If you're willing to throw pizza dough in the air, I'll be there.
Last
week, I had a little fun at StoneFire Pizza in New Berlin. Mike
Tostado, a professional pizza chef, was teaching anyone who would
listen how to throw pizza dough. Although Mike was using a fake pizza
dough called Throw Dough (a rubber substance that is the official
practice dough for the U.S. Pizza Team), nonetheless, it was still cool to watch.
As
a photographer, something I'll always be addicted to is patches of
light. Although the room was rather dark and I would have used a flash
to take a normal photo, there was a recessed light shining down on
Mike's face as he tossed the dough in the air. I set my camera's
exposure to the patch of light and made a photo I was happy to walk
away with.
However, working for a newspaper, you can't always
shoot for yourself. The first photo is the one that made me smile, but
I also turned in the second photo below, in case my editors decided the
first one wouldn't reproduce well on newsprint. The second photo was
taken with flash while the first photo wasn't.
Nikon D2H, 17 mm, 320 ISO, f2.8, 1/200, Manual
Nikon D2H, 17 mm, 320 ISO, f2.8, 1/200, Manual, WITH FLASH
Mike
Tostado, a pizza chef, teaches kids how to throw pizza dough Wednesday,
July 16, 2008, at StoneFire Pizza, New Berlin. Ready-Set-DOUGH!, an
interactive pizza-tossing demonstration, was held right around dinner
time three nights in a row. The kids took a turn at throwing using
Throw Dough, a rubber substance that is the official practice dough for
the U.S. Pizza Team.
