Took the GoPro when I hit the slopes at Loveland Ski Area with Olivia and Nate the Great. This is the automagic video the GoPro created.
While 2020 has been a pretty crappy year, I really enjoyed our small Thanksgiving.
Since we were not going to go anywhere Jennifer suggested we volunteer at Loveland’s Community Kitchen. While they did not need any additional volunteers, our family did take over the Meals on Wheels of Loveland and Berthoud kitchen and cooked the food for CK. It was 200 meals worth. The day started at 6:30am when the turkeys needed to be put in the oven. Fortunately the ovens are cook and hold Alto-Shaams, so I could set them and come back later without worry.
Around noon we all returned to the kitchen where Olivia took on the sweet potatoes as Mia and Jennifer made a ton of green bean casserole. Meanwhile, I spent that two hours carving eight turkeys. When we finished with the cooking, every pan was washed and every table and cart we used was washed, rinsed, and sanitized. In total we each put in about four hours of work before going home to prepare our own feast.
Fortunately Jennifer got a jump start on our dinner earlier in the morning. The table was mostly set (looking awesome) with the pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce already made. Plus we decided to go with a Honey baked Ham over turkey, so there was not a ton left to do. She did make a brie, cranberry bread that paired quite nicely with a vanilla porter. I also made the three girls some cosmos, which Mia did not really care for, so I took care of it. Sitting down at the end of a long day, I can truly say it was a great Thanksgiving for our family and I got to spend it with the people I am the most thankful for.
Today was relaxing Sunday afternoon, so I decided to play with some flash photography using different combinations of flash gels. One flash was set behind a shoot through reflector giving the background color with another flash shooting from below to add color to the label.
This blue bottle of Bombay Sapphire with a blue background is what started the idea.
Of course I had to photograph a Verboten growler.
It was with the Redemption where I started experimenting with color. I found it fascinating how much the background light impacted the light color on the label. I’m really not sure which one I prefer.