Another great story in a face.

Carrots are the best vegetable source of  Vitamin A.  To see more great food shots go here.

Fallow Deer fawn

This is an image I made this evening of Darrell and a Fallow Deer fawn that was born today. Darrell raises Fallow Deer on his 5 acre farm in Washington a few miles from where we live. It took us 30 minutes to find the fawn because after she’s born her instinct is to find a place in the grass and hide.

We spent a couple of days in Walla Walla, Washington this week shooting at the Baker Boyer Bank for an editorial assignment. What a great bank and charming town. Baker Boyer has been around for 139 years, since 1869 and is Washington’s oldest bank. Unfortuantely we didn’t get to any of the local wineries, but we will make it back there this summer and do some taste testing.

Recently we worked on  the Keybank Annual Report and part of the photography took place at JA Biztown in Portland. JA Biztown is a hands-on-learning simulation that exposes students to the way business and the American free enterprise system work. This little guy was a bank teller and took his role very seriously. It’s basically a small town with a variety of businesses that the kids get to work in and shop at. Check it out at http://www.ja.org/

For a few months I’ve been working with Focus on Youth, an organization of volunteers that helps at-risk youth by teaching them photography skills. This is Jesse one of the students we work with -  a great kid, very polite and has a really good eye for photography. You can visit their web site at www.focusonyouth.org.

I saw this gentleman outside a bookstore in Portland and couldn’t resist asking him if I could take his picture. He seemed delighted and when I complemented him about his hat he explained that it was his favorite fishing hat. When it get’s soaked with rain you take it off, wring it out and put it back on, he exclaimed. I look in those eyes and at the wrinkles on his face and I see a story.

I don’t know who invented the tart, but they must have been evil.  These things are addicting and sometimes you have to get a dozen of them to find the one perfect for the shot. So, what do ya do with the rest of em’? Guess? I’ve gained 30 lbs this week.

These are two of the students from the Focus on Youth organization that works to empower at-risk youth through photography classes. We teach the students how to use film cameras, process film and make prints in an 8 week period. It’s been interesting to go back into the darkroom after more than 7 years of shooting digitally.  You can visit their web site at www.focusonyouth.org

The best thing about photographing food is when the job is over – you get to eat the food.