Target's Mozzarella Frittata

Since Wage is out of the kitchen this week, Target wanted to revive this blog by posting his recipe here. This is a way yummy breakfast and there are so many variations you can make. Please enjoy!








Ingredients:
6 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup milk
3/4 cup shredded mozzarella
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Pinch salt
1/2 cup chopped green onion
3 chopped basil leaves
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup diced heirloom tomatoes
1 small diced shallot


Directions:
Preheat oven to broil setting.

In medium size bowl, using a wisk, beat together eggs, milk, green onion, basil, mozzarella, pepper, and salt. Heat olive oil in a 12-inch non-stick, oven safe saute pan over medium high heat. Add tomatoes and diced shallot to pan and saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour egg mixture into pan and stir with rubber spatula. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until the egg mixture has set on the bottom and begins to set around the edges. To ensure that your frittata will slide out of the pan after baking, lightly separate the edges from the pan with your spatula and drizzle a small amount of olive oil down the side of the frittata. Sprinkle with a little more cheese before placing in the oven.

Place pan into oven and broil for 4 to 6 minutes, until lightly browned and fluffy. Slide out of pan onto serving plate and cut into 6 equal slices. Serve immediately. Nom Nom Nom!

- Target

Friday Night

Friday Night
Originally uploaded by Photo David

Got sucked in to vinyl toys again. And they drink beer too. Lord help me.

Diez

Diez
Originally uploaded by Photo David

This was a fun little project. This is the fourth custom Uglydoll Dunny I've done. I don't think they are the most well done creations I've ever seen, but they are fun to make.

This Cinko was pretty simple to make. Obviously, I used the French Dunny with the Pick for this, honestly, I just chose that one so I would have only one ear to trim off, I'm not so great with sculpy.

Speaking of sculpy, his arms are built around he original arms, I wanted them to still move and it was just easier. Although, his arms would look better if I had created new ones; he looks a tad meaty in the shoulders.

After baking, I brush painted him flat acrylic and used elmers painters markers for his face. I'm not entirely happy him, but he's pretty ugly, so I love him.

I just stuck the pic in for this shot because I think big Cinko looks pretty gangsta with his beanie, so I wanted his little Dunny to have a little accessory too.

I used the Sigma 17-70 macro for this picture, shot at 17mm. I also used the SB-600 speedlight pointed at the ceiling for the lighting.

Fun stuff!

Thanks for reading,

-d

Against the Sun

Against the Sun
Originally uploaded by Photo David

Sorry for all the flying Icebat pictures, I just decided to try these "photoshop" like techniques today, so this is all pretty new to me.

For this picture, I shot Icebat on the counter with the 60mm 2.8, using the 600 speedlight pointed at the ceiling.






The background was just a mildly lit wall in my entry, when I clicked "Enhance" in iPhoto, it turned into the sun. Stoked.


From there, Icebat went into Acorn for some eye manipulation. :)

I cut out Icebat in Gimp, pasted him on the background, rotated him, and added mucho motion blur to his lower half.

From there, Icebat went into Picnik for some softening and whitening of the eyes and teeth. A triple shot of saturation sealed the deal. :)

Thanks for reading,
-d

Hanging Bat (Explored)

Hanging Bat (Explored)
Originally uploaded by Photo David

Too funny this pic got so much attention! (and continues to)

Most of my shots are totally planned out, lighting, posing, etc.

Anyways, so we had a BBQ last Saturday and as I was glancing down the hall, I noticed how cool the light was. But, my hall is a pretty boring shot, shot it several times. Never works.

However, Icebat and my D80 were on the counter a few feet away and I thought, what the hell?

I held Icebat in front of the camera and snapped a single quick shot using all the auto settings and AF. I'm really pleased how this came out with minimal editing in picnik.

Thanks for everyone who enjoyed and enjoys this.

-d

Sitting by Herself : 17

Sitting by Herself : 17
Originally uploaded by Photo David

This has been a pretty exciting day in the short little life of my daughter. Here she is, not even 6 months old yet, sitting on the couch all by herself. She sat there like a little angel while I scrambled for the D80. I could have gone the easy route with the iPhone to capture the moment, but I'm so thankful I snapped this look, along with the moment. She's changing so much everyday and I'm so thankful to have started this project when I did. I probably should have done it sooner, say... the first year of her life...
But, it's not like I haven't taken thousands of photos of her since her birth and made several albums, DVDs, etc.

Eva and I are so very proud of our wonderful little daughter, we only wish she would sleep through the night. Even still, the joy she brings us with her cute little smiles and loving giggles make every night from 3-4am well worth the wake-up!

Thanks for reading,

-d

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