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Cats & Hamster: Pet Photography, Toronto

Monday, April 6, 2009

Trying to catch up on my blogging, here is the first of a number of posts to come.

Friends went away skiing for March Break, so my daughter and I were on cat sitting duty. I decided to take a few photographs, since the house was quiet with no kids or excited puppy. You may remember these pussy cats from an earlier blog post, in this shot it’s hard to tell that Roblin only has one eye:

Misty was much more co-operative:

I was playing around that weekend with an extension tube attached to my Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens, so I could focus even closer then usual, and captures some more shots of Rebecca’s hamster Norbert, whom you may remember from earlier blog posts (also including the link above). Here he is climbing for his beloved milk drop:

And here he is finding said beloved milk drop:

Will blog more today, this is the first of four updates to my blog.

by Holly

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March 2009 EatSavvy: Commercial Food Photography

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Another delicious EatSavvy shoot! This month the focus was on fish.

We made some yummy Fish Tacos, the salsa really makes this dish:

Fish Quesadillas was the toddler dish:

Grilled Tilapia with Lemon-Almond Pesto was the dinner party dish:

And Fish Chowder rounded out the meals as the make-ahead dish:

As always, I look forward to the next EatSavvy shoot and what I’ll be photographing and then eating!

by Holly

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sara-anneApril 8, 2009 - 2:14 pm

Those look amazingly yummy!!!

HollyApril 8, 2009 - 5:00 pm

It was very yummy! 🙂

janineMay 4, 2009 - 12:51 pm

Keep sending your images out to the mags, lady. Great stuff. Am hungry now, thanks to you, and the series with Noah going nuts on Pigeon Day was wonderful!

HollyMay 4, 2009 - 3:03 pm

Thanks Janine!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: Food Photography, Toronto

Thursday, March 19, 2009

On Tuesday Noah and I made a very yummy batch of Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (see recipe below). A mom from Noah’s school was kind enough to share the recipe, as I’ve been searching for a fantastic oatmeal cookie recipe, and this one fits the bill!

Since we already had the oven heated up, I thought I would throw another batch of cornbread into the oven. On Sunday I had made this Cornbread recipe from Whole Foods. Noah loved it. Rebecca wasn’t as keen. And it wasn’t quite what I was looking for either.

So then I tried this recipe from allrecipes.com. This time Rebecca loved it, and Noah wasn’t as keen—but it sure didn’t stop him from eating almost all of it!

The recent Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Cornbread recipe posted on smittenkitchen.com, sounds awesome. But I know my son won’t eat it, and Rebecca didn’t like the sound of it (and I don’t want to be stuck eating the WHOLE thing). So my search for the perfect cornbread recipe continues….

After all that baking I took a break and had a yummy Vanilla Red Tea latté made with steamed vanilla soya milk, yum!

I made Noah his usual hot chocolate:

Now, here’s the recipe:

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup sugar
½ cup light brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup oats
½ cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven at 350°. Mix the butter and sugars and blend until smooth. Add the egg and beat until creamy. Then add flour, salt, baking soda, and oats and mix together. Add chips and bake for 12 minutes. Enjoy!

A few notes, I used whole oats (not quick-cooking oats). I’m not sure what the mom who gave me the recipe usually uses…I’ll have to ask her the next time I see her. I also doubled the recipe, and it didn’t make a lot, next time I will probably triple it. I used half whole wheat flour and half Robin Hood nutri flour blend, to make them a bit healthier.

Watch for the next edition of EatSavvy photos soon!

by Holly

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