After learning how to make oddly-named British foods, like Spotted Dick, this week (check out my post for those photos), I got to walk through the Missouri Botanical Garden accompanied by a Full Moon. That’s an unusual event for me, … Continue reading →
As I mentioned in my Readers’ Workouts post on Tuesday, I took a long walk in Forest Park last weekend. St. Louis is celebrating its 250th birthday this year with programs, events, and birthday cakes! With 250 cakes scattered around … Continue reading →
Before our trip to France, we asked people about their favorite French restaurants in St. Louis and Brasserie by Niche made everyone’s lists. We finally made it there this week, taking Rick’s nephew, Phil, and his fiancée, Gabbi. The dressiness of … Continue reading →
To celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas from now through Epiphany and to advocate for the idea of reading books to support New Year projects, resolutions, and goals, I’m writing a series of posts with themed book lists for various … Continue reading →
Just in case Applesauce Bread Pudding and Pumpkin Bread Pudding sounded too healthy to fool anyone into thinking they were dessert, this week I went for Chocolate Bread Pudding. This is so rich-tasting that after his first serving, my husband refused … Continue reading →
I posted conventional shots of Garden Glow, the Christmas light show at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Wednesday. For the Saturday Snapshot crowd, I wanted to post my experimental photos of the lights. I learned this technique in a class … Continue reading →
Several people made comments that they liked the photos that we took during our Environmental Portrait workshop with wide open apertures to create blurry backgrounds. Hélène Dujardin and many other food photographers also like playing with blurry backgrounds as she demonstrates in … Continue reading →
After we had a terrific experience at the Environmental Portrait photography workshop out at Shaw Nature Reserve, we decided to continue the theme with a class called Exploring the Photographic Portrait at the St. Louis Art Museum. This isn’t a workshop … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago, Rick and I took a Saturday workshop on Environmental Portraiture offered by the Shaw Nature Reserve which is part of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Our terrific instructor was Mark Katzman. I posted some of Rick’s behind-the-scenes photos and a portrait … Continue reading →
For a second Saturday in a row, we attended a photography workshop. The first one was on street photography (Saturday Snapshot — Street Photography), the second on environmental portraits. We learned a lot of secrets that go on behind the … Continue reading →