I've said before how much the hubster loves shortbread, but I'm not sure if I really conveyed the depth of his devotion to these cookies. Seriously, he can come home from work in the worst mood, tired and cranky, but if there's shortbread cookies waiting for him, watch out! The mood turn around with this guy over shortbread will give you whiplash!
Fortunately for me, they're the easiest cookies in the world to make. Unfortunately for him, I still rarely make them. I think that I'm just always more interested in making something a little more exciting, like pretty cupcakes, or something with lots of chocolate and caramel. Which is why I tried to do something a little more interesting with shortbread recently. Interesting, and functional!
Okay, so you know how when you decide to have some tea and cookies, you always have to get a separate little plate for the cookies, because they really just don't fit on the edge of the saucer? Yeah. I hate that. I know it's ridiculous, but I do. I hate dirtying a plate for a couple of cookies and nothing else. Plus, what if you're also trying to snuggle in with a book? And you're maybe carrying a sweater, or a pen and paper for a little writing? How will you carry all of that and two plates of food?
Sure, sure. You can be a little less lazy than I am, and make two trips, but let's be honest...none of us really want to do that.
Problem. Solved. I will never again have to try to precariously balance cookies on the edge of my saucer, only to fail halfway to my destination. There will be no more cookie catastrophes, no more kamikaze cookies dive bombing the floor, leaving me to clean up the tragic remains of morsels and crumbs (before the wolves, a.k.a. Loki, descend). Never again will a chocolate coated cookie melt against my teacup, unbeknownst to me, leaving behind it's remains for me to unwittingly smear on my clothes and/or face (which the hubster chooses not to tell me about because "it's funny").
When I first started my blog, I was doing it for me and my friends, and for the fun of sharing good recipes with them. Before I ever even wrote my first post, I decided that I'd always put lots of photos in every post. I like seeing things that people are talking about, and seeing if I'm doing things right, so I figured other people might be the same way. It never occurred to me that people might come to like looking at my photos as much as they like trying my recipes! Recently, though, I've been getting lots of emails asking questions about my photos, camera, and other equipment. I decided the easiest way to cover it all is just to write a post about it.
For starters, it's important to point out that I haven't taken any classes or anything. I am entirely self taught, and learning more and more every day. In fact, you can see quite a change in my photography from my beginning posts to my most recent. It's all trial and error, and learning new things. But having some really cool equipment and a fun camera that I love helps too!
I don't use any crazy expensive photography tools, but they aren't necessarily cheap either. We have acquired all of this over the last couple of years, but aside from my camera, it's all affordable. And even my camera is reasonable, if you're ready to make the investment. Seeing as how that's the most important part of the equation, I'll start there.
I use a Nikon D90 DSLR. We invested in this two years ago. My husband was actually the one who wanted it because he loves taking pictures too. Once I started my blog, though, I ended up sort of taking it over! I love it. A lot. When we bought it, we got the kit (which is what I linked).
