A photo story

A story of possible gluten intolerance and the epic journey to make a wheat-free pizza.

I get a wee bit cranky when I want pizza...

Make that hostile.  I was hungry.

White Rice Flour

Dry Active Yeast

Yeast with flour

No cornmeal?  No Problem!  

Almond meal

Salt

 Other ingredients

 Italian seasoning

 ACTION SHOT (cue electric guitar)

 Sugar

 Warm milk

 "Beat for two minutes with electric beater."  Really?  This is getting a little too involved.  Screw that, I'm using a fork for 30 seconds.  Then dropping it on the foil.  

 I'm pretty sure this is EXACTLY how Pizza Hut does it....

 Looks about right...

 Wait, what?!  I have to bake the crust before I make the pizza?  Damn, this is gonna take 10 mins longer than I planned on....

 Breathtaking, isn't it? I'm calling it "Ciselee Frommage"

  Oh hell yeah!  Le Pornagraphie du Frommage.

 Le Crust

Awesome Sauce

 Mmmm, raw pizza.....

Another agonizing twenty minutes I must wait for a beautiful pizza....

GORDON RAMSEY, EAT YOUR HEART OUT!

Ok, so she's not that pretty....  And it doesn't exactly taste like a Topper's Pizza, but it was pretty good.  No cheese in the crust, though.  The crust/cheese ratio wasn't right.   Next time I'll make it thin crust.

You will notice there is no picture related info or watermarks on these.  I don't care.  Steal 'em if you want to.    If you're wondering about the shot properties, go ahead and keep that wonder alive.  There are so few mysteries in life.  

Meet Cole

Full of energy and rarely serious.

1/100s               f/5.6               ISO: 500

Canon EOS Rebel T2i

Camarillo, CA

1/1600s               f/5.6               ISO: 3200

Canon EOS Rebel T2i

Camarillo, CA

Meet Cooper

There is nothing better than a good laugh and a cold root beer on a hot day.

1/800s                       f/5.6                              ISO: 3200

Canon EOS Rebel T2i

Camarillo, CA   

1/800s                       f/5.6                              ISO: 3200

Canon EOS Rebel T2i

Camarillo, CA    

Wee Buggie

Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home.

Your house is on fire,

and your children aren't home.

look like charred raisinettes.

Ok, so a poet I am not, but I couldn't resist posting this when my sister told me that her youngest son called Ladybugs "Wee Buggies" as a toddler.  I've had this shot for a long time, and it is the background for my Nook Color.  I hadn't thought to post it until now.  Thanks to my nephew, the picture now has a name.  

1/100s                    f/5.6                    ISO:160

Canon EOS Rebel T21

Taken on 04-03-2011 at Surfer's Point, Ventura County, CA.

999 Happy Haunts

    Last Sunday I had the opportunity to go to Disneyland in Anaheim, California.  I took my camera along, and was able to get a picture or two I was pleased with.  The rest were all a part of the learning process.  I spent the majority of the time playing with either my shutter speed or aperture settings, and as a result almost every single picture came out over exposed.  The sad part is, I couldn't tell by looking at the display on the camera.  The mistakes only became clear when I uploaded the images to my PC.  Had I been able to see the mistakes I would have corrected with a new shot.  


    I would post the mistakes, but they frustrate me to no end, so I won't.  Instead, here is a low-light shot of the Haunted Mansion's Chandelier.  This was done in low light, and hand held.  

1/13S                    f/4.0                    ISO:3200

Canon EOS Rebel T2i

Taken in the Huanted Mansion at Disneyland in Anaheim, California

Not Exactly Pixie Dust...

I happened to see this tractor meticulously plowing the fields behind my home, the dust rising and catching the late afternoon sunshine as I wandered into my hallway.  I grabbed my camera and waited on the deck until I caught t he perfect moment.

It almost looks magical.

Almost.


I kept the foreground of the picture dark to help keep the emphasis on the dust.  I also manually cropped the image.  I do like to stay in "traditional" sized for portraits, but in nearly everything else, cropping to a nonstandard size can make a boring shot look great.

Not Exactly Pixie Dust...

1/320s                   f/32.0                    ISO: 3200

EOS Canon Digital Rebel T2i

Captured on 09-12-2011 in Oxnard, CA

Remembering September 11th, 2001

A Grand Old Flag

1/4000s                     f9.0                        ISO: 3200

Canon EOS Rebel T2i

September 11th, 2011, taken in Oxnard, CA