Harvest season and Farmers' Markets are at their peak in North America and Europe right now, with lovely, fresh vegetables, meats, breads, and honey, in addition to handmade non-edibles.  One expects to find massive color from tomatoes, squash, peppers, and assorted root crops, and food photographers are rarely disappointed. Thus, I begin this blog with heirloom tomatoes, full of juice and ready to eat.

Farmers' Market tomatoes

The red of the cherry tomatoes shown here, under a white canopy, seems to be amplified and dense.

Farmers' Market cherry tomatoes

More subtle are the bok choi and summer squash, which are in abundance right now.  Photographically, farmers' markets challenge the shooter with different light and situational conditions, but also present abundant possibilities.

Farmers' Market bok choi

Farmers' Market squash

The colors in these peppers would probably make designers at the Crayola@ Corporation "green and red" with envy.

Farmers' Market peppers

When I have a mission, such as photographing a farmers' market, I wander and try not to carry too many expectations along with me.  That makes the unexpected so much sweeter.  Looking down and seeing this non-vegetable combination was fabulous.

Farmers' Market boots

Of all the things I could have seen at the Santa Fe Farmers' Market, a woman dressed in Steampunk was absolutely the most unexpected.  She was kind enough to allow me to get some shots of her near the old Santa Fe Southern Railway car.

Steam Punk meets Farmers' Market

Steam Punk meets Farmers' Market 2

until next Monday,

DB

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