When I think of colorful food, I almost always think about colored pastas in wacky shapes first and then I think about candy. Mmmmm, Candy! I enjoy food photography.  I can photograph it and then I can eat it. Sounds like a win win to me.

This week we had a huge ice storm. I saw 5-7 or more inches of sleet as far as the eye could see. It was pretty exciting. We spent Wednesday goofing around in the ice as a family. I took nearly 300 photos of adventure when I remembered that I hadn't photographed any food. I had the gummy bears delivered from the cabinet to the ice and away we went on our colorful food adventure.

This shot was photographed with the Sigma 24-70 in the middle of the day at 17 degrees. Brrrrrrrr! The shot was a bit flat so I gave it a cool crop and ran it through NIK's Sharpening output. I cranked up the structure to 90% and it really pulled out the detail in the sleet and my bear ears. So, did I eat them? Nope, Princess Fiona ate these :-)

Our top ten is always in no particular order. When you enjoy the photograph, check out the artist. Chances are you will enjoy more of their fantastic work! Artist links are directly below each photograph. Ready. Set. Here we go...

ONE {Love the POV and the set up. Sweet indeed and colorful to match.}

Colorful Food by jules1836 

TWO {The Reds and Greens are everywhere and really pull us in to this fantastic dish. I feel like I could almost smell it. Wonderfully shot!}

bella italia by Stefanie L

THREE {Everyone I showed this to this week loved this shot. It's so creative and your whites are so WHITE. It looks like an ad for building the best burger ever.}

Wk5/52: Deconstructed Burger by Tony McCann 

FOUR {The pink compliments the green perfectly. Well done. Great set up and who doesn't like Ice Cream in the winter? I found a new flavor. It's I heart chocolate. It's super fabulous. If you see it, try it.}

{Colorful Food} week 5/52 by karisworld 

FIVE {Wonderful set up and great color pops! Thanks for telling us your set up.}

Project 52 Colorful Food by Terry Lynn Ayers 

SIX {Fantastic detail and the green really pops off this black!}

Lime by NikonLindaK 

SEVEN {Yum. I love the shadows on the fruit playing off the black background. Well done.}

Week 5/52 - Colorful Food by Lisa Kollberg 

EIGHT {You can't go wrong with a classic. Love all the colorful round shapes. A bright bowl is a nice touch!}

Colorful Food by Lissa 

NINE {Fantastic simple set up. Nice light. Great green pop.}

5/52 - Colorful Food by Jennifer Nealy

TEN {This is not only colorful, but it looks so darn yummy. Wonderful focus. I like that I can see the salt on your crackers. Well done!}

5/52 ~ Theme: Colorful Food by Catcher In My Eye 

Week 6's theme is RED.

Sneak Peek: Week 7 is LOVE.

What's new with Daphne Ellenburg?  

The week started very exciting. Madison lost her second front tooth.

She was very disappointed that Tooth fairy doesn't deliver only quarters. She traded her dollars for quarters and was quite satisfied.

We had two family game nights in a row while waiting for the ice storm. We take our Jenga very seriously.

I think I wanted it to snow just as much as the kids. We haven't seen snow since 2008. It sleeted for hours - nearly the whole day and most of the evening and we had a 5 hour window for snow but it never came. 

Here is Ice Daphne.

We made the most of our ice. Here are my babies in my front yard. It's covered in hills that they slid down over and over again on cardboard.

I love this shot. I want to make it BIG. Grant's cheeks are always so rosey.

Here is our snowman. Our biggest one ever! Immediately after this shot, Jefferson removed his nose and took a bite out of it. That kid was a lot of fun in the ice.

Sadly, our three day Ice Vacation came to an end on Friday. I went back to work. The kids went back to school. We had high temperatures in the 60's and some of the ice melted, but not all of it. It sure is nice to look at. At least I took plenty of photos of our many adventures. 

Wishing you a wonderful week filled with family fun and photography and lots of the color RED. I'm gearing up for it by watching the Movie Red. Great Movie.

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Daphne Ellenburg is the owner of a Portrait photography business located in Southern Alabama with a supportive family and a new fancy-pants NEW 2000 sq ft studio. She loves college football, big handbags, lip gloss and newly all things Canon. Daphne also enjoys writing about her Photo-Adventures and her entertaining family. Catch up with her at Ellenburg Photography.com or email her at daphne@ellenburgphotography.com