Pretty, pretty pears
Today’s Monday morning eye candy comes again from the lovely and talented Christa Neu of c neu photo.
Christa sends the most beautiful holiday cards, and these pears were featured on one a few years back. Believe me, discovering a card from Christa in the mailbox—along with a nice note—is a real treat!
I hope you enjoy this second installment in the new food photography series! Be sure to take note of Christa’s hints below for capturing such pretty pictures and her favorite place to buy pears:
I really love pears–we make pear sauce and buy pear cider and make all sorts of baked goods during pear season. I get my Asian pears from North Star Orchard at the Emmaus Farmer’s Market. When I’m taking photos like these I try to keep the propping simple, and pay attention to small details–how are the pear stems pointed? Is there a wrinkle in the cloth that is distracting? What about my horizon line? It always helps to have a second pair of eyes when you’re shooting.
Still life shots like this are fun to do by yourself, but I find they can be stronger if you collaborate, especially when your collaborator has a good sense of style. I was super lucky because Abby Poulette of Good n’ Planty styled these photos for one of my holiday cards.
Lovely photos!
Willi, I attended your seed starting class on Saturday at Molbaks. I’ve never had much luck starting seeds inside, but now I know what I was doing wrong. I’m looking forward to this being a great garden season & I have your March 7th event down on my calendar.
I also went to the PCC canning class on Sunday. It was a good basic class & I’m going to start by making some orange marmalade today.
Susan
February 9th, 2009 at 12:41 pmChrista, your photographs are so beautiful! North Star Orchards is located about 10 miles from where we live, and I’ve been thinking about signing up for their Fruit Explorers CSA for a couple of years now. I guess I really should get on with it, lol! Thanks for brightening up my morning!
February 10th, 2009 at 7:32 amSusan–I’m so glad that you liked the seed-starting class! I’m really excited that you liked the PCC class. I cannot wait!
Amanda–I’m jealous you live so close to an orchard. A fruit explorers CSA sounds divine. You should totally sign up for it.
February 10th, 2009 at 7:52 amI didn’t realize you were holding the seed starting class at Molbak’s last weekend and am super bummed I missed it! I really need help in that area! Will you be holding another one this spring? Or, will you be posting any of that info on your blog?
Also, love the new photo feature!
Thanks, Willi!
February 10th, 2009 at 9:55 amHi Willi, nice pear photo feature. Never thought of dressing up fruit with ribbon, that’s way cute. Hey, don’t know if you’d be interested but the Seattle area garden bloggers are trying to make getting together a monthly thing. Some pretty nifty folks. Next meeting is Sunday, March 22nd, if you’re free/interested. We are setting up a Googlegroup to communicate too. Info at Melanthia’s blog, Garden Muse: http://www.gardeness.com/2009/02/sagbutt-blossoms.html
February 11th, 2009 at 12:13 amLovely, much better than ours that are dumped in the produce drawer.
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