Category: Food Photography

  • November Flickr Challenge: Fall

    November Flickr Challenge: Fall

    I am impressed. Playing with food was a blast, and I love how everyone really got into the spirit dreaming up all kinds of crazy scenarios for their food, like…

  • STW Nov Challenge…

    coming soon! But, I’m traveling… so bear with me a day or two. In the meantime, feel free to keep posting your Playing With Food photos… there have been some…

  • Fun with reflections

    Fun with reflections

    One of the trickiest parts of food photography is dealing with reflections. Whether it’s shiny plates, silverware, glassware, or even the food itself, the reflection can either make the photo…

  • Why I love thrift stores

    Why I love thrift stores

    20 pieces. $4. And six of the silver plated forks even match! (They just took a bit of elbow grease to clean up). I got a ton of other stuff…

  • Ziplens

    Ziplens

    A few weeks ago, I posted about a new rental lens service called Ziplens. Unlike Rentglass, Ziplens had the two lenses in stock that I was hoping to try, so…

  • October Still Life WIth Flickr Theme: Play With Your Food

    September’s theme, To Go, didn’t Go so well. With only a fraction of the participants of the People & Food from August, we had some nice entries, but nothing awe…

  • Coffee with Kelly Cline

    Coffee with Kelly Cline

    If there was one thing (and there were many!) I learned from my experience meeting with MatthewA, it’s that I am not a particularly good interviewer. Particularly when I’m surrounded…

  • The Photos of Green Bananas

    The wonderful Santos of The Scent of Green Bananas is back at it in Guam (my birthplace!), sharing her culinary know-how and adventures with her readers. She’s kicked off her…

  • Moo!

    Have you seen Moo.com yet? They are making little business cards with the flickr photos of your choice printed on the back. And, for Pro Flickr members, you get a…

  • More Lenses by Mail

    A new online mail delivery lens site has entered the arena, which is great news for those of us who were on the lookout for some of the specialty lenses…

  • Podcast Interview with Kelly Cline

    Kelly Cline, a food photographer in Seattle and one of my Flickr friends just did a podcast interview for LightSource. Kelly’s work is really amazing, so be sure to check…

  • Bounce Basics

    Bounce Basics

    One of the simplest ways to improve your food photography is by controlling the lighting with a reflective surface called a bounce. A bounce can be any white, silver or…