. Some great weather shots….you know the stuff.

Anyway I wanted to break out of my comfort zone a little. Shot some still life. Keep in an artistic mode. So I switched to Black and White.
   I love black and white. Every image has it’s high and low scale. Black at one end of the scale, and white at the other end. Then you have all the other notes in between. Shades of gray that connect the two. If you can get it right…its mind blowing. It creates an unbelievable mood.

 

I wanted to come up with something that would work in a food environment. Of course what else. “Wine, and Fruit!!!” And go black and white because it goes with any décor.

I used black granite with a black back drop to set up the table top.

I shot all three using a Tamron lens SP 17-50 F/2.8 on a Cannon EOS T1i

F/32 with a 20sec. shutter speed. No flash. ISO 200 with Auto White Balance.

 I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 for some mild editing. Black and White Conversion, Spot Removal, Burning and Dodging.

 

I’m looking for other food ideas if anyone has them. Something like old style utensils, food prep stuff. Old coffee bean grinders. That type of thing….or if anyone knows of a good place to pick up such stuff. Any good flea markets around to grab nostalgic kitchen utensils.

 



Anyway that’s my post this week.
Have a good one,
Rich Vincent