Holly Sisson Photography

February 9, 2009

Espresso and Lunch Today

Filed under: Food,Life — Holly @ 3:57 pm

I continue with the food photography, being inspired by smittenkitchen. Can’t wait to photograph the cookies the kids and I will be baking this weekend…

Another espresso shot, taken with the 50 1.4. Even though it’s a brighter lens, I think the 100 2.8 macro does a better job. (just wish it was a 1.4!)
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As I was preparing SavvyMom’s DELICIOUS Red Grapefruit and Avocado Salad, for my lunch, I thought a slice of the grapefruit would look great with some backlighting (shot with the 85 1.2 wide open):
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(shot with the 100 2.8 macro)
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I have made a few modifications to the recipe. I use Romaine lettuce, as it’s a bit healthier and lasts a bit longer in the crisper drawer then bib lettuce. I also add freshly grated parmesan cheese (as we actually did at the EatSavvy shoot), and I omit the red onion (not a huge fan of raw onion):
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Here’s the completed salad, definitely a new fav!
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Hope everyone else had as yummy a lunch as I did! 🙂

February 8, 2009

Food & Friends!

Filed under: Food,Friends,Life,Out & About — Holly @ 8:43 pm

I am completely smittened with smittenkitchen, great food and great photography! And it’s motivated me to photograph some food around my kitchen.

Freshly roasted coffee beans:
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Getting ready for the morning latté:
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Great crema:
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Steamed milk (filled with bubbles, I hadn’t swirled it yet):
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Nothing better then the morning latté!
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Salad dressing for the yummy Red Grapefruit and Avocado Salad:
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This Saturday I had a wonderful Winterlicious lunch at Il Posto with my sister, Monica (whom you may remember from an earlier blog post):
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And the brains and beauty behind imabeautygeek.com, Janine:
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Great food and great company! Next time we’re going for Bibimbap!

February 7, 2009

Out and About with my Son on a Sunday Afternoon

Filed under: Children,Life,Out & About — Holly @ 7:18 pm

Noah and I headed downtown last Sunday for an event, and I actually took my DSLR along for the ride, with my fav lens (85 1.2) attached.

Rather then walking through the slush we decided to try waiting for the Avenue Road bus…fortunately it wasn’t too far behind schedule:
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It was dark, but caught this shot of Noah in Museum Subway stop:
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I’m sure kids of photographers get a bit tired of “just look this way for a sec…”:
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I was LOVING the wet sidewalks, they look so cool with all the reflections and bokeh:
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My handsome young man!:
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Couldn’t resist capturing the wet pavement and Queen St. West crowd:
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One last backlit shot of Noah as we made our way home:
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Hoping to have another blog post up tomorrow!! Off to make a yummy Red Grapefruit and Avocado Salad for dinner (see the blog post below) now.

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