Guinea Fowl on guard
There has been a lot of food in my last few posts, and a lot of soup pictures. Soup is a good subject for photography as it is not given to sudden movements and there are no problems of perspective. Buildings are good subjects for their lack of movement, but they do tend to look strange from certain angles. However, easy as it may be as a subject there are still challenges, even with soup. This is mainly the way lenses mist up as the steam rises. professionals will, of course do it all differently.
A Cricket on the cabbage
If I wanted a perfect shot I would let the soup cool down, decant it into a gleaming new pan (if you notice, all my shots tend to be a bit messy as a result of the blending) and I would add an artistic swirl of cream and a scatter of croutons.
I remember reading an article of food photography once. To get a good picture of cheese the photographer hollowed out a block of cheese and then illuminated it from inside. It seemed a lot of hassle just to photograph a block of cheese. I suppose the pursuit of excellence is its own reward. I merely pursue adequacy, and often struggle to achieve it.
Pizza with egg and nettles
As this is a blog post with no soup, I won’t tell you want we’re about to have for lunch – let’s just say that it’s a lot easier to make soup than it is to eat it. a pan of soup takes minutes to make, but can last for three meals. I really must develop the habit of storing some for later, but whenever I think of it, the freezer always seems full.
Californian Poppies
We keep saying we are going to eat out of the freezer instead of ordering more groceries. We have several part bags of seafood and frozen veg, with several store cupboard items such as veggie burgers and others that were thrown in there in a panic as their final day approached (sausages and fish pie mix to be specific). Ween we move I think we must clear the freezer and then develop system before we start ramming the new one with rubbish.
Dog rose
Photos are from June 2016. My life was so much more interesting then.
The egg and nettle pizza looks nutritious, and tasty, too. Did you make that?
Yes – in my more adventurous days. I thought the kids on the pizza courses would like eggs on pizza but only a couple ever accepted the offer. 🙂
I have just made soup that will last for three days. It stops all that worrying about choice. I would freeze some but Mrs T keeps eating it.
Choice is over-rated. If it tastes good it will still taste good three days later. Last time I bought new trousers I took the same approach. It saves a lot of time making decisions, and it allows me to use my declining brain cells for more important things.
I generally buy the first thing that I see. Mrs T scouts about for ages and often ends up buying the first thing that she saw.
Yes, I recognise that buying pattern. 🙂
That pizza looks tasty