May 12, 2011 - misc crap, photography    1 Comment

honours

Another camera club night has been and gone and again, I did very well! I walked away with First Place (with Honours as only honours images are eligible for podium) overall in the intermediate grade! YAY!

Here is the winning entry:

Afternoons in Balboa

A stunning image right? I actually went to the effort of getting this printed and framed and gave it to my Mum for Mothers Day. So she has the winner hanging on her office wall right now.

When I say to people I walked around the corner in Plaza di Panama, Balboa Park, San Diego, saw this and went wow, they say it sounds so cliché but the truth is the whole architecture of the Plaza was wow. We don’t have anything like this in New Zealand. The place is visually stunning and this photo is just one walkway of many, a stolen moment from the afternoon we were there.

Late last night while researching some photoshop techniques, I came across LPSNZ honours and in my usual easily distracted fashion, I decided to look into what is required. Its tough. A set of 10 images equally as strong as the other. I could do this. I could make this a goal to get LPSNZ honours next year if I really put some effort in and find the right mentor to help me.

This got me thinking and a few friends are giving me the shove in the correct direction, that I should start kicking things up a gear, and for me, a view to honours. They’re keen to commission me for a series of photographs of landscapes and architectural photographs as well.

So there it is, a goal – LPSNZ honours. Try until I get them. And finally, some photography work that might actually pay (even if it is only peanuts and wine)

May 6, 2011 - posterous    Comments Off

Apple and Boysenberry Crumble

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  • 770gm Tin Watties Sliced Apple
  • 3 Tablespoons of Boysenberry Jam
  • 1 Cup White Flour
  • 1/4 Cup White Sugar
  • 50 Grams Butter
  • 2 Tsp Cinnamon
  • 2 Tablespoons of Brown Sugar

 

In an ovenproof dish, combine apple and boysenberry jam. Break up the jam so that its evenly spread amongst the apple slices.

Cut Butter and Flour. Add sugar, cinnamon and brown sugar and spoon over apple and boysenberry mixture.

Bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.

Serve hot with French Vanilla or Boysenberry Ice Cream.

May 6, 2011 - posterous    Comments Off

Kumara Salad

 

  • 2-3 large kumara, peeled and diced into small cubes (about 800gm)
  • 50ml olive
  • oil (or similar)
  • 125 gm Crème Fraiche
  • 12 cherry tomatoes (halves)
  • 1 red onion finely sliced
  • 1 Spring Onion finely diced
  • 100gm dry cured bacon, diced and fried.


microwave the kumara for a few minutes to part cook.
add the kumara over a medium heat to the saucepan and oil.
Cook until coloured and cooked through.
Season with Salt & pepper.
In a large bowl, add the remaining ingredients and mix gently.

 

May 6, 2011 - posterous    Comments Off

Rice and Vegetable Slice

 

You can vary the amount of cheese in this recipe, the more you use, the richer and creamier the slice.

 

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 Onions Finely Chopped
  • 1 Red Capsicum Finely Chopped
  • 5 Zucchini Grated
  • 1/2 Cup Self Raising Flour
  • Pinch of Salt
  • Pinch of White Pepper
  • 2 Cups cooked short grain rice
  • 2-3 cups Edam grated cheese
  • 1/2 cup lightly grated parmesan cheese
  • 5 Eggs, beaten
  • 1 Cup of Milk

 

Heat oil and saute onion in a fry pan for 2-3 minutes. Add capsicum and cook for 1-2 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Add the grated zucchini, flour, salt, pepper, rice and both cheeses.

Whisk the eggs and milk together and then add to zucchini mixture. Stir together well. Pour into lined and lightly oiled oblong oven proof dish.

Bake in preheated moderate oven (180 Deg C) for 50 minutes until firm and cooked. Serve hot, warm or cold. Serves 8-10.

 

 

NB. I add bacon for extra yum!

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