Project Athena Day 269 (Freebie)

It's A Girl!

Today was my first day of actually shooting with my new camera and can I just say "Holy F^%*ING S##T, SHE'S SWEET!"

Yes, it's a girl her name is Sophie. We had a wonderful "birthing ceremony" for her yesterday and she is as thrilled to be here with me as I am to have her. I am deeply grateful for the timing of her arrival too as the Nikon body let me know he was going into retirement soon when the lenses stopped auto-focusing for some mysterious reason. It's all good though. I know I had definitely outgrown that camera and it was time to take this next step. Sophie and I have some big dreams and want to get out there shooting, so here we go.

I attempted this shot during food week several months back but I could never quite get the composition or reflections the way I wanted with the spices. So, today, I tried again and am really loving the results. No post processing necessary this was just straight out of the camera!

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Spices

Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 41.3mm • F/4.5 • 1/50s • ISO 200

Project Athena - Day 191 (Food)

Deeee-Li-Cious

Okay, the food thing is turning out to be both FUN and scrumptious! I am feeling a creative spark in the kitchen again! Tonight, with the help of my sous chef Lara (who loves anything with a pie crust) we made a delicious mushroom, kale and zucchini quiche.

Delicious Quiche

Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 36mm • F/5 • 1/20s • ISO 200

Project Athena - Day 190 (Food)

Yumm!

Food week! It's going to be a technically challenging experience for me because, while I enjoy cooking, preparing and eating food, I will have a learning curve with how to make food look appetizing in a photograph. I might be calling on my gourmet friends for a little help....

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Tomatoes with Goat Cheese, Kale and Pepper

Nikon D3200 • Nikon 55-200mm lens • 135mm • F/5 • 1/25s • ISO 200

Project Athena - Day 159 (Micro/Macro)

What's in Your Cracker?

I think we as eaters deserve to know the answer to this question! Call me crackers, but I like to know what I am eating and where it came from!

What if food manufacturers were eagerly willing to volunteer the ingredients of their products instead of being forced through legislation to do so? And what if we as consumers were conscious enough to purchase  foods that disclosed the full ingredient list including organics, non GMO, gluten content, dairy content, etc?...

I am open to the possibility that there are more companies out there like Mary's Gone Crackers® who simply respect and honor their customer's and want us to make informed choices about the fuels we put into our bodies so we can feel good.

By the way, these are YUMMY crackers! All organic brown rice, quinoa, flax seeds, and sesame seeds. Gluten free and dairy free. If you know of some other food businesses that support conscious eating, please share!

Mary's Gone Crackers

Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 55mm • F/13 • 1/8s • ISO 200 • x10 Close Up Filter