Blue Skies
A little bit of photoshop magic and that grey backdrop turns into (sort of) blue skies.
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Freeze!
Stop motion in the studio must be done with strobes rather than shutter speed. It’s a bit of a balance act – not to mention the space issue!
Posted July 29th, 2010. Add a comment
Hollywood Style
Hard directional light is tough to manage, but it can create a classic Hollywood portrait style.
Posted June 18th, 2010. 2 comments
Friends!
One of the wonderful things about living all around the world is all the great friends you get to make. We hadn’t seen these friends of ours in literally 10 years! What a great reunion. 
Posted June 8th, 2010. Add a comment
1930 dustbowl
Matthew helped me out with a theme I’ve been wanting to work on. He’s an excellent actor.
Posted June 3rd, 2010. 3 comments
skater
This little skater dude got a board for his birthday and an owie on his face to go with it!
Posted May 27th, 2010. Add a comment
Chicken Do Piyaza and Eggplant Subzi
On Tuesday I had the absolute pleasure of attending a Pakistani cooking class. These are the two dishes we learned to make. Both are delicious! If you are in the Geneva area and would like to attend a class, contact me and I’ll give you the details.
Chicken Do Piyaza
ingredients: 1 whole chicken skin off and cut into 12 pieces, 1 cup of yogurt, 1/2 cup of cooking oil, 4 medium onions peeled and thinly sliced, 1 garlic pod peeled and sliced, a 2 inch piece of ginger peeled and julienned, salt to taste.
Eggplant Subzi
ingredients: 3 medium eggplants, 1/2 cup of oil, 2 pureed tomatoes, 1 tblsp each of ginger and garlic paste, 1/2 tsp each of kalonji or whole cumin seeds, 1 tsp of fennel seeds, 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp chili powder or cayenne pepper, salt to taste.
Posted March 19th, 2010. 1 comment
Still Life Challenge – Glass Bottles
Reflective surfaces can be quite a challenge, but much easier to manage with my new lights.
Recycled Glass (seriously)
Purple Perfume Bottle
Bottles and Beads
Crystal Perfume Bottle
Empty Bottles
Posted March 5th, 2010. 4 comments
Christmas Flower
Last month I bought our family’s first ever Christmas flower at the local DIY shop. The kids and I planted the enormous bulb into the tiny plastic pot that came with it and added some of our own extra soil. Then we put the tiny pot inside a bigger ceramic one for support, put it by our back French doors, watered it and waited.
We didn’t have long to wait before it began it’s rapid journey to bloomdom. We had a tall stalk with a bud in no time at all and then the bud unfolded and exploded into an enormous four piece firework of reds, yellows, greens, and pearly white. Gorgeous!
Of course life hurriedly swirled around our new beautiful flower and while I had intended to photograph it properly, all I managed was a few snaps one morning with the Canon point and shoot camera. Luckily for me though, this fancy flower has shot up a second budded stalk that is in the process now of unfolding. If it explodes into a gorgeous bloom before we leave next week, I’ll make myself find the time to shoot it properly. But for now, the snaps…
