What started as a simple conversation over lunch on the patio of 12 South Taproom this Summer turned into a fun one night event for the four of us. The “4″ theme had no significant meaning other than it was four of us contributors: John Scarpati: a collection of musician portraits spanning back to the [...]
In late 1998 my wife and I moved to Nashville from Dallas, Texas. Our new friends here in Nashville talked about the cicada invasion that happens every thirteen years. We’d missed the Summer 1998 event and frankly kind of just dismissed the apocalyptic tone of these eyewitnesses. Growing up in Texas we had cicadas every [...]
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 [...]
Up to this day there’s a low-level buzz in our house. Yes, there is a fair amount of activity leading up to the day when all the stops are out on expressing our love for one another. There’s choreographed sneaking around and impromptu construction paper projects. “Quick! Mom’s going to the store. Boys, get out [...]
Nothing says springtime like the smell of flowers … er, uh … burning marshmallow Peeps. I couldn’t resist when Harry Frankenfeld offered up the notion after my recent adventure in burning regular ol’ plain boring marshmallows. (See my March 8th post.) Well, you see, what you don’t likely know is that Harry and I worked [...]
I don’t know any guy who doesn’t enjoy setting things on fire. I’m no exception. I love watching things burn. Mix this with my affinity for food, photography and well … things that are sugary … and this is what you get. Additionally, while there may be a debate about the optimal roasting of a [...]
Sometimes I have to slow down a little and remind myself why I chose photography as a career – particularly when I’ve been as busy as I’ve been the past few weeks. The day to day business activities can many times overshadow what I really enjoy about photography. The answer? Getting up at 5 am [...]
Well, I got through 19 days of “Photo a Day” with good intentions. The process served me well, but paying work and other responsibilities has to trump the exercise. Here, already a month later, I am publicly confessing or announcing that “Photo a Day” will now be “Photo Whenever I Can Squeeze It In” going [...]
I’m allowing myself a little grace from this assignment today. While I didn’t actually shoot this today, I did process it today. This is from my Friday shoot with Aux Choux. I love the imperfections of this photo as I was shooting hand-held through a glass in the display case. – Kyle Dreier
Today was a fun one. I shot a number of specialty desserts for Aux Choux, a dessert café in Franklin, TN. Crystal is a fine dessert maker and super to work with. Here is one of the many fun shots from the shoot. Look for more shots from this shoot in a later blog post. [...]
Today I was on assignment for a cookbook. This is one shot that stands out as I’m only midway through first edits. The secret ingredient. – Kyle Dreier
I have this strange love affair with old and new technology. Here that contradiction plays out with old wood type and a new iPod Nano. Tomorrow … another day … another photo. – Kyle Dreier
I’ve always had an affinity for typography. Even as I look at drawings from my childhood I could see my fascination with the letter form. In art school my love for type was ignited further via Eric Ligon who we dubbed the “Type God.” Today, my eye is drawn to type and in this case [...]
Well, this is still a good challenge. Ten days into it and my eye is still finding fun stuff to shoot. This was shot with available light with the help of some reflectors and gobos. -Kyle Dreier
Twitter
- 3 days until book release by Courtney @Pizzazzerie and photography by me. #cookbook #food #pushuppops about 2 hours ago
- absolutely craving a lamb gyro thanks to @realandrewsohr about 19 hours ago
- It's OK if you think I've lost it. That's pretty much the general consensus. :) http://t.co/wqNTdOPw 02:51:12 PM February 04, 2012
- Hey @roaddogrunner. I see & hear you. Over here... In the back. http://t.co/mkhkDZ27 03:39:50 AM February 04, 2012
- Fantastic @annamaki ! Let's eat. #happybirthdayrory http://t.co/xsmPnU2n 02:30:53 AM February 02, 2012
- brilliant commentary from a 5-year old on brands http://t.co/07pzoZZW thanks @roaddogrunner 08:55:54 PM January 31, 2012
- I'm mean … my vegan digital tech is editing 40 megapixel images of steaks, shrimp, chicken … could it be worse? 07:57:33 PM January 31, 2012
News
Push-Up Pops cookbook by Courtney Dial Whitmore with photography by Kyle Dreier available for pre-order at amazon.com. Order here.









