E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Wishing everyone a happy and thankful day.

Here is a shot of our gourmet Thanksgiving dinner- a special edition for our Covid-19 "in bubble" celebration.

An expertly prepared frozen "turkey" kinda loaf from Butterball. Some yummy Stovetop stuffing. A can of Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce and a Dole bagged Salad. Just the two of us and, surprisingly enough, it was all pretty tasty.

I left all my gear at the studio, so I shot this image with my trusty Samsung S-9, The light is the Tiffiny style lamp over the table and a reflector made out of the disposable roasting pan.

We missed our family and friends this year but we are thankful that they are all well and safe.

Best wishes- Ed & Helen

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Thank You Ed & Helen. Stay safe and healthy. Best,Stan

srt101fan

Thank you, Ed, and best wishes to you and your wife. Happy Thanksgiving!

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Looks a lot like ours EL. I usually host the entire family, shop and prep for days beforehand and cook like crazy all Thanksgiving morning. Sadly this year, our two sons and their families and our grandchildren are all at separate locations just miles from here. Stove top stuffing here also (which is actually about as good as what I usually make from scratch). Hoping for a return to normalcy next year, even though it will be a lot more work.

Cheers,
Chris

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Ed and Helen, right back atcha with the same Thanksgiving greeting. I have to say your description of the photo equipment and my imagination provided me a few chuckles in picturing that photo being taken.

As I stated in an earlier post today, your friendship and association through this site is one of the many things for which I'm thankful, on this day especially but all the others as well.
--Bob

Bluefish Loc: Berks County, PA

Thanks Ed & Helen for the good wishes & your Thanksgiving feast photo. Ours was just as simple and yummy. I always enjoy your insights of your craft and hang on every word.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

Back at you, Ed. Looks delicious. Just what I need during COVID 2020 ... another excuse to eat.

Ourspolair

Great lighting by Tiffany! Hopefully we'll be ableto yell out "the gang's all here" next year. Nice rendering. Please stay well and keep up the good work.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great and yummy looking plate, Ed, here is hoping that you and, Helen, have a great holiday season.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Ed, I am glad that you and Helen had a good Thanksgiving. The photograph was great and the meal looks topnotch. I doubt if you will be employing disposable roasting pans in your studio work, but hey it worked.
When we look back over our lives, I don't think most of us will be remembering our list of material acquisitions, but will be remembering the times we spent with those we hold dear. Sometimes the little things are really the big ones. Thanks for your good thoughts.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Thanks to you and all the others for the kind responses.

I do have a collection of the fancy-newfangled, expensive, springloaded reflectors in many shapes and sizes, however, my best and most economical reflectors come from the supermarket, and the fibre waste recycling bin (a new term for garbage can). Especially for table-top and food work, the foil-covered cake-flat bases come in many sizes and shapes and are great matte/silver reflectors. For more reflectivity, I found this glossy foil-covered honeycomb packing material. My next-dooo neighbour buys these frozen gourmet ingredients packages- they sed you all the markings and you do the cooking kinda thing. So...I open the bin to dump my cardboard and a gleaming ray of light emerged! There we 6 foldable panes of this stuff which I quickly extracted. I asked my neighbour to save them for me and not have enough to cover a 4x8 flat panel and some spares left over.

Funny, my grandmother used to warn that if I didn't do well at school, and lean a good trade or profession, I would end up as a "garbage man" buying everything at charity shops. So...I stopped playing hooky, finished school, went to college became a photographer and still find my best props and good stiff at charity shops, junk stores, flea markets and sometimes in the old bin! Nowadays, with proper unions and benefits, it's quite possible that sanitation workers earn more money than some photographers.

I never told grandma what I thought, at the time, that being a garbage man was cool- they were big brawny tough guys, drove big noisy dirty trucks, cursed a lot, and didn't have to get all dressed up fancy! I never told her that because she was pretty handy with a broom, a rolling pin and a bar of soap! I wanted to live long enough and intact to grow up and get a good job.

Before you spend on fancy stuff, be a savvy buyer- first check out the bargain store and do a smart McIver!