Not a Complete Waste - North Bay Photography

A little more than a year ago, I posted something about a bad day I was having. You can read that post here to refresh your memory.

I thought about that today for a few reasons...

1) I was editing some shots I took at the ski hill a few days ago (shots I wasn't able to get the miserable day of that post a year ago)

2) this also happened to be one of those days where things just aren't going well, except for the part about people pointing and laughing at me. Well, actually I'm sure that happened today too, just not to my face. hah.

So, as the day is close to being over, I thought I'd just wrap it up with one of the new ski hill shots. This wasn't the type of photo I went there to capture, though I did get a lot of what I needed, but it just happens to be one of the shots I like best. I guess the day wasn't a complete waste...

A Tasty Trio - North Bay Food Photography

I figured I'd start the day with a few pictures of some little open faced sandwiches I made. I'm still trying to think of some new foods I can make to take shots of, and anytime I'm in a store like winners, I take a quick look around to see if there are interesting dishes or anything else I could use. Since I haven't really found anything different yet, I thought a little group of sandwiches might look tasty.

I think from here I'll move on to some colourful fruit or desserts. even though I don't really eat sweets, they do look nice. I'll see what I can come up with, but for now, here's the tasty trio...

Back to the beginning - North Bay Food Photography

Last night I spent some time looking through all the work I've done since last January, and I realized it has been a year since I started this blog.  I did well in the first month, posting 25 times. Things went downhill from there until I ended up with only 2 posts in the last few months.

I'll see if I can keep the momentum going this year and put something up at least every other day. My first post last year was a shot of some soup, so I figured I'd start this year the same way with a bowl of Inferno sausage and rice soup.

It has been a while since I took shots of my food, and I wasn't sure why until I started taking pictures of this soup.  The problem is I don't have any more variety. Same foods, same colours, same dishes, same silverware, same, same, same. I guess I got about as far as I could with these quick shots and moved on to something else.

I like taking the food shots though, so I'll see what I can find to mix things up a little, and still keep things really simple (no lighting or major set up, etc...).

The first photo below was taken using a Canon 50mm 1.8 lens, and for the second shot I thought I'd try out my new Lensbaby Muse plastic lens. The muse is not ideal for food shots but it is a fun little toy, and I'll get into that later, but for now here are the shots.

33 Cent Pile of Garbage - North Bay Food Photography

So I was making Mr. Noodles for lunch the other day, and I started thinking about the crap I eat all the time. When I started this blog, it was pretty much about food every day, and I think I actually ate much better back then. Not because I wanted to necessarily, but because I wanted the food to look good for pictures, and it turns out healthy food is nice and colourful. 

Anyway, with my Mr. Noodles ready, I decided to quickly put a few things together on the plate to try to make this lunch a little more interesting than a 33 cent pile of garbage.

This is what I ended up with, aside from a belly that was way too full in the end...

Bits n' Bites! - North Bay Photography

Warning: What you're about to read is probably the lamest post ever. I haven't posted anything in a week or so (I just haven't had much time to do anything but work these days), and I figured I really needed to get the ball rolling again somehow. The problem is, I haven't even unloaded the camera in a while or played with any new pictures.  My solution was to flip through the pics I have on my phone, and see if there was anything interesting in there.  Scrolling through the odd variety of shots, I came across a bunch of pics of drill bits I had to take for an Atlas Copco job last fall, I didn't mind those.  Then I flipped to a shot of some bacon and sausages I took on a camping trip last summer, yum. So, that's when it came to me... "Hey, Bits n' Bites... There's something to post!"

Like I said, lamest post ever. if you read this far, and you're now regretting it, don't say I didn't warn you. I'm almost caught up with a bunch of stuff that's been on my plate, so I'll be sure to get some more interesting stuff on here soon. Thanks for visiting, and come back soon!

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I'm Back... With food of course!

Well it's been a few days since I posted anything. The days seem to have been going by a little too quickly for my liking. There has been a little bit of distraction over the past few days (I'll post something about that later), but my time has mostly been taken up by a lot of last minute rush jobs. Anyway, I did finally get a chance to go through the food shots I took at Churchill's a few days ago, so I figured I'd get my posts going again with a few of those pictures. Here's an assortment of crab cakes, calamari, lamb, steak and more...

Soup n' Sandwich... Times Two! - North Bay Food Photography

I notices when I was looking at the many pictures I've posted so far, that I didn't have a shot of any kind of sandwich. This is strange because I eat a lot of sandwiches, but I guess most of them just don't look good enough to bother taking out the camera. Over the past two days, I happened to have a few half decent looking ones, so I couldn't help myself. Out came the camera! The first picture is a colourful serving of chicken salad, hot peppers, and chunky vegetable soup. The second is egg salad, alfalfa sprouts, and italian wedding soup.

The challenge I'm having now is I have no idea what to have for my lunches or breakfasts that I haven't taken shots of and posted already. I'm also stuck with a limited variety of plates, bowls, placemats and settings for my pictures. I'm finding myself looking at things when we go to stores, thinking specifically how I could use them in my food pictures. If I don't get out of this phase soon, we'll end up having a large collection of mismatched dishes, glasses, and many colours of tablecloths, placemats etc... I haven't purchased much of anything yet, but it could soon become a problem. I've had my eye out for a white tablecloth so I can brighten things up a bit, but for some reason that's something I haven't been able to find yet. Anyway, on to the photos...

Happy Valentine's Day - North Bay Photography

Well, there's not much to say about this... being Valentine's Day, I thought it would be an appropriate time to post a few flower photos I've taken. Hope everyone has a good day!

The Storm - North Bay Food Photography

About four years ago, we were hit with a pretty sudden, and serious storm. It was summertime, and the weather was quite nice, until the sky quickly turned black and the wind started blowing. It rained quite hard (sideways, thanks to the crazy wind), and trees, patio chairs & just about everything else in town was flying around all over the place. The storm lasted no more than fifteen minutes, and once it was done, the sun came back out, shining on the disaster that the wind had left behind.

I took a spin around town shortly after to get a few pictures of the destruction. My favorite photo was taken right by a home where a huge tree had fallen, and pulled up a good part of the yard along with it, mangled fence and all.

Last night, I happened to meet the owner of the home, and we briefly talked about the storm. It's pretty amazing with the amount of large trees that came down that day, that there wasn't more damage, or more injuries all over town. Overall, we were pretty lucky that day.

Anyway, I just had to dig up the old photo and post it. I tried to capture something ugly and horrible, and somehow make it look kind of nice. I think it worked...

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Spring Rolls, Version 2.0 - North Bay Food Photography

OK, so maybe we're in need of a little variety. Fresh Spring rolls were on the menu not all that long ago, and here they are again, but that didn't stop me from whipping out the camera and taking a few more shots of the tasty little things. This time, they were accompanied by some mango and black bean salad. I'm sure I'll get tired of food shots soon and move on to something else. Until then, they'll just keep on comin'.

Back to the lunchtime routine - North Bay Food Photography

I got home for lunch and Nicole told me to take out my camera, so I knew we were going to be having something good. Today's dish was a soba noodle and veggie stir fry, topped with green onions, sesame seeds, olive oil, and some hot sauce. Tasty! The food picture collection continues to grow.

Rollin' - North Bay Food Photography

With Fakemas now over, it's time for us to finally say goodbye to the holidays, and the excess that comes with them. I've been eating like a pig for a few weeks (ok, months) now, so with this being the final day of greed before attempting to get sensible again, I thought we should make some yummy curry asparagus rolls for a treat. And of course, I had to take a few pictures. Here's one of them.

It might seem like these rolls are somewhat healthy, but the thing is, they'll be accompanied by a few pints of beer, and a couple helpings of spaghetti. Tomorrow, veggies and water!

It's about time! - North Bay Food Photography

Well, I set up this account years ago, and did absolutely nothing with it. With the help of some "bullying" from fellow designer Arley McBlain, I've decided to revive this thing, and attempt to actually use it. I'm going to try to post at least one new photograph, or piece of artwork everyday, but odds are I'll also be posting some old shots I've taken here and there.

To get things started, I thought I'd post a picture of my lunch. Enjoy!