St. Joseph Feast – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Thank you for all of your thoughtful comments and emails of sympathy in response to yesterday’s tribute for Theresa.

Sharing your kind, caring words and blessings meant a lot to the whole family at this difficult time. Thank you.

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The Weekly Photo Challenge

The theme this week seemed the most cryptic to me to decipher. I looked at the excellent example by Christopher Martin and read about how to go deeper into the scene. What to do when you are actually photographing. How to go “beyond the obvious”.

I didn’t go out and shoot specifically for the challenge but looked at what I had in my archives and tried to look into the photograph to see a whole new photograph within the image. Showing both photographs seemed the way to go so as to compare but I have decided to try to go with the challenge as intended, instead of justifying my edits.

One thing I learned- I photograph the obvious and need to consider the photograph hidden within the one that presents itself. We’ll see how it goes in the weeks to come. Intentional lost in the details photographs instead of edited ones I have already taken. I will look for the picture within the picture as I shoot.

My theme might have ended up being “Crop in the Details” as I try to not crop my images. Once I read about not cropping in an article Henri Cartier-Bresson.

So by looking for the “lost” part of the challenge I definitely “found” some new photographs.

Viewers can judge if the choices I made for the challenge are successful or not.

Guitar Pick on Piano Bench- Peter King on Guitar — Guitar Pick on Piano Bench-
Peter King on Guitar

Murphy's Nose — Murphy’s Nose

St. Joseph Bread and Wine

Murphy’s Nose

St. Joseph Bread and Wine

Lawn Ball in Snow — Self Portrait in the Lawn Ball

Ball and Basket in Nancy's Pool — Ball and Basket in Nancy’s Pool

Tuesday afternoon I met a friend for dinner. We used to teach in the same school but are in different schools across the city now. It was good to catch up. When we walked into the restaurant,La Tavola Italiana, I could not believe what I saw in front of me! A St. Joseph Feast spread from the day before. Later Carmela came out to speak with us about how we were enjoying our dinners and she was taking photos with her iPad to send to her family. She uses the iPad to keep the restaurant calendar for parties and other aspects of her business.

I asked if she made the St. Joseph Cavazunes filled with the chick peas and she said, “NO, they are Calabrese.” She is Sicilian and she makes Zeppoles.

I said that I’d photographed all the bread and would send her the photos but would she like to pose with all her handiwork and she did! I didn’t notice she put the iPad down onto the cloth in front until I saw it on the computer. She was gracious to allow me to photograph her. NEXT year we have to go to actual feast! It sounded like a terrific party.

And speaking of party? Click to hear Chicago John’s Italian Song Selection