“Food” as the photograph challenge theme for July. The interpretations are endless…. it could be a photograph of your favourite meal (if it is, then be sure to include the recipe in your post!), or it could be a photograph of a fruit/vegetable or even a favourite drink…. the world is literally your oyster!!

Some of my favorite photo bloggers have posted their entries in the Challenge and this inspired me to do the same. I tried for ages to get just the right shot of instant noodles, frozen chicken nuggets and BBQ Shapes but just couldn’t get the right artistic angle.

After spending hours laboring over the angles and food placement, I wiped the sweat from my brow, cracked open a beer and contemplated a vegemite and toast snack. That’s when the inspiration muse struck! I had the photo right there in my hands … beer and vegemite. What more could I want? Using some creative 7 degrees of separation logic, I reckon that with some beer and vegemite you cover all the food groups and meet most of your dietary requirements.

So, I present my interpretation of Graham’s July Photo Challenge – Food.

Chica at the Photo Projectz blog issued the following challenge:

I want no use of natural light, no use of flash, and no use of any big lamp lighting. use any other creative lighting you can find, be it a flame, a laser, or a flashlight. Whatever you can think of.

Here’s my fairly lamo attempt at a no light style photo. I set the shutter on 30 second exposure and used a small hand held red light to trace a vague outline of my body. I like the ghost like effect and tried to scare my 10 yo with this photo. I told her I was taking pictures of stars outside and when I downloaded my photos, this appeared. She bought it hook line and sinker. She loves a good ghost story and immediately got on the phone to tell others.

I had to finally fess up to my trick cause she was becoming too scared to go to sleep by herself in her room tonight .