Fun with Food
posted on 16th of december, 2009
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Recently I received a bag of freshly picked avocados, for those of you unfamiliar with avocados; they ripen only after picking. Generally, it takes several days to soften to the buttery smooth eatable texture that is great for sandwiches, salads or the ever-popular guacamole.
Being that my avocados were freshly picked and far too hard for eating I did what every diligent stocky should do, I thought; ummm how can I photograph these! First thing is go to Dreamstime and search avocado photos to determine how many photographs of avocados currently exist, my search of the word “avocado” resulted in over 4,000 images. Wow! That’s a lot of images. So I set the search parameters at “downloads descending” to view the best selling images. One of the most popular arrangements for this fruit is to have one lying on its side and one cut to expose the beautiful shaped seed and to have the image isolated on a white background. My work was cut out for me to see how I could make my avocado images stand out amongst the many.
I started to set the avocados up on the white background; nonchalantly leaning them against one another to keep them from rolling off the table, and at the same time noting who was not quite “model material” and turning them to hide “figure flaws”. Stepping back to check lighting and viewing through the lens, I started to laugh. They looked like little people!
Okay, now the fun starts. Digging through my arts, crafts and sewing supplies I found a few cool accessories for my avocado models. I uploaded the images taking a deep breath and keeping my fingers crossed that the editors with find the images amusing as well as commercially viable.
I am delighted that they have all been accepted.
On a sad note the modeling career expectancy for an avocado is very brief, only a few days at best. However, there in lies one of their greatest contributions to the culinary world, guacamole.
I hope you enjoy these California Avocados and remember that no matter how ordinary your subject matter take a moment to step back, take another look, and have a little fun!
Best wishes to all for a safe and happy holiday season.
Marilyn
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Tags: avocado food fun humor
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Comments (42)
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The Avacado travellers is the best. There is no limit to one's imagination.
Reminds me of a punk that I created with an old potato.
- posted by
Joezachs
on April 28, 2010 |
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Very cute and creative! Good job!
Best regards,
Marilynv
- posted by
Marilynv
on March 06, 2010 |
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Very funny pictures, there should be a section for funny pictures like this in DT.
great job..
- posted by
Widam
on January 15, 2010 |
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I only came across your article today. Very creative way of shooting avocados, I love it. Wishing you great sales on these, they are so funny.
- posted by
Rosedarc
on January 10, 2010 |
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one of the best avocado I ever saw....... these are cool. thats what I call creativity. out of box stuff.
- posted by
Creativei
on January 10, 2010 |
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very funny and creative ideas!
- posted by
smartview27
on January 10, 2010 |
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Great ideas and extraordinary.
- posted by
Weir2010
on January 07, 2010 |
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the avacados are very cute, they look funny but I like it very much. Very creative ideas. Merry Christmas to you.
- posted by
Rushour
on December 25, 2009 |
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Hi, Marilyn
WOW!!!
Great shots!!!!!!!
They are very creative Image!
Merry Christmas and happy new year!
- posted by
Linqong
on December 23, 2009 |
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Very creative of you to make out small people from the Avocados.
First I thought you had photoshopped the avocados, but when you mentioned that you did some sewing it felt extraordinary. COOl Work!
- posted by
Prad246
on December 22, 2009 |
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Guacamole is high on my list of favorite foods. Those are great food shots. They remind me of a book, "How Are You Peeling??" They look like they were lots of fun to make.
- posted by
Elimitchell
on December 21, 2009 |
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Great photos!
- posted by
Valeria73
on December 19, 2009 |
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Wow, Marilyn, this is really very creative!
They seem to have their own characters and are very cute! Great Job!
- posted by
Kaththea
on December 19, 2009 |
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Hi Marilyn,
Growing up in So Cal, I love guacamole and miss it terribly now that I'm in the Great NW! I absolutely love what you came up with, not only with the description, but with the images... "Wow!" is right! Fun and humorous. I think "tasty" should be added as a tag too! :)
Thanks so much for the fun article and posts!!
- posted by
Bbbimages
on December 19, 2009 |
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Very very very nice !!!
- posted by
Fanuweb
on December 18, 2009 |
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Great ideas!
- posted by
Adpower99
on December 18, 2009 |
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Great work!! I love them all! Now what kind of fun ideas can I come up with????
- posted by
Karenkh
on December 18, 2009 |
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@syamin and @susy56 - some of the clothing and accessories are from old dolls I had years ago, the musical instruments are actually Christmas ornaments (I do a themed tree every year) and the tiny sunglasses are from the doll section in a local toy store. I made the surfboard and the skateboards came from a toy shop. Thank you for your comments. :)
- posted by
Marilyngould
on December 17, 2009 |
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My favorites are the Avocado Travelers. Where, if I may ask, did you find such cute little sunglasses, shoes, hats, and bag? I love miniature stuff....
- posted by
Susy56
on December 17, 2009 |
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You have a great ability to think outside of the square, great images I hope they are a hit with buyers too.
- posted by
Freedomphotos
on December 17, 2009 |
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You KNOW I love these avocado people! So creative and fun!
- posted by
Littlemacproductions
on December 17, 2009 |
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Hee-Hee! That is funny! And very unique and creative!
- posted by
Eclecticelegance
on December 17, 2009 |
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Hey everyone, THANK YOU!!! Your comments have made my day! Iris, I too now feel a little guilty and sad when I have to send the "older models" to the kitchen for their final destination! Many thanks to you all for your positive comments! Cheers!
- posted by
Marilyngould
on December 17, 2009 |
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OH HAHAHAHA Marilyn!! I'm so glad you shared these with the rest of DT hahaha. i crack up every time I see them.
- posted by
Ponytail1414
on December 17, 2009 |
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Mr Avacado head..Nice
- posted by
Njnightsky
on December 17, 2009 |
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Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Deliciously clever! They are so cute that I actually had a flicker of sadness at seeing the bowl of guacamole. I think you've got a bunch of winners here! Good luck and congrats!
- posted by
Irisangel
on December 17, 2009 |
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nice idea, nice pictures, delicious food!
- posted by
Kikkerdirk
on December 17, 2009 |
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Fantastic - particularly the Mexican with fruit!
- posted by
Melonstone
on December 17, 2009 |
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Simply excellent!!!
- posted by
Aginger
on December 17, 2009 |
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Awesome images, Marilyn! I know what fun it is to make these photos, as I also have that experience with mandarins :)))) Keep having fun!
- posted by
Littledesire
on December 17, 2009 |
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