Good morning my friends! Today’s Saturday and I’m excited! Every Saturday I’ve chosen to blog about a dish I create in my kitchen with an ingredient I’ve never used! Today’s post will be the very first of this series! The mystery ingredient….(drum roll please)… Corn Shucks! The mystery dish….(drum roll….)….Tamales! Click the link below for a teaser……
Month: June 2015
Photography 101 Day 10: Mystery and Lighting Effects
A photograph can create a certain mood and communicate an idea that transcends its subject. Today, share an image that creates a sense of mystery. Today’s Tip: To stretch yourself, manipulate the light available to you to create a particular effect — use it to cast shadows and highlights to create a moody image. I captured this eerie photo…
Photography 101 Day 9: Warmth and the Quality of Light
Photography means “drawing with light,” and when you snap a picture with your camera, you use and record light to create an image. Today, capture an image of warmth… This image was captured on a wintry night in New England. The fire-pit was relatively new as I had built it only days before. I…
Blogging 101, Day 9: Playing the Scarecrow
I like scarecrows, and have nothing against them. I love autumn for it’s when I see them busy in their fields going about their duties. My favorite view is to see this formidable creature sharing his straw filled shoulder with some sort of winged fowl. I’m often temped to list scarecrow as a once previous…
Photography Day 8: Natural World and Leading Lines
Exploring the outdoors, with camera in hand, is an opportunity to look for natural lines that lead our eyes to different parts of a frame. Envision the bend of a stream, or the curve of a petal: how can you use these lines in your composition? I love the wisps of lavender within the composition…
Photography 101: Day 7
Day Seven: Big & Point of View Today, let’s go big. Whether inside or outside, photograph something of massive size. Feel free to interpret big in your own way, and get creative with your shot. This photo was taken today, just after I finished building the fire pit, seen in the back ground. I was tired,…
Photography 101: Day 6
Day 6: Connect–There are many ways to interpret this theme: from a gadget to a handshake, from a bridge to a gathering among friends. What’s yours? Do you ever play silly little games while doing a task? I do…all the time. Whether I’m vacuuming, cutting grass or cooking there’s always some sort of competition playing…
Photography 101: Day 5
Solitude & the “Rule of Thirds”
How Do you Spell Bliss?
How do you spell bliss? You probably spell it with the following letters…b,l,i,s and s. Not me Sistah! (or Brothah) I spell bliss with C an A and a T! (no wonder everyone beats me at Scrabble) If you want to get mathematical about it lets say: If A=B and B=A then A and B are congruent….
Photography 101: Day 3
Day 3: Water & Orientation We have different relationships to and stories about water: how it has saved or defeated us. How it reminds us of family vacations, outdoor adventures, or the hot summers of our childhood. How it might symbolize a place we’ve left behind, or a location we dream to go. This photo,very dear…
Redhead Reflections 