The Heart of Texas Professional Photographers Guild has monthly image competitions.  Each month, anyone in the guild can submit images to the competition.  Additionally, in a separate competition, there is a specific theme, and the images must be in that theme.  For September, the theme was “a product.” I had planned on doing an image of pouring beer out of a bottle.  I was going to have a glass and above the glass, at an appropriate angle was going to be the neck of the bottle, and I was going to have beer coming out of the bottle into the glass.

August is the month in which Hatch Chili Peppers are harvested.  The “season” is rather short, but the green chilis are special.  Debbie was at the store and saw they actually had a beer that had Hatch chilis in it.  So, I changed my original concept.  I wanted to photograph that beer.  Next to it was a glass.  Some beers are trying to distinguish themselves by having some form of garnish – usually a slice of a citrus fruit.  I used that and had a garnish on the glass of a slice of a chili pepper, and surrounded the bottle and the glass with peppers.  My image can in first in the competition.