Chinese Mooncake

In the Chinese Calender, the Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th Lunar month. In an American Calender, it was on Sept. 22 this year. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.

Hsi Lai Temple is one of the largest Buddhist Temple in the U.S. and there were traditional activities and events at the Temple for the Chinese Moon Festival today, but I didn't realize organized anything until it was much too late. However, because my family and I, and a neighbor are Chinese, we enjoy mooncakes which are traditional Chinese delicacy for this occassion. Most mooncakes consist of a thin tender skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling. The mooncake may contain one or more whole salted egg yolks in its centre to symbolise the full moon. Very rarely, mooncakes are also served steamed or fried.

This also gave me a reason to practice for food and product photography. I've read many things online about product/food photography and its relations with aperature. Basically, when the aperature is narrower, you get better shallow depth of field and is more appropriate than a winder aperature. Since I'm still learning about aperature and food/product photography, I'm not sure how to explain better about aperature.

I should have used a better knife for a cleaner cut for the moon cake. I also didn't realize how greasy the mooncakes were until I placed them on the paper. Professionally, I should have a cleaner cut on the mooncake or show how greasy it is. This is just for practice.