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Ingredients: 20 people (each with camera) pinch of camera frustrations heaping of great questions dash of technical jargon Mix all these together in a restaurant and stir for 2 hours. What you get is a fun evening together learning the ins and outs of “My Stupid Camera” – a workshop from my series Shoot Eat [...]
Nothing says Spring to me like a brightly colored sweetly decorated cupcakey treat. Well, unless you also add some chocolate. Back when Old-Man Winter was being nasty we did some preparation for Spring here in the studio with the fun creative team from Gigi’s. Yes, we were literally shoveling snow and using deicer on the [...]
It seems like just yesterday it was September and it’s been non-stop since. So, I’ll be doing some catching up over the next few weeks when/if I have breaks in my schedule. I’ve had a lot of fun the past few months and we have had some great projects come our way. Our team is [...]
We recently spent a few days shooting food and drinks for Tropical Smoothie Café. They came to Nashville from Florida and actually brought some warm weather with them. Yeah! When I’m on the road I make sure to stop in at one of their locations. They have almost 300 of them. I’ve visited them in [...]
What’s the recipe for a fun evening of learning about delicious lighting for food photography? First, start with a vibey location-Fido in Hillsboro Village in Nashville. Add a couple of foodies, a dash of food bloggers, plus a handful of cooks and bakers. Mix with a few aspiring food photographers and a heaping of wonderful [...]
If you’re like me popcorn is one of the main four (or is it five or six now) food groups in your diet. Our family consumes popcorn as though it was oxygen necessary to live. I guess that’s what happens with three growing boys in the house. According to Wikipedia, popcorn goes back to 3600 [...]
Well, Thursday at 7 pm is the night to learn about Delicious Lighting here in Nashville. We’re looking forward to the event and what Fido’s Chef John has in store for the “eat” portion of the evening. This is the first in a series of six food photography workshops I’ll be leading with the valuable [...]
This time of year is full of various emotions for me, particularly today being New Year’s Eve. I’m excited about what 2011 has in store, I’m sad to see yet another year pass so quickly, I’m motivated to make 2011 another great year, I’m reflective on how much happened in 2010, I’m curious what new [...]
I spent a day in jail. Oh wait, that didn’t sound quite right. Let me clarify. I spent a day at jail. I was there photographing food prepared by Thomas, a nice young fellow who spends his days confined to a jail cell, but his cell is a bit different than one might imagine. For [...]
Months before cool weather was even on the radar we were in chili mode. Such is life when doing editorial photography — it reminds me of when I was an art director for American Way magazine and we’d have to schedule Christmas photo shoots in July. How do you get Christmas decorations that time of [...]
Last week I had a couple days set aside to do some testing in the studio. Testing days are laid back, but being the Type-A that I am I still have an agenda to accomplish … with the luxury of being on my own schedule. Last week’s agenda? Testing a fake ice cream recipe. There’s [...]
It’s hard to say whether chocolate was “invented” or “discovered”. Honestly, does it matter? It’s here, I love it, and it’s not going anywhere. Right? According to about.com its origins date back to the Olmec Indians to about 1500 BC with the growing of the cocoa bean to then the making of a cocoa drink [...]
I love the Fall. Just the notion of what Fall brings is fun to me. Cooler weather, evening football games, new TV shows and Fall food … yes, it always comes back to food for me. Gigi’s Cupcakes is in on this Fall thing, too. Gina shows up at the studio with a cornucopia of [...]
Having grown up in Dallas and spent much of my adult life there, Black-Eyed Pea Restaurant runs deep in my veins, and stomach. So, when we got the call to shoot some menu items for the now Nashville based corporation I was very much looking forward to it and holding my breath for Chicken Fried [...]
This week we were shooting for Charlotte Magazine again, which always makes for a fun day. Wait, come to think of it, is there such a thing as a day of food photography that isn’t fun. Ha! The images aren’t scheduled to publish for a couple of months so I can’t show you the results. [...]
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