Sometimes, as I go about doing things in the kitchen, I stop my hands and take a moment to admire the combination of shapes and colors my eyes see, to inhale more deeply the smell that comes from the food I am touching, to follow the faint echo of the noise I am no longer making. Those are preciously simple moments and while the camera can capture only a portion of the experience, I often like to reach for it and fix the image on its memory card.
The other day, while I was chopping toasted hazelnuts in a mortar, I stopped with the pestle in midair and took some photos. I like that the image is dynamic in its stillness.
I can still smell the aroma freeds by chopping the nuts.
This is my contribution to edition #119 of Black and White Wednesday – A Culinary Photography Event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar, and hosted this week by Cinzia herself.
The photo was shot in color and then converted to black and white (Lightroom preset B&W Look 4).
The gallery of images contributed to the event.
Who is hosting the current and future editions of the event.
Ciao Simona, vedo ora la nuova “veste” e scopro anche i tuoi scritti e il tuo canale you tube! Prima non c’erano o non li avevo notati? Comunque mi congratulo con te, le tue storie sono sempre belle e piacevoli da leggere. Un abbraccio
Ciao Lucia. Una delle ragioni per cui ho cambiato veste e’ proprio per dare piu’ risalto alle mie altre cose, tra cui appunto il canale YouTube e la lista dei miei articoli. Il tuo racconto mi dice che ho fatto bene 🙂
I’m glad you stopped to take a photo. Beautiful. 🙂
E’ vero, probabilmente prima non erano bene in risalto! Ciao
Thank you, Paz.
Grazie, Lucia.
A lovely black and white picture!
Cheers,
Rosa
a volte le immagini vengono da sole, arrivano…. e se hai la macchina a portata di mano vale la pena di cogliere i particolari…
bella foto Simona
un abbraccio grande
Sandra
Thank you, Rosa.
Grazie, Sandra. Un grosso abbraccio di ritorno.
We often overlook the beauty of the raw ingredients we are using, and it’s a shame. There’s no better way to end a meal than to break open a few nuts still in the shell, and enjoy their look and fragrance and texture and taste.
I agree completely, Frank. When I was growing up, we always had a tray with nuts, mostly walnuts and hazelnuts, in the shell and nutcracker at the ready. To this day, I enjoy cracking nuts.