It's cherry season!

It's been a good season for cherries this year and the Rainier cherries are looking (and tasting) great. ©Carol Leigh

Birthday getaway

It was more of a fun getaway than a photo trip (which is completely out of character for me) and we had a great time traveling down and up the coast for three days, relaxing, reading, sightseeing, eating, and a wee bit o' photography now and again. ©Carol Leigh

It's a tough job . . .

Okay, I've been practicing for my upcoming online photo class, where one segment is devoted to food photography. That means, of course, that I've got to have food to shoot. Good-looking food. And here's where Chris enters the picture. He can prepare good-looking food! So this morning's chore was to (a) check out a new recipe we found for pancakes and then (b) shoot 'em. Well, it was a smashing success, as you can see. We had to walk a bit afterwards to work these puppies off, so a quick trip to the fishing boats was definitely in order. Where naturally I had to take even more photos. Work, work, work . . . ©Carol Leigh

Orzo with pesto, chicken, feta . . .

In my next online class (beginning in July), one of the segments is on food photography, so I've been practicing! Orzo with some pesto, chicken, crumbled feta cheese and a plethora of cherry tomatoes makes a good shot and a great meal! I used a 50mm lens at f/1.8 for minimum depth of field and overexposed by 2/3 stop for a lighter feel. ©Carol Leigh

Looking and cooking . . .

Alsea Bay, Waldport, Oregon. A quick trip to the library and I'd be foolish to not duck over a couple of blocks to check out the view. What a beautiful sight. And then home to make caramelized onions (a first for me). But once made, then what? Well, it was scrambled eggs and toast for dinner! Yum! ©Carol Leigh

Just for you, June . . .

Well, you suggested a photo of Abby or baked goods, so just for YOU, I did both. I'm not much of a baker, but I made something called Peanut Butter and Jelly Shortbread Wedges. They're good! Only a little bit of the batter went flying around the kitchen . . . And then there was Abby, sitting in a basket on top of a stack of newspapers. Maybe tomorrow I can get back to the oil cans . . . XXX ©Carol Leigh

Sweet rolls!

One of my online class photo assignments is "spirals," and today's breakfast treat is a good example. ©Carol Leigh

Corn muffins!

Chris made corn muffins for breakfast this morning. There were two left over, so I took them into the studio to shoot. A fun but fattening morning. ©Carol Leigh

Fresh from the oven . . .

Yum! Biscuits this morning! Photographed them just before we took them out of the oven. I can see how photography leads to weight gain . . . ©Carol Leigh

Prepping for stir-fry . . .

With lots of natural sunlight coming in through the kitchen window, these mushrooms looked pretty good. I used a macro lens, purposely setting the aperture at f/2.8 for extremely shallow depth of field. ©Carol Leigh

Breakfast of champions . . .

Okay, it's not the most inspired photo, but it's not bad. Oats, raisins, and nuts begin my photographic day . . . ©Carol Leigh

Lunch!

Fantastic soup with white beans, tomatoes, carrots, celery, onions, basil, cilantro, and homemade croutons. Yum! Good stuff on this blustery, rainy, cold Oregon coast day. ©Carol Leigh