19 Years ago I was sitting on my deck in downtown NYC –one block off Broadway –and it was raining ticker-tape. The desert storm vets were returning home to a huge parade. I made a photograph at the time called Iraqi Apples. Today I sent out a promotion that included one of those apples 19 years later.
No more ticker-tape parades for our current vets…  Click on image for larger view... 
Most people who buy an advanced dSLR camera are disappointed with the results. Why? It comes from the factory in all the worst modes for a camera to be in! The manufacturers make one assumption about you,that you can’t handle the amazing technology that they just sold you. Come and unlock the creative potential of your investment. Beyond the Photograph Spring Classes: Now that it is starting to get nice outside,consider getting your photography up to speed. The Digital SLR Camera with Les Jorgensen
Class #1 –Tuesdays 6 –8pm
10 sessions (+ 1 optional outing TBD)
May 10th –July 12th,
2011
Price:$285
Class limited to 8 participants
Location:Les Jorgensen’s studio
956 West Road (PO Box 1081)
Manchester Village,VT 05254 For more info: http://beyondthephoto.com/vermont-classes/introduction-to-dslr/ les@lesjorgensen.com
802-549-5016 | The Reluctant Panther is offering a Prix Fix menu to warm up your winter evenings. Monday –Thursday 40$ On my recent visit I was able to sample several dishes from the Prix Fixe menu,a highlight being the starter of Roasted Beets and House Made Ricotta. This was perfect blend of the earthiness of thinly slice roasted beets topped with the freshest ricotta cheese I have ever tasted,sweetened with Chesnut honey and pistachio –drizzled with a 12-year-old balsamic. Rich and surprising! The ricotta cheese is made in-house and I asked Chef Frank Rhodes how difficult it is to make. In two sentences he told me how. I was surprised to think that even I could make ricotta. Below is his recipe. Visit the Reluctant Panther’s website for more information. Or call 800-822-2331 to make reservations. |  Roasted Beets and House-Made Ricotta ©2011 Les Jorgensen | | Full service digital Silhouette,Tabletop,Still Life,food and beverage photography by Les Jorgensen in Manchester Vermont VT. Southern Vermont’s finest studio also located in New York City. Other areas of specialty include:Photography,silhouettes,silos,product photography,table top,food,food photography,travel,leisure,design,web design,web,photoillustration,illustration,photo-illustration,manchester,vermont,VT,les,jorgensen,southern vermont,portraits,still life,photographic virtual reality,virtual reality,vr,objects,vr-objects,object vr,photographic object vr,panoramas,interior photograph,exterior photography,real estate photography,real estate,landscapes,art,fine art,black and white,southern,golf,spinners,product rotation,turntables,Entrees and Main Course,Aperitif,appetizer,hors d’oeuvre photography | Homemade Ricotta CheeseI always use whole milk yogurt,but if you do try it with low-fat yogurt,please let me know in the comments how it works out. I don’t recommend non-fat yogurt for this recipe. This recipe can easily be halved or doubled. Ingredients- 2 quarts whole milk
- 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
- Optional:1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Method1 In a large pot,bring the milk,yogurt,heavy cream (if using),vinegar,and salt to a boil. Very gently boil for one to two minutes,until the milk is curdled. 2 Meanwhile,line a strainer with a few layers of cheesecloth and set it over a deep bowl. 3 Pour the milk mixture into the strainer and let drain for 15 minutes. Gather the cheesecloth around the curds and squeeze gently to extract any excess liquid. Storage:Homemade ricotta is best served slightly warm,although it can be refrigerated for up to three days,if desired. Makes 2 cups. |
| Did you know? That’s right,out of the kitchen of the equinox,Chef Jeffrey Russell produces hundreds of dozens of cider doughnuts for his guests and also for the local Manchester community. Recently I was talking with Jeffrey about how he started this. He said,”I grew up in the Berkshires and always loved the local cider doughnuts. I thought I would recreate that here but it did not turn out to be an easy task. First I had to convince the Equinox itself who was only luke-warm to the idea. So I went out on my own and got a doughnut-making machine on Ebay,tested my recipes and now we serve several hundred dozen a weekend.” I live a mile from the Equinox and did not know that I could go to the gift shop every weekend morning and get a dozen or more cider doughnuts. Now I am there every time the kids need a weekend treat or guests come up from the City. Get there early enough and they are still warm,with a substantial weight to their sweetness and a hint of cinnamon (or is that just a smell from my childhood?) You have got to try them. Why should just the Equinox guests have all the fun? Chef Russell and his cider doughnuts were recently featured in Food Arts magazine,the leading publication for restaurant and hotel “foodies”. |  Chef Jeffrey Russell mixing another batch of his famous Cider Doughnuts ©2010 Les Jorgensen | | Full service digital Silhouette,Tabletop,Still Life,food and beverage photography by Les Jorgensen in Manchester Vermont VT. Southern Vermont’s finest studio also located in New York City. Other areas of specialty include:Photography,silhouettes,silos,product photography,table top,food,food photography,travel,leisure,design,web design,web,photoillustration,illustration,photo-illustration,manchester,vermont,VT,les,jorgensen,southern vermont,portraits,still life,photographic virtual reality,virtual reality,vr,objects,vr-objects,object vr,photographic object vr,panoramas,interior photograph,exterior photography,real estate photography,real estate,landscapes,art,fine art,black and white,southern,golf,spinners,product rotation,turntables,Entrees and Main Course,Aperitif,appetizer,hors d’oeuvre photography | |
 As most of you know,I am a Photography teacher with Beyond the Photograph.com. This next year will feature our introductory class at the Jorgensen Studio in Manchester VT. Come Join us! The Digital SLR Camera with Les Jorgensen
(Click here to go to my classes/workshop website)
10 sessions
Mondays 6 – 8pm
Jan-6th – March 14th
Price:$250 Class limited to 6 participants
Location:Les Jorgensen’s studio
956 West Road,Manchester Village 05254
802-549-5016
Hope you can make it! Les -- Les Jorgensen802-549-5016http://www.lesjorgensen.comhttp://beyondthephoto.com/ http://photoflexliteblog.blogspot.com/ As you all may already know,I am co-founder of Beyond the Photograph which offers workshops and classes for the passionate photographer. Our Stratton Workshops are drawing near. Our new adventure with Photoflex is featured on Photoflex’s Blog. Follow the link. In celebration of our newest sponsorship,Beyond the Photograph will give away a 32in Photoflex Multidisc worth $138 to our participants. Also available will be the full line of Photoflex products. http://photoflexliteblog.blogspot.com/  Last Chance!
Oct 1-3 –Digital Photography Workshops
Sign up now before it is too late!___________________________________________________
- Already the leaves are changing and in a week it will be spectacular!
- Get a free ”32in MultiDisc 5′n1″reflector from Photoflex
- Bring the family! Our sponsor,Stratton Resort,is a full-service,activity and shopping filled destination. While you learn,they have the time of their lives.
- Last chance! We need to close up registration soon!
- Up your game…love photography and want to take better pictures?
___________________________________________________ Beyond the Photograph is thrilled to announces our newest sponsor,Photoflex,
a premier manufacturer of lighting accessories.
To celebrate,all participants in our fall foliage Vermont weekend workshops will receive a free ”32in MultiDisc 5′n1″reflector, $139.95 value! Sept 1 2010  Beyond The Photograph We are excitedly gearing up for our Workshops at Stratton in a month! Should be Peak Foliage Season by then! Beyond the Photograph is just getting off the ground with the help of our generous sponsors,Stratton and Fotoflex. We will be offering workshops that introduce the Digital SLR camera,Landscape photography and Portraiture. Go to our site,http://www.beyondthephoto.com for more information. And stay tuned for special offerings! Hurry,we are filling up fast! I post this story for two reasons:First,it’s usually a missing Van Gogh painting that turns up and is worth an unfathomable sum. It’s thrilling to see a photographer’s work in this category. Secondly though,it brings up the issue of the archival nature of photographs. Ansel’s pictures survived because they are silv…er salts on glass;they will last for hundreds of years. What about your digital files? With the forced obsolescence of ever evolving technologies and the fragile nature of digital media, how can we insure that our files will last for future generations? See Morewww.cnn.com Rick Norsigian’s hobby of picking through piles of unwanted items at garage sales in search of antiques has paid off for the Fresno,California,painter. We are big fans of The Lens Blog from the photography department at The New York Times. Bookmark it and check back every once in a while. Today there is a fantastic group of pictures of the Tour de France by Spencer Platt of Getty Images. Notice how each of his pictures is different and each one adds a vital piece of the story that he is trying to tell. lens.blogs.nytimes.com Lens is the photojournalism blog of The New York Times,presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting – photographs,videos and slide shows. A showcase for Times photographers,it also seeks to highlight the best work of other newspapers,magazines and news and picture a… |
