Author Archives: Donna Turner Ruhlman

Here is the original photo to M's post. I would never use photos of other peoples kids anywhere. Never. The decision to post photographs of kids on the internet, in my opinion, is to be made by the parents and the kid. Yes-I said the kid. I still remember the total embarrassment as a kid when my parents had friends and family over and presented a slide show—remember Kodak Carousels? I was 8 years old at the time and up flashed an image of a naked me in the bath tub with a soapy pointed hairdo. I was mortified—and to this day will never forgive my parents for that. Happy responsible shooting & using!

There's not a lot to say about this photo technically—there was a nice soft light on our pretty stone walk so I decided to use it. You can tell I'm not into this assignment—looks kinda lazy— and I now know why I am so happy not to have to photograph the CSA haul every week. I do it on Saturday morning—early! And I've been enjoying my Friday nights a bit too much lately. So—here's to sleeping in on Saturdays! Happy sleeping!

I didn't have a photo of the Chipotle-Corn Ciabatta without flour, so I'll use these photos of Michael's Multi-Grain Bread to show how a little dusting of flour can add texture, and in this case, contrast to a photo as well. Because the bread's color is similar to the board, the white of the flour also helps to separate the two and also contrasts more with the dark lines of the rack. Happy shooting!

When a food photograph makes you hungry, there's a good chance the food looks juicy. Think of a photo of an apple and then think of a photo of that apple just after being cut and the juice is dripping down the knife and skin. To make sure you get the most shine in your photo—get your main light (whether sunlight or bulb) coming from the side or back. What your essentially doing is capturing the reflection of the light off the water or oil and bouncing it back directly into your lens. Too much can cause hot spots, so be sure to take a bunch, varying your angle slightly, to get just the right amount. Happy Shooting!

Normally we pick up our CSA share between 9-11 on Sat. mornings—but this morning nobody in this house who has a driver's license was in any shape to go get it (our friend Blake is visiting)—so our good friend Stu picked it up for us and was rewarded with a great Michael breakfast. The thought of doing another photograph of this stuff along with a hangover motivated the words to come from my mouth, "Stu—don't move." Then—Click (with my Lumix point & shoot camera) and here we have our week 18 CSA photo done—and now I'm going back to bed.