Today was my most productive day all week, so I decided to photograph some of my accomplishments. Everything in the photo required something from me (other than just setting up the shot). I made the birds, painted the end table and baked the cake. In their previous lives the birds were wire coat hangers, tissue paper and glue. The table I  rescued from next to my dumpster and was an awful teal color; I think I even heard the table say thank you for saving it from the dump and giving it a face lift. And the cake was flour, sugar, and butter before I literally whipped all the ingredients together.

Now it is time to eat the cake!

Hello All

I am posting to encourage everyone to vote for me in a competition that would grant me the money to do my “dream shoot.” Please visit

http://www.nameyourdreamassignment.com/the-ideas/jessegirl/from-the-farm-to-the-table/

to vote for me.

Here is my idea:

All over America people are thinking more and more about where their food comes from. I want to illustrate the amazing spectrum of sources that are available, from “big agro” all the way to a backyard vegetable patch.

We, as American’s, are paying more and more attention to where our food comes from and who is growing it. My dream assignment would be to show the wide variety of options that we have, ranging from “big agro” corporate farms to the small organic farm to tiny kitchen gardens.

Once food is grown and harvested, it may also be processed, transported and sold before appearing on our tables. I would like to photograph the places where people get their food. Not everyone just goes to the grocery store and I want to show people the places their food is actually grown, harvested, fished, raised and sometimes even processed. And there is a rich variety to choose from: a back yard orange tree, a trout stream, a small grocery, and Wal-Mart (where you can also buy bed sheets or a DVD player), to name but a small sample.

This shoot will involve traveling all across America to show how people get food from the farms to the table. I will show food being grown, people actually sitting down to eat their meals, and as much of the in between as possible.

Get the vote out!

Thanks!