Comments on: the party (food) never ends http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/sangria-recipe/ Thu, 24 May 2012 17:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: mjm http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/sangria-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-76065 mjm Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:38:09 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/the-party-food-never-ends/#comment-76065 Sorry to comment on such an old post but in defense of people who don't zoom in for photos (particularly snapshots for other people); Firstly it's far easier to crop and enlarge than get more in the photo after the fact =D Secondly, although when someone asks me to take a photo for them I know it's not my camera, I have a terrible time getting out of my photo-mindset. I very, very rarely take photos of people, even in holiday snaps I'm usually photographing landscapes or crowd scenes and that carries over. I usually try to take one zoomed out shot, one full-length-ish shot (head to somewhere between knees and feet depending on framing) and one close-up (head and shoulders/torso) but so few people stay still until I'm done. ;-) (Also, I find the screen on cheap point-and-shoots very useful. I'm short and to get the shot I want I sometimes have to stand on a wall and *still* hold the camera up at full stretch. And it's good for 'worm-eye-view' shots on dirty, yucky streets as well. Maybe I should look for a neck transplant of some sort of elastic? lol) Anyway, now I've stood up for rubbish photographers everywhere... A friend of mine linked me to your blog a few days ago and I've been reading your archives from the beginning over the last three days (just 2 years left to catch up on!). So many amazing recipes and photos! My mum is chinese and I recognise some of the recipes but I'm drooling over all the desserts. I'll have plenty of new ideas to try in a couple of months when I have time to get back to the kitchen =D And now I'll try not to comment on anything else until I've caught up. Lazarus-ing a forum thread is incredibly annoying so I shall try to avoid doing the same to blog posts. :-) Sorry to comment on such an old post but in defense of people who don’t zoom in for photos (particularly snapshots for other people);
Firstly it’s far easier to crop and enlarge than get more in the photo after the fact =D
Secondly, although when someone asks me to take a photo for them I know it’s not my camera, I have a terrible time getting out of my photo-mindset. I very, very rarely take photos of people, even in holiday snaps I’m usually photographing landscapes or crowd scenes and that carries over. I usually try to take one zoomed out shot, one full-length-ish shot (head to somewhere between knees and feet depending on framing) and one close-up (head and shoulders/torso) but so few people stay still until I’m done. ;-)

(Also, I find the screen on cheap point-and-shoots very useful. I’m short and to get the shot I want I sometimes have to stand on a wall and *still* hold the camera up at full stretch. And it’s good for ‘worm-eye-view’ shots on dirty, yucky streets as well. Maybe I should look for a neck transplant of some sort of elastic? lol)

Anyway, now I’ve stood up for rubbish photographers everywhere… A friend of mine linked me to your blog a few days ago and I’ve been reading your archives from the beginning over the last three days (just 2 years left to catch up on!). So many amazing recipes and photos! My mum is chinese and I recognise some of the recipes but I’m drooling over all the desserts. I’ll have plenty of new ideas to try in a couple of months when I have time to get back to the kitchen =D And now I’ll try not to comment on anything else until I’ve caught up. Lazarus-ing a forum thread is incredibly annoying so I shall try to avoid doing the same to blog posts. :-)

]]> By: jenyu http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/sangria-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-47407 jenyu Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:13:42 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/the-party-food-never-ends/#comment-47407 Eileen - awww, thanks. Congrats on your breakthrough. I hope the sangria makes it every bit as wonderful :) Eileen – awww, thanks. Congrats on your breakthrough. I hope the sangria makes it every bit as wonderful :)

]]> By: Eileen http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/sangria-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-47203 Eileen Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:06:40 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/the-party-food-never-ends/#comment-47203 This recipe shall be enjoyed this evening after a good chilling, celebrating a breakthrough in work-life balance. I have to say I was also scared of the Marnier but yay for the mini-bottles. At $4 I bought two, enough for a double recipe--woo hoo! Thank you for the recipe, I really enjoy your blog and tidbits of life in the southern rockies. Please also note my fairly high level of jealousy :) This recipe shall be enjoyed this evening after a good chilling, celebrating a breakthrough in work-life balance. I have to say I was also scared of the Marnier but yay for the mini-bottles. At $4 I bought two, enough for a double recipe–woo hoo! Thank you for the recipe, I really enjoy your blog and tidbits of life in the southern rockies. Please also note my fairly high level of jealousy :)

]]> By: jenyu http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/sangria-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-39082 jenyu Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:34:59 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/the-party-food-never-ends/#comment-39082 Curiousdomestic - Just practice a lot and I'm sure they will improve :) Curiousdomestic – Just practice a lot and I’m sure they will improve :)

]]> By: curiousdomestic http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/sangria-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-38980 curiousdomestic Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:05:16 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/07/02/the-party-food-never-ends/#comment-38980 Good advice. Thanks for sharing. Hope my photos improve! Good advice. Thanks for sharing. Hope my photos improve!

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