Chili, Weather, and Faux Double Exposures

This past weekend, although busy, was a lot of fun. We had a chance to see Tom’s sister on Saturday and then rescued Jim (Tom’s dad) from boredom on Sunday and perused the local Mac store and discovered that a Whole Foods has opened near Square One! (A really huge shopping mall here.) This next month will be incredibly busy for me as I try to hit the deadline for the vegan cookbook I’m photographing. 25 photos doesn’t seem like too much at first but then you think that’s 25 meals and set up and I don’t do it on rainy days… all that to say, really, thanks for putting up with my posts with text that’s kind of all over the place.

My favorite shot in this bunch is the one of Morn and Pumpkin for the “Alone” word prompt. I like it because when I saw them laying there like that with the city lights behind them, the blue sky and their static fur, I wanted to capture the feeling I had- and this was it. Rarely ever does a photo turn out exactly how I see the scene in real life. They may be technically the same but the mood isn’t the same, or I capture a mood but the light doesn’t show through. Anyway, this one did and I really love it for that. My least favorite is the “Full” photo of the chili. Tom and I had gone to a local burger joint to celebrate vegetarian week. They offered veggie burgers and chili, and we had fun, but the photo just didn’t quite turn out.

And a bit of trivia: The reflective portrait in the “Time” photo was taken on April 18th of this year (of course), but the floral overlay was a photograph taken on April 18th 2010 and that’s how I made it relate to the word prompt.

“Sky” (April 14th)

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” (April 15th)

“Alone” (April 16th)

“Smile” (April 17th)

“Time” (April 18th)

“Full” (April 19th)

“White” (April 20th)

“Sign” (April 21st)