For example, we drove to Arroyo Seco to see the current location of Weaving Southwest and deliver two of Fred's rugs. Talking with owner Teresa Loveless about product photography lead to a discussion about color and achieving close to true color without the benefit of studio lighting and backdrops. Which naturally lead to my shooting several shades of purple and blue fiber under different conditions and using available backdrops. Which, believe it or not, lead to playing with my food. Because, photography is all about the light, whether the subject is wool or cauliflower.
Digital cameras have numerous settings for the wide variety of artificial light available today but using a particular setting assumes that only one type of bulb is being used. Otherwise, you pretty much have to experiment and take lots of test shots, or make a wild-eyed, hairy-rumped guess and deal with the consequences later.
Back to cauliflower. It was a fun ride photographing the humble vegetable, in all its alien weirdness. The head looks like a brain with phantom leaves protruding from it, and the cross section has the appearance of some creature from the depths of the ocean or what we think of as deep space.
The image below was made outside with the benefit of southern, eastern, and northern light, and computer filtered.
This is the sort of thing used to frighten small children in haunted houses and during monster movies!
But the finished product - a curried cauliflower soup - is divine!
until next Monday,
DB
a passion for the image
Naturally I find myself favoring the toned black and white which does seem quite brainlike. The finished soup is, as you say, divine. It's beautifully served. Asian inspired for sure.
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