Food and Wine

Photography is not my only passion. There are so many things to do, places to go and things to experience in life. Food and wine are right at the top of the list. I'm trying to limit my consumption of both of these right now while I try to loose weight but they still fascinate me. Thus, I have undertaken a new project to photograph food and wine in new and (hopefully) exciting ways that convey my passion.

The photo on the right is one example of this new project. Everytime someone sees this picture for the first time they assume that it is done in photoshop. It isn't. What you see is the result of careful arrangement, lighting and natural optics. Refraction and reflection do the rest.

Unique angles also make everyday objects seem special.

Cathy and I have shutdown the fine art portion of our website (http://pembertonphoto.com) but we promise to have a new and improved version back up sometime before the end of August. We'll have all of the old stuff plus lots of new material, including plenty of food and wine photos. In the meantime you can check out our completely redone website for portrait and commercial photography.

If you are a foodie I recommend that you check out our friends at Artisan Adventures. This is a blog edited by Julie and Loyd Auerbach. Much of what they write about has to do with restaurants and food discoveries here in the San Francisco Bay Area but should be of interest to all Foodhists.

Until next time...
Mark

Kiss of Color

For those of you that love art as much as I do, I have an important event to announce. I recently joined the East Bay Artist's Guild. This is a group of local artists that do a superb job of reaching out to the community to propagate the appreciation of all forms of art. The group has many talented painters, sculptors, textile artists, photographers and woodworkers among its many members.

From June 30th to July 17th the EBAG is sponsoring an art show at the Diablo Valley College Art Gallery in Pleasant Hill. The title of the show is "Kiss of Color". As a new member of the Guild I am privileged to have three of my photographs displayed at the show. There is a great variety of work on display by the artists and the show is a must see of local art aficionados.

The show hours are 11:00 to 4:00 Monday through Thursday. Now I know what you are thinking; I can't come to that - I have to work. Never fear! We are hosting a special artists reception on July 9th from 6 to 9 pm. Details for the show can be found on EBAG's website at:

http://ebag.wordpress.com/current-ebag-event/

We would love to have you drop by the Gallery and see our work. If you can't make the show, you can view four of my prints, along with other artwork from the EBAG in a storefront display at 105 Crescent Drive, downtown Pleasant Hill next to the Century Theater.

Best regards,
Mark