Sometimes when I say it takes a village to make a photograph it can scare off clients because the feel they are working with a “diva” who brings a whole “entourage” with them. But in reality we work with a really tight team in a very collaborative environment. The group consists of me, my photo [...]
Category Archives: Food
August 6, 2009 – 3:34 pm
After a little break where I was shooting soup in a back-of-house environment and some chocolate and pecans for a catalog, I’m back working on the cookbook. We photographed (and had later for lunch) one of the mostly unusually named dishes I ever had. It was called “Oiseaux san la Tete” which literally means “birds [...]
July 30, 2009 – 3:02 pm
After shooting chocolate on Portland’s hottest day of the year, I just wanted to write a couple of words about food photography. The best food photographers work collaboratively with a food stylist. These people are professionals, sometimes with a fine art background, sometimes with a catering or chef ‘s background but always with lots and [...]
July 24, 2009 – 8:03 am
Just started a new cookbook. This one shot on location in a beautiful house overlooking the vineyards in Oregon wine country. Long hours and lots of pressure to make everything look great mitigated only by the the facts of working for and with a really amazing family who make it loads of fun. Oh and [...]
July 15, 2009 – 1:01 pm
Some people have asked me what the secret is to great food photography. I first say teamwork…because it takes more than a creative person with a camera to make food look its best. But I’ll talk more about the “village” it takes to make a photograph in another post. There is another quality to great [...]