A vision evolving.
While in the process of this particular exploration I’m finding there is a lot of failure. Not failure in the sense of exposure or composition, but failure in concept and vision. And, there’s certainly no value in putting images into my book simply because I did it. Right now, I’m developing the concept [...]
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Greenmarket in the Studio #10
Commercial Photography, Commercial Photography, Greenmarket in the Studio, Organic, Photography, Slow Food, Union Square, Vegetables, slow food
Greenmarket in the Studio #9 (onward to 2010)
I bought a dozen onions and brought them into the studio for the usual shoot ‘em and eat ‘em routine. One by one I placed them on set and, one by one, little personalities revealed themselves. These are the year-end onions, the ones that aren’t in the best of shape, but are still worth eating. [...]
Food, Fruit, NYC, Organic, Personal Photography, Shooting from the Hip, Slow Food, Union Square, slow food
Shooting from the (Rose) Hip(s) #29
Occasionally, I’ll mosey over to Wikipedia to gather a little information about something I’ve recently shot and then grab a couple of key words and search for more reliable information. Today’s results were more amusing than usual.
Hmmmm. Fact or Wikipedia fiction? “Rose hips have recently become popular as a healthy treat for pet chinchillas. Chinchillas [...]
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Shooting from the Hip #25
Some things look completely different from different angles. You wouldn’t expect that from French breakfast radishes since they’re more or less symmetrical and, unless you’re a radish, can tell the difference. So, here are two shots, taken less than two minutes apart. Diffused sunlight through the vendor’s white tent fabric and shot from this camera [...]
FIRE! No, wait. MEAT!? Or is that, NAILS!? WOOD?
Addendum – October 27, 2009 – Calumet Photo selected this image as a Photo of the Week. Nice start.
I built a patio over the summer with Vicki. With the help of Tim and a neighborhood kid, we moved the six thousand pounds of sand, gravel and pavers by hand that had been dropped on the front [...]
Food, Organic, Personal Photography, Photography, Shooting from the Hip, Slow Food, Union Square, Vegetables, slow food
Shooting from the Hip #23
There’s been a debate about this image. Should I have included the funky tomatoes tablecloth under these boxes hot peppers, or cropped it out. I have a couple of shots this week with tablecloths making their debut in my market photos (at least that I know of, I should go and look). The other one, [...]
Food, Greenmarket in the Studio, NYC, Organic, Personal Photography, Shooting from the Hip, Union Square, Vegetables, slow food
Shooting from the Hip #20
Shoppers love to touch food. They touch for freshness and to smell and to taste. They touch for the sake of feeling something that is as essential as the air we breathe. They are the unseen human presence in my market images and constantly changing the landscapes I capture here.
What happened in front of my [...]
Commercial Photography, Commercial Photography, NYC, Personal Photography, Shooting from the Hip, Union Square, Vegetables, slow food
Shooting from the Hip #18 (while moving an entire studio)
Done. I’ve moved in to the new studio. Six trips in Vicki’s Suburu Legacy station wagon with Vicki at the wheel. Without my girlfriend as driver and watchdog, not only would I still be moving, I’d probably have been to the tow pound on 12th Avenue as part of the deal. After all, who was [...]
Food, NYC, Organic, Personal Photography, Photography, Shooting from the Hip, Slow Food, Union Square, Vegetables, slow food
Shooting from the Hip #15
8/31/09, 10:33AM – It’s a long story, let’s just say I was cruisin’ the veggie tables to kill some time.
I looked up green zebras and got a surprize! Tom Wagner (no relation that I’m aware of, honest) is an heirloom tomato breeder (can you herd them, too?) responsible for developing the green zebras. He’s also [...]
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Shooting from the Hip #11
Union Square Market, NYC – 1:37PM, August 7, 2009
Edamame, or baby soybeans, are just about my absolute favorite quick appetizer. Cook for three minutes in salted boiling water, strain, sprinkle with coarse sea salt and eat. Yes, they look hairy and blemished, but like most real farm grown fruits and vegetables, they taste good. That’s [...]
