Straying From My Knitting With.......

I'm trying to resume my "one new thing per month" goal so tonight I took a class on food photography at my local "Healthy Living" food store with Zach, who has worked as a chef at a famous NYC restaurant and also enjoys photography.

Past monthly ventures have consisted of milking goats, making cheese, kayaking, geocaching, bridge lessons and more.

On the left are razor clams alongside crabs.  If you are squeamish, skip the next couple of photos.

Cleaning out the crab of various organs.  I think he was doing a "Lorena Bobbitt" encore.......ok, don't see the humor, huh?

Oh, my......

not sure what body part that was!!!

Final result after some flour dredging and pan frying.

Of course, a little surf and turf!!!

Cooked to perfection!!!

....and a little something for the sweet tooth!

The set was beautiful.  I should have taken more pictures.  It was like being on Martha Stewart.  A beautiful HD TV used as a teaching aid was above the area where the cooking occurred. 

A very colorful orange was placed on the table at each place setting alonside our learning literature.  It just made for a lovely "welcome".

I have a Nikon D90 camera that does everything but dance.  It even takes HD videos.  I have a long way to learning all the features.  I was fortunate, and most appreciative, when Zach offered to go over all the features of my camera with me after class was over.  He spent about another hour with me giving me a "one on one".

This class was very, very affordable and I plan on taking others.  Upcoming is pasta making, cheese-making and many more.