Photo Assignment: Candy Shoes
I was handed a couple boxes of various jelly candies last week and told to shoot them in a number of different ways for a promotional piece. I had jelly snails, tarantulas, alligators, hearts and even something I could not quite identify that was shaped a little like a chocolate kiss. Or maybe a nipple. I’m not entirely sure what it was. There were also jelly shoes. The shoes were the most fun of all because they are representations of an actual interactive item we use every day. Arranging them in different ways can make us think of walking, standing, creeping or other things we might actually do. I think these are visually interactive in a way that a gummy alligator is not.

Flower-Shaped Lollipops
I was recently given the assignment of photographing these lollipops from the Melville Candy Company. They really are that beautiful and they taste great too. Of course, one of them arrived broken so I had to eat it to put it out of its misery. Go check out the company and see some of the great stuff they make! Do you need your products photographed? Let me know. I’d be glad to help you out.

Old Town Albuquerque at 50mm f1.4
I had a great visit to Albuquerque a couple months ago, during which I took some artistic shots in the very scenic Old Town section. I love the extremely shallow depth of field possible with this lens. Everything is clear and crisp, too, a feature well known to those who have used many Pentax lenses. Related posts:Photo Walk: Georgetown at 50mm f1.4

The Joy of Traveling with a Camera
I spent this past weekend in Harper’s Ferry, WV. Usually I am not particularly interested in photographing monuments and standing in line with the other tourists to photograph what someone decided was the best view of the town. However, I almost always travel with a camera. You never know what you might find along the trail you know not. For instance, just this morning, my wife and I wandered into Beans in the Belfry, a lovely coffee shop and restaurant in Brunswick, MD that was built in an old church. Check out some of the photos I got of the place and the old stained glass.

Chinatown Coffee Company at f1.7
I know – my last post was all at f1.4. Why didn’t I use that setting this time? Honestly, I just got a wild hair and decided to mix it up a bit. What do you think? I took these while escaping the rain with my lovely wife a couple days ago at a new coffee shop in DC’s Chinatown neighborhood. Related posts:The Art of PortraitureCucumber from my Garden