Well, how many kinds of cool is that? Admittedly, my February/March seafood paella cover had Patrick's face on it, too, but does this mean that there are now only something like 2 degrees of separation between myself and Patrick Dempsey? Ah, my brief brush with Hollywood. . .
This was an enormously delicious chocolate mousse tartlett served in a dark chocolate "cup." I liked the way the birthday candles looked in it.
Both of these confections were made by the European Bakery on Route One in Falmouth, Maine: http://www.europeanbakeryinc.com/Welcome.html And they were delicious!
Shot with my Pentax K20D and the Pentax SMC-FA 50mm f/1.4 lens that does such a nice job. I shot the one below using my grandmother's delicate green Depression glass set. I like how the color of the kiwis are echoed by the dishes. . . By the way, this is a fruit tartlett with slices of strawberry, kiwi, half-grapes and dark cherries, on a "bed" of sweet cream cheese mousse. Yum. . .
Ah, the simple life. . .
Hope you enjoyed the shots as much as I enjoyed taking them (and eating the subjects later!)
I was pleased with how this shot of lemons in a bowl came out. It got into istockphoto last week, which was cool. New shots keep trickling in to my gallery there. . . 
I like this shot of the eggs. It makes me very happy. It reminds me of something one might see in a Martha Stewart Living Magazine article about organized cooking. I like the soft, natural lighting and the asymmetry of the whole thing that somehow brings it together.
I bought a huge 11x14" picture frame at JoAnn Fabric last weekend on clearance for $4.95 so I could have the large sheet of clear glass at my disposal to create shots like the ones above! I love the reflection look. . .
I got really interested in taking the "perfect" shot of slices of lemon floating in bubbly water recently. I haven't gotten it where I want it yet, but I will continue to work at it. What I need is better lighting, I'm afraid, as I already "have the technology," to create the shot, but not the light needed to backlight the slices enough to make them translucent while also showing a larger part of a glass, indeed maybe even a large chunk of the glass. This is because I am using cheesy contractors' lights, shining them directly on the glass, and if I were to open the shot any wider, you would see my truly amateurish lighting setup!
Last month, as many of you may recall, I was lucky enough to meet and photograph Yo Yo Ma at a wonderful concert he gave in Portland at Merrill Auditorium. He is such a generous, outgoing and amazing person--the energy in the concert alone was just beautiful, but meeting him in person, he instantly makes you feel comfortable as opposed to nervous that you are talking to a world-famous, brilliant cellist/musician. He also has a silly side!
Here is Aimee Petrin, of PCA Great Performances, Yo Yo Ma and MPBN's Suzanne Nance, helping me make a few very fun photos!
The staff of PCA Great Performances with Yo Yo Ma after the show:
And one of my favorites--the closeup shot of Suzanne Nance and Yo Yo Ma:
It was a really fun night and I was on a high for several days after that, and when I saw the photos in print in Portland Magazine, it was fun all over again! (Some of them were used in the Flash Column at the end. And finally, I think I posted it a couple of posts ago, but here is the photo of myself and Mr. Ma, kindly taken by Suzanne Nance! She did a great job, didn't she? 
Thanks for taking the time to read and look as always. Cindy
