Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009: Good enough to eat!

Let's see... I love food...I love photography...hmmm....

Photo for Thursday, April 23: Roses

Another photo of our rose bushes in bloom. I wish I could take credit but they grow this way all on their own.

Photo for Sunday, April 12: Mayan calendar

Mayan calendar still life. The original PDA; great for farming and predicting cycles of the moon, but tough to carry around in your pocket.
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Photo for March 22: Flower power

Flowering amaryllis, my backyard. Actually, this plant lives inside the house but I took it outside for the purposes of this photo. Don't worry, it was safely back inside during the hail storm we just had.

Photo for February 21: Last rays on a dusty shelf

End of the day sunlight falling on one of the shelving units in my house. (I had the photo prepared earlier in the day, but wasn't able to post right then and forgot about it until just now!) I really love what light does when it strikes objects (or people) at extreme angles. I think it can make a mundane part of your everday life pop, shimmer and taken on an interest that doesn't exist at any other time of the day.

Photo for February 19: Tractor collage

Portions of a tractor, Millwood subdivision, Austin, TX. I was probably quite a sight, lying on the ground in my khakis photographing this tractor. At least some dog didn't come by and do it's business on me while I was down there.
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Photo for February 8: Still life of dresser top

Still life of our dresser top. Sometimes its fun to work with longer exposures, light painting, and layers in Photoshop. If these don't mean anything to you, don't worry, they don't mean anything to me either. : )

Photo for February 2: Flower display

Roses on display at my HEB store. The Christmas rush is over, the Valentine's Day onslaught begins!

Photo for February 1: sculptures

Sculptures by Jose Acosta, Austin, TX. These wonderful art pieces were created by my friend Jose Acosta, an accomplished Austin artist. It was an interesting exercise getting all of the subleties of his pieces to come through in the photos. For some behind-the-scenes photos go to http://matthewlemke.com/acostaprod/ (thank you to Amy Smith for taking the production photos).

Photo for January 27

Still life of Mah Jong pieces. I don't consider myself a still life shooter so this was an interesting exercise for me. These are the types of photographs where it's very hard to decide when you're actually "done". There is always another adjustment you can make to light, positioning, etc. And your subject never gets impatient!