General Store Stuff

There's an awesome store in Outer Sunset called General Store. They sell mostly things made by local people, and most of which happens to be hip, in a foggy, laid-back sort of way.

I picked up these patterned placemats, made by Jo Bartels, and knew I had to use them as a background before I spilled too much salsa on them.

Here's what I have so far:

New edit from knife catalog

Spent a couple hours this event editing this photo from a catalog I photographed last year.  Reminds me of Nip/Tuck, except without the weird ménage à trois vibe.  I like the texture on the metal, and played around with blending to make the background more subdued and get the knives to shine.



It's funny the different directions you can take a raw image.  The background is a light blue, button-down shirt, but I decided to make it dark to match the edgy look to knives.  Let me know what you think