Conceptial Photography 2 redone

I enrolled in a PPSOP photography class few weeks back, a very interesting subject “Conceptual Photography”. I had a few posts on it, but no 2 was erased not sure how it happened, anyway I am rewriting it!

Conceptual Photography, is very different as you can cut head, brake all the rules, a lot of creativity.

The goal is to represent a concept with image for book cover, look at my images, and read the caption to find out what concept I wanted to represent. One thing to keep in mind when doing this kind of work is that the book cover are normally portrait format.
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I am starting Photography Magic Friday should be very interesting!!!

thriller image, is it an abduction a kidnapping, or a rescue!

An eyewitness someone feeling the need to speak out, someone that was humiliated, someone that want to tell the school dirty secret!

estate history, family matter, she maybe the last generation living in the same house, a lot of story happen is this family in this house.

Love Fear break up!!!

Fear, hope for help, lock up, captive, lonely, depression, nightmare, so many thing come to my mind, I have a real fear of being a hostage, this time again I used myself as the subject, and a flash to light one side, to get definition! I had the cyan tone to add drama.

Pure Fear, King Kong or Godzilla!!!

 oncept of hope, and dream, as most of us have dream and goal, that we keep inside, and hope that one day we will accomplish them, many concepts and stories in this one!

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Mendoza Week 11

Plaza Chile, art work using Topaz Impression

Monday and Tuesday was like always "shopping".

Wednesday we had our second meeting with Daniel Serio, he will be printing our work, he is a real pro, only uses the best paper, we will start with 13 pieces, we should get all of them by the end of next week.

Thursday I cooked the diner for Halloween, I wanted to make sure I can sit and relax with my friends, I did a beef stew, using round I wanted a lean cut of meat. I went to one of the best butcher a bit more expensive, about $11.00 per kilo, the price varied between $9.00 and $11.00.

Friday I did my shopping for the week end got my wine from my regular supplier, 3 bottles of 2011 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and 3 bottles of 2011 Grand Reserve Malbec, about $20.00 for all!

After what I decided to take some touristy pictures of 3 of the core Plazas “Plaza Independencia, Plaza Chile and Plaza San Martin”, Mendoza core design consist of 5 plazas, in a star pattern, a big one in the middle Plaza Independencia and 4 smalls two to the north Plaza Chile and Plaza San Martin and two to the South Plaza Italia and Plaza Espania.

The weather was a bit cooler that morning about 18C in the shade, I mention the shade because in Mendoza we don’t speak about humidex, the climate is too dry for that, instead they have the sun index, and the difference from shade and the sunny area is surprising on Friday morning it was18C, and 26C with sun index!!!

I picked Plaza Chile, Plaza Independencia and Plaza San Martin because they are my favorites and closer to my place.

Plaza Chile

Plaza Chile, early morning.

Plaza Chile, morning bath!

Plaza Independencia, the largest!

Plaza Independencia early morning, paper reading!!!

Plaza San Martin, my favorite.

Coming back from my morning walk, I stop by one of the best shoe store to look at my dream pair of high heel!!!

The love of Shoes!

Real beauty!

Friday night was Halloween, diner at our place a lot of fun! Too much to drink!!!

Our friends Alejandra and Raoul,

The four of us, Raoul, Alejandra, myself and my husband Marc

The four of us, Raoul, Alejandra, myself and my husband Marc

Marc was the host, and the monster wanted him for diner!!!

Marc was the host, and the monster wanted him for diner!!!

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Diane Kitchen Mendoza Argentina, Halloween Party Diner “Beef Stew”

Beef Stew for Halloween!!!

• 1 tablespoon of  butter
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 1 kilo of round, cut into 5cm pieces
• 200g of bacon or pancetta
• 2 tablespoon of dry rosemary, oregano and paprika
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 peppers, one green and  one red diced
• 4 carrots, peeled and halved
•  I small can of diced tomato
• 500 g small potatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato purée I used sundried
• ½ bottle red wine
• 285 ml of warm beef or vegetable stock I used Knorr Provincial
•  seasoning black pepper and Provincial
• 1 handful rosemary, leaves picked
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped

Put your butter into an appropriately sized pot or pan, I used my electric pan. Add your bacon and onion and fry for 3 or 4 minutes. Then add the meat to the pan fry for about 5 min. till brown seasoned with the Provincial mix, fresh grounded pepper and add garlic cloves, gently stir all ingredient add the wine reduce for about 2 min at low heat. 

Fry bacon and oinion

Brown meat and add garlic and seasoning

Add wine, drink the rest of the bottle!!!

Transfer all to a large stovetop add the stock, tomato paste, potatoes, carrots, rosemary, oregano and paprika,  gently stir together bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour. 

Add stock and tomato paste

Add potatoes and carrots

Add rosemary, oregano and paprika

Add the green and red pepper the can of tomato including the liquid, and simmer for another 2 to 3 hours, till the meat is tender. I don’t use cornstarch, instead I take the lid off for the last hour.

Add peppers

Add tomatoes

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