Good morning from a cool but clearing morning here in Hastings. The best kind of weather – it rains during the night and then it clears up for the day. And it was heavy rain, which is desperately needed. All is good.
Anyway, on Sundays I go down to Otane to the market there. Sales are definitely picking up for me, which is great. I am the Social Media Queen. This means I go around to all the stalls and take photos to post on our Facebook page. Thanks to this the visitor numbers have increased. Also I have EFTPOS facilities too, i.e. electronic funds transfer. This was good as last week the market’s own machine went down. So after doing all this I have to transfer the money over to the other stall holders.
Taking photos of the stalls is a tricky business. The stall holders themselves do not want their photos taken. So it is a matter of arranging the composition a bit more creatively – i.e. taking photos on an angle or such like. I do take my big camera with me, but I generally use my cellphone so I can post directly to Facebook.
Soooo, one of the stalls sells certified GE Free, organic vegetables at a very reasonable cost. Andrew, the stall holder is rough and ready, very rural and he arranges his stall in a very rustic manner. As you can see in this photo (edited in Pixlr of course). Last week it actually snowed a little. And Andrew ended up inside as he had had enough of the freezing winds. So that when I took this photo it was soft and nostalgic looking with the light filtering through the window.
Sally D’s Mobile Photography: Nature
Thanks for visiting.
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Gotta use Pixlr more often. Wonderful light for all the fussing
Happy Monday or is it Tuesday
Carol
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Thanks, and yes we are well into Tuesday now
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Lovely shot. Now I want to come and visit the market!
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Pixar is such a joy to use. It’s wonderful to learn about your role in the farmer’s market. I attend one every Sunday in my small town. Enjoyed the capture, and it looks as though it’s squash. So it must be autumn in NZ. Happy Photo Challenge.
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Thanks Sally, we are in the middle of winter – one more month and it is spring – yey
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Spring is such a luscious time. Much ahead for you…
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I love the light and nostalgic feel in this photo! Wonderful photo!
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Such a beautiful wash. Lovely photo.
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I really like the effect you have used on the photo. And an interesting angle it is, too. Are you selling your photography, Raewyn, or something else?
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Lovely photo. Love a farmer’s market. And, an interesting job for you, I should imagine.
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All the farms in the valley are organic. Our local dairy farm is what I consider excessively organic as the milk is neither homogenized OR pasteurized. Of course, I’m not a big fan of milk in any form. The eggs are great — and inexpensive. I think the reason the valley is so organic is because the aquifer is so close to the surface almost everywhere and people are — with good reason — very concerned about anything that might leech into the soil.
Also, to get a certificate allowing you to sell unpasteurized dairy, you can’t do anything to the cows except feed and milk them.
I love whatever you did to the photograph. It looks like a painting, in a good way. Great light, too.
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