Still life with fruit

The blog (the BLOB?) has returned after a weekend off, full of tango, that opened the month of November.

An ever-evolving and burgeoning body of work known as "still life" fills the artspace, and my blog is no exception.  I love photographing food, raw or prepared, and thus, you will once again be subjected to it in today's posting.

In New Mexico, where late frosts in spring and early frosts in the fall wreak havoc with fruit growers, a great fruit year that includes tons and tons of apricots and peaches seems to occur only every seven or eight years.   Those who have apples and pears have better luck, with good crops every two or three years.  2012 was one of the years where the crops overlapped, and everyone seemed to have more fruit than they needed.

The photograph below is courtesy of Victoria's apples.  The pears are from the Santa Fe Farmers' Market.

Although pomegranates are being grown in southern New Mexico, these probably came from a more distant location, still eminently photographable.

We are having a taste of winter, with a high yesterday of 29 and low temperature early this morning of -1.  Downhill skiers and boarders are salivating!  I will continue to eye the fruit!

until next Monday,

DB

a passion for the image

Pear play

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thinking about the abundance of culinary delights we sampled over the last week led me to a photographic contemplation of the humble pear.  In many ways, so simple and beautiful, and yet a complicated fruit.  Add to that the concept of perspective, and I had my hands full with camera and instruction manual (yes, I do consult it frequently since I have not memorized it).   My inability to comprehend geometry made the process more than challenging.  All part of a photographer's education.

So here is a shot that although it was made from just slightly above the jar and pear, is definitely listing.

In the next shot, I placed the camera on the table surface and made the photograph from the same level as the honey and pear.

The next two shots involve perspective, which I indicated earlier is much clearer now.  My husband, an architect and weaver, did a series of sketches that helped me understand what was happening between the level of the camera and the relative position of the pears.

Pear in a box.  Almost got it.

Thanks to Andrea for inadvertently supplying material for the photograph - her magical A's Bees honey!

until next Monday,

DB

a passion for the image