Wegmans

Getting ready for Valentine's Day.

Armed with my iPhone 6, a trip to Wegmans to help Amy with the grocery shopping turned into a photo essay for this week's blog.  For those of you that follow my weekly adventure into photography that don't live in the Rochester area and have no idea what Wegmans is, just google them and I'm sure you'll find plenty.  For those that live in this area they are more than just a grocery store.

Bulk Seeds for sale.

One feature of a Wegmans store is the variety of items sold in bulk or at least in a way that maximizes customer choice.  Some of the most interesting photo ops were from the bulk food sections.  The "every kids dream" bin filled with double bubble gum with its bright red, yellow and blue colors stands out among the shots taken during our shopping expedition.

Grind your own coffee.

I was a bit uncomfortable at first taking picture in the grocery store, even with my iPhone but soon got over it and looked around for interesting things to shoot while trying not to fall too far behind Amy.  She had more important things on her mind, go figure.  Even a little exercise like taking snapshots in a grocery store reminds us of the importance of paying attention to the details. This is one area of improvement I know I have to make and it applies no matter what situation you are shooting in.

Colorful sprinkles.

Two photos shown here are good examples of this.  First is the bins of coffee beens that you can measure out and grind yourself (I prefer the chocolate hazelnut).  It wasn't until we got home and I was looking at the pictures when I noticed the sign in the background and the fact that the word coffee is cut off (missing the final 'e').  This shot would me so much better if the sign were complete.  The other case is the brightly colored sprinkles which would be improved if all the labels were facing the camera like the light green one is.

Make your own six pack.

I thought the iPhone did an excellent job with these pictures.  The colors are bright and accurate and blur was not too bad.  One interesting feature of the camera on the iPhone is that it will take a burst of shots if you hold the shutter button down. I did not intend to get bursts but did on several pictures.  The bubble gum shot posted here is the result of taking the 5 frames the phone gave me into photoshop and using the focus stacking technique I've described before to maximize sharpness throughout the frame.