
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”—J.R.R. Tolkien
This week my assignment for the 52 photo challenge was to capture food. It was a busy week celebrating my son graduating from high school, but I did sneak away yesterday to the Carmichael Farmer’s Market. I’m not in love with any of these shots, but I did enjoy spending some time alone and stocking up on my summer favorites.
I’ve been in a funk and stuck in my feelings. I’m extremely behind in reading blogs and responding to comments. Please be patient with me. I’m doing what I can to move through this and hopefully, I’ll be back to myself soon. In the meantime, I think WordPress might have glitched on my photography post for last week. If you missed it, you can find it here: Week 21: Shadow. As always, let me know if you have a favorite. Have a fantastic week!












- Photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW
- If you want to join the 52 Photo Challenge, you can find all the information at nicolesy.com
52 Photo Challenge
Week 1: Bokeh
Week 2: Silhouette
Week 3: Black and White
Week 4: Motion Blur
Week 5: Texture
Week 6: Framing
Week 7: Leading Lines
Week 8: Negative Space
Week 9: Patterns
Week 10: Symmetry
Week 11: Green
Week 12: Sidelight
Week 13: Sense of Scale
Week 14: One Lens
Week 15: Series
Week 16: Flat Lay
Week 17: Behind the Scenes
Week 18: Water
Week 19: Blurry Foreground
Week 20: Unique Perspective
Week 21: Shadow
wonderful images
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Thank you! I’m so glad you like them.
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Congratulations to your son, Bridgette! He is at the beginning of the journey. I like the mushroom photo best with its odd-looking underside. The most flavorful post I will read all day! Have a great week, Bridgette! 😎❤️
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Thanks for the kind words and the congrats. Hard to believe my boy is a high school graduate. Time is weird. Have a fantastic week as well!
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You’re welcome. ☺️
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Congratulations to your son! It’s a big accomplishment to graduate from high school.
I do love those shots. My favorite is the mushroom and the strawberries.🥰
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Thanks! He struggled so much since his accidents and it was HUGE for him. I’m so proud of him. I’m glad you like my photos—those two are my favorites as well.
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Awwww, congratulations to your son on a monumental achievement Bridgette. Yes, you have every right to be a proud Mama! 😊 Love the shots you captured for your food challenge!!! 📸
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Thank you for the kind words! Have a wonderful day 🙂
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You are so very welcome Bridgette! My pleasure! 🤗💖🥰 Enjoy the rest of your day too!
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Congrats!
I like #4. No surprise, I’m certain.
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When I took that photo I thought “Michael will like this one!” No surprise at all 🙂
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I can be pretty predictable on some things. 😊
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It’s wonderful to see your son graduate and you have a real eye for photography. I love food photography too, and I know that it’s not as easy as it looks. So well done!
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You are so kind! Thank you.
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Lookin’ good enough to eat! Those strawbs especially. You’d never get that colour synthetically.
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Totally! They are delicious too! Thank you.
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They are wonderful photos, thank you for sharing.
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I’m so happy you like them. Thank you!
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Awesome images and post. Congrats to your son, Bridgette!
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Thank you!! I appreciate your kindness.
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You’re so welcomed! Thank you for your cheerful posts!
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I think your photos are fabulous!
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I think you are fabulous! Thank you 🙂
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Congrats to your son Bridgette! And the picture of strawberries took my breath away!
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Wow! That’s a huge compliment. Thank you.
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These were wonderful photos & congratulations for his graduation! Fantastic news. ❤ Glad you got some time out to de-stress and enjoy the farmer's market 😀
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Thanks, Tom! I’m so glad you like these photos.
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Aww! He looks incredibly happy and proud, too! Congratulations to him! 🎉🥳🙌🏾
These are great photos!
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He is! Thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated.
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You’re most welcome!
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Your photos made me hungry. Well done! Congratulations to your son, you both must be so proud!
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Thanks! Yes. He’s had a rough few years and I’m insanely proud of him. Always.
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I love the pictures. I am sorry you are in a funk. Message me!
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Thank you! I will 🙂
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Excellent! A new branch of photography for talented you. 👏🏻
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You are too kind! Thank you, Michele.
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😇 🙏🏻
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Ok, Ok. Ok, you caught my interest with that very first unlikely candidate all stacked upon themselves. Then toss that away because here’s bold red fruit, pastel eggs, hybrids I think, mushrooms made to be adored, more of everything imaginable. And oh, artichokes – ever seen one of those go to bloom & seed? A fairytale plant. But please, what’s my favorite?
I guessed. Did you? Yep, numbers are never enough – my favorite is you and your son. Handsome fellow he is. You too.
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Thanks so much for the kind words! Your comments always leave me smiling. And yes, I’ve seen artichokes go to seed and they are fantastical. They look otherwordly. 🙂
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Congratulations! Nice you sharing celebration your son graduation!
Excellent food photography.
So beautiful your photo with son for graduation 🎓!
So cute your son photo. I like photo 1st , 5th & top heading photo!
Nice you job work, Bridgette 💕
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Thank you, as always, for the kind words! I’m so glad you liked the photos. Have a great day.
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Most welcome, Bridgette! Have good day.
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I like the strawberries and the imperfection of the rows of jars, though it makes me want to reach into the photo and straighten them! Haha.
Of course, who wouldn’t like the “bonus” grad photos? Congrats!
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I wanted so BADLY to straighten those jars! Thank you for the kind words. I’m quite proud of my boy. He’s overcome so much to be where he is now.
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You had me at 🍒 – top five on my list of fave fruits!
Huge congrats to the grad and proud mamma!!
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I have to know now, what is your favorite fruit? Cherries are mine, but they have to be ripe and firm 🙂
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Definitely ripe and firm. I wish the season lasted longer.
My favorite fruit is mango! 🥭
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Mangos are amazing!!
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I haven’t been to a farmer’s market in a long time… mostly because it’s hard shopping for fresh produce when I live alone and most of it goes bad quickly, plus I don’t eat as healthy as I should… but still.
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California has such an abundance of great locally grown food. The good thing about farmer’s markets is you can buy very small amounts of fruit. I’ve literally bought an apple once to try a variety I wasn’t sure I’d like.
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very true! I’ve heard from a lot of Californians who then moved somewhere else that they miss the fresh produce.
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Love the eggs and jars!!!
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Those were some of my favorites too! Thank you.
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Great set.
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Thank you so much!
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I love the pastel hues of #2! Congratulations on your son’s achievement! 💞💞💞
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Thank you so much! I’m pretty proud of him.
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