Hey kids, welcome to another episode of Friday Free For All!
I spent Monday and Tuesday in the LA area and met up with a few photographer friends for some cool Cuban food at Versailles in Culver City. That was a treat as I never had Cuban food before and it was yummy! I had the Ropa Viejo which translates to old clothes. It was shredded beef in a tomatoe sauce and very good. I highly recommend Versailles! Plus it was great to get together with Jen Berry, Henry Chen, Jenny Hsieh and Brian Dreisbach. They’re all cool cats, thanks for coming out guys (and gals)! I had an awesome time!
On my way back home from Los Angeles I went by my favorite place to pick up flowers - Costco. Yes, that’s right, Costco! They have amazing deals plus the flowers always are way fresh compared to the local mega-mart. So I picked up 2 dozen roses (12 yellow, 12 red) for like $16. But I saw these crazy flowers I had never seen before. Maybe I live in a cave or something but I saw these crazy colorful flowers and just had to get some. The big bouquet was only $8 so I brought those home to.
They’re tinted flowers. Somehow they dye the water holding the flowers and the pigment actually goes into the petals. Check these babies out, aren’t they totally wild?
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Hey Mike! Those are some awesome flower shot. Makes me want to grab some for my girlfriend and be a super hero! It was awesome meeting you as well. It was great to talk shop and share some cuban food knowledge. I ended up giving my left overs to my friend whose birthday it was.. but i’ll be back for more!
Hey Michael,
Those are some sweet flower shots, the colors and DOF are amazing! As always, great seeing and catching up with you on Monday, looking forward to working with you soon!
Awesome flowers !! Love it ! Was your wife happy with the roses? or did she want the sunflowers instead?
Thanks for the comments, folks! Oh she loves any flowers, Jenny - I just couldn’t help myself from getting both!!
ohh…. versaille. i miss that place! next time try the asado. it’s to die for.
so i found this out the last time i was looking at tinted flowers. they put the color dye into the water and the flowers drink it up. isn’t that crazy? imagine if we turned the color of kool-aid!