Sunday, December 08, 2024

Peanut, bokeh, and date night

Spontaneous takeout photo sesh
London, ON
December 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Date night last night meant picking up dinner for a living room picnic.

And while I waited for the order to be ready, I played with the peanuts the restaurant so graciously made available for customers in line.

I never said it was fine dining. And they had me at peanuts.

So I found a table off to the side and started to compose the shot. I do this sometimes, play with light and composition and angles. It brings me a strange degree of joy, even in the middle of a public space that normally doesn’t host spontaneous photo shoots.

I hope I brought some unexpected joy to a few strangers. I hope I inspired them to step out of the normal every once in a while. I hope a single photo of a peanut somehow turns into a ripple of something a little more tangible.

That’s what photography does for me. No one ever said it had to follow a script.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #restaurant #fiveguys #bokeh #stilllife #photography #fruitography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

Related:
Nuts to that, March 2018
That's just nuts, March 2016
Nuts, November 2005
Another edible photo, December 2004

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