Earlier this Spring Cindy Montgomery from Entrée Nashville asked for a little help with their startup magazine. What? A magazine? Food? I’m in! Aside from my love affair with food, I have a semi-secret passion for publishing. Part of my dark and mysterious past includes my position as Art Director for American Way magazine—the inflight [...]
When you look at a final photograph of food you don’t really get a sense of all the work that goes into what you see. Aside from all the planning there are a number of people on set working together to pull it together—food stylists (you may recognize the dynamic duo Teresa and Whitney), assistants [...]
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 [...]
Well, we didn’t literally go to the beach but we did have a great time doing waterside drinks here in the studio for a client who is developing a laid back beach roadhouse restaurant concept. Something I’ve always enjoyed is bringing textures into my photography. This particular shoot allowed us to utilize some reclaimed wood [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’m normally not one to focus much on equipment. After all, it’s not the equipment that makes for a good photograph. It’s the thought process and idea that makes good photography, right? The equipment up in your head. You know, that thing between your ears. From that gray matter is where great photography comes. However, [...]
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 [...]
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