National Hot Dog Day: Emily Found the View
Today Emily insisted she knew the perfect place to celebrate National Hot Dog Day.
I assumed she meant the hot dogs.
Instead, she led me to a little beachside stand where the sunset competed with the menu. The hot dogs were excellent, but I have to admit I spent almost as much time looking at the ocean.
One of the things I enjoy about working with AI is that it lets me create places that don’t exist quite the way I imagine them. Sometimes it’s about the food. Sometimes it’s about the atmosphere. Sometimes it’s simply about seeing whether an idea in my head can become a moving image.
This one turned into a summer evening with good company, a classic hot dog, and a view worth staying for.
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International Pizza and Beer Day Because Some Pairings Just Work
Apparently, there’s a day for almost everything now — and today it’s International Pizza and Beer Day. Somewhere between the invention of the calendar and the internet’s obsession with food holidays, we ended up with a reason to toast to pepperoni and foam.
The scene says it all: two friends, a beach, the last rays of the day, and a pizza waiting patiently between them. Maybe it’s celebration. Maybe it’s strategy. Either way, it’s hard to argue with the logic — some pairings just work.
See more food photographed straight from the bag (and sometimes straight from the bar) in my gallery “Food From Bag to Background” at https://www.secondfocus.com/index/G0000wQ3fbeEezF0
For clean, commercial food imagery, visit “Commercial Food Photography” at https://www.secondfocus.com/index/G0000WFAqDJQOgKU
On The Beach In Ipanema
However I prefer in person, the vision through a viewfinder. The snap of the shutter or even the winding of film. AI cannot replace actually being there in a candid moment. Or especially in this case, being in the company of a beautiful woman. 03-18-2024
Clouds And Colors At Sunset
Lots of different cloud movements and subtle colors at sunset. Over Palm Springs yesterday. Time-lapse.
Bombay Beach Sunset
Sunset at Bombay Beach on a very windy and moody day over the Salton Sea. Hasselblad digital camera system.
Bombay Beach Sunset
Sunset last night at Bombay Beach over the Salton Sea. The little tiny black speck over the water, lower left of center is actually a kite being flown by the two people below it. Check out the really tight crop below the photograph. With my Hasselblad digital camera.
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