{"id":1808,"date":"2017-02-15T20:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T19:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1808"},"modified":"2017-02-15T20:40:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T19:40:58","slug":"week-06-carmens-oranges-justyna-beach-shoot-studio-shoots-food","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1808","title":{"rendered":"Week 06: Carmen’s oranges, Justyna beach shoot, studio shoots, food"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week with two photo shoots, lots of fun, lots of work, food and friends. In other words, another week in Alicante.<\/p>\n

6_1<\/strong>
\nOn Sunday morning I drove to Almorad\u00c3\u00ad for a brief visit with my friend Carmen. She had invited me to come by and help myself to some oranges from her grove. They are particularly good this year. The setting:
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6_2<\/strong>
\nTwo oranges:
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6_3<\/strong>
\nMy modest harvest:
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6_4<\/strong>
\nThat afternoon I did one of my usual bike rides. On the way back, in El Campello, I happened on this flock of goats and sheep. I love seeing this, just one km from the beach. The dog came over to check me out:
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6_5<\/strong>
\nHaving decided that I represented no danger to the flock, the dog went back to work:
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6_6<\/strong>
\nOn Tuesday, during lunchtime, I went to a nearby beach called Arenales del Sol with a Polish colleague, Justyna. She had asked me to do a photo shoot on the beach. This is the walkway from the parking to the beach:
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6_7<\/strong>
\nSame scene, three views. First, an overall view of the dunes and the apartments that dot this part of the coast:
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6_8<\/strong>
\nA closer, more abstract view:
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6_9<\/strong>
\nAnd a view looking towards the sea:
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6_10<\/strong>
\nIt was a sunny and windy day, exactly what Justyna was after. She had something very specific in mind; she wanted to wear a flowing dress, and she wanted tennis rackets and oranges as props, the rackets to symbolise the active lifestyle in Alicante, and the oranges to symbolise our part of Spain. I took around 60 pictures. As usual, I tried contre-jour:
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6_11<\/strong>
\nA close-up, although this is not really what Justyna was after:
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6_12<\/strong>
\nThis is more what she was after:
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6_13<\/strong>
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6_14<\/strong>
\nIn fact, the images she liked best were ones like this one, where she was essentially just an element in the seascape:
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6_15<\/strong>
\nThis one is my own favourite:
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6_16<\/strong>
\nThat evening, we met with some friends at a Japanese restaurant in the centre to celebrate a birthday. Before entering the restaurant, I took some images of the Plaza de Correos, one of the nicest squares in Alicante:
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6_17<\/strong>
\nA smile:
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6_18<\/strong>
\nElio and Assumpta making a selfie with the birthday lady:
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6_19<\/strong>
\nThe restaurant is called Enso, and the food is fancy-ish sushi:
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6_20<\/strong>
\nThere is an element of fusion as well–I do not think the Japanese use trufles:
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6_21<\/strong>
\nAnd here is sushi in a Pedro Ximenes sauce:
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6_22<\/strong>
\nA beef dish:
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6_23<\/strong>
\nThen, the birthday cake arrives:
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6_24<\/strong>
\nBlowing out the candles:
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6_25<\/strong>
\nSharing a laugh:
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6_26<\/strong>
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6_27<\/strong>
\nBack at work. Our photo club at the office, Lightbox, has come up with the idea of producing a book of studio shots of employees, each expressing his or her personality and passion. We have a decent studio at the office that is normally used for webinars and the like. On Wednesday we got together to do a test shoot. Pierre is the guy responsible for the studio:
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6_28<\/strong>
\nRobert and Christophe roll out the backdrop:
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6_29<\/strong>
\nGroup chimping:
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6_30<\/strong>
\nOur first “victim” is a fan of all things Ferrari (and yes, he apparently has one):
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6_31<\/strong>
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6_32<\/strong>
\nWe tried different things:
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6_33<\/strong>
\nDriving:
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6_34<\/strong>
\nA close-up:
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6_35<\/strong>
\nI was next. Given the practicalities of bringing a bicycle into the studio, I decided to highlight my love of photography instead. Here I pose with my Texas Leica:
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6_36<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday, I went for a bike ride in strong wind. This is what Playa Muchavista looked like:
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6_37<\/strong>
\nThe wind is clearly blowing in:
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On Saturday night, we met up with Elio and Assumpta again and went out for dinner at a nearby Galician restaurant called Tasca A Queimada.<\/p>\n

6_38<\/strong>
\nOur Argentine\/Catalan friends:
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I finish this week’s blog with images of the delicious seafood from Galicia, the world’s best.<\/p>\n

6_39<\/strong>
\nZamburi\u00c3\u00b1as<\/em>:
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6_40<\/strong>
\nPulpo a la plancha<\/em>:
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6_41<\/strong>
\nGrilled asparagus:
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6_42<\/strong>
\nGambas al ajillo<\/em>:
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6_43<\/strong>
\nAnd finally, my main dish, Rodaballo a la plancha<\/em>:
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