Author: L
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HDR Photography
Heidi, from 101 Cookbooks, has posted a very cool article on using High Dynamic Range (HDR) for food photography. Cameras, or in fact, the human eye, can only see a…
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Food Styling Classes
Delores Custer will be teaching several rounds of her food styling class in New York at Hyde Park (June 5-9 and Sept 18-22). In addition to studying prop selection, learning…
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My Workflow
I used to think a lot about user photography workflow… back in the day when I was designing software. The funny thing is, I knew lots of best practices, but…
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Elsewhere: Strawberry Tarts
When I was in software design, we had a motto: Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS). Sometimes it’s certainly fun to create extravagant and complicated recipes, each step a challenge. But…
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Field Trip Anyone?
Any Seattlite food bloggers out there interested in heading down to the Bay area with me later this month for the Art of the Cookbook panel at the Ferry Building…
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The Art of The Cookbook
Folks in the Bay area look like they are in for a treat with this panel talk/discussion from some cookbooking legends, including Christopher Hirsheimer. Learn all about producing a cookbook,…
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Photos Tartare
Sorry. It’s a terrible pun. It’s even worse, because I have to explain. Food photography. Raw files. Yes, it’s OK that you are grimacing. I am too. I briefly touched…
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Enormous Croutons with Soup
Palace Kitchen in Seattle serves a Caesar salad with an enormous crouton. The crouton is bigger than the also huge hearts of Romaine. It’s crispy on the outside and chewy…
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Studio Lighting, Part 1
Studio lighting is a science as well as an art. After picking up several books on the subject, I’m starting to get used to some of the terms like bounce…
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Roasted Portobello Mushrooms with Chipotle Cream
Ok. Enough with the desserts already. Last week was very, very bad from a combination calories and exercise stand point. That is to say, I had lots of the former…
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Composition: Make a Stack
If you’ve looked at my Flickr stream anytime in the last month, you’ll see I’m kind of hooked on a particular theme: Stacks. The challenge of any photographer is to…
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Treats for the Train
Last Friday, Cam and I and a couple of our friends went to Portland for the weekend. It’s only a little over 3 hours drive, but we decided to take…