Category: Food Photography

  • STW Flickr Challenge for November: Share and Share alike

    STW Flickr Challenge for November: Share and Share alike

    OK. Last month’s challenge was hard. Really hard. But, hopefully, we learned a thing or two about plating. Now, we are onto November, (well into it, actually. Sorry I’m so…

  • Food Photography Tips on Digicamhelp

    Food Photography Tips on Digicamhelp

    I was recently asked by Digicamhelp.com to do a short piece of food photography. The article is aimed at novice to intermediate photographers that are just starting to get interested…

  • Food Photography and Styling Classes

    Last time Adorama had a Food Photography workshop, I found out too late to let you all know. This time, I’m on it… although there isn’t much time to get…

  • Mailbag: Getting Started

    Here’s another reader question from the mail bag.. one I get quite frequently. I enjoy both food and travel and love flicking through cook books and magazines. Your photos are…

  • STW Flicker Challenge for October: Plate it Up!

    STW Flicker Challenge for October: Plate it Up!

    I had two different ideas for this month’s challenge. But an article on plating in today’s Seattle Times pre-empted them both, and inspired me to create this month’s Plate it…

  • Hard as Pie

    Hard as Pie

    As the holiday season approaches, food styling needs start to kick into higher gear. Food is such a critical part of the holidays, and making food look good, even more…

  • Mail Bag: Image Editing Confusion

    I’ve been meaning to start a regular post series featuring some of the emails I get with questions about photography and styling, and what better way to kick it off…

  • STW Flicker challenge for September: A Room for Food

    STW Flicker challenge for September: A Room for Food

    With my recent move, it’s not surprising that I’ve been thinking about spaces to shoot almost nonstop over the past few weeks. I have a new small studio dedicated to…

  • STW Flicker Challenge for August: Two Thousand Words

    STW Flicker Challenge for August: Two Thousand Words

    Thank you all so much for all the great critiques, and for hanging in their with me for two months of the same thing. I love how adding a self…

  • Prop Rental Idea

    Prop Rental Idea

    I just had an “ah-ha” moment about prop rental. If you live in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, you can probably skip this post. You already have great stores…

  • New from Moo

    New from Moo

    By now, you are certainly familiar with the Moo minicards, and have probably heard about the newly released Moo stickers… little prints of goodness made from your personal selection of…

  • The dSLR Lovers Point & Shoot

    The dSLR Lovers Point & Shoot

    If you’ve been using a digital SLR for a while, you know how frustrating it can be to pick up a point and shoot camera and get good shots. For…