Blog | Kyle Dreier | Commercial Photographer » food photographer nashville http://www.dreier.com/blog happenings - in front and behind the lens Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Food Styling – Visual Fodder http://www.dreier.com/blog/food-styling-visual-fodder/ http://www.dreier.com/blog/food-styling-visual-fodder/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:26:55 +0000 Kyle Dreier http://www.dreier.com/blog/?p=330 I’m so drawn to the kitchen whether it be at home helping my wife get dinner ready for the boys or when I’m on set and my food stylist is prepping for the next shot.

What draws me to the kitchen? I think it’s a little like a mad scientist being drawn to his own laboratory. There’s a thing happening with all the senses … visual, smell, touch … and there’s also an element of “ooo, what are we going to build today?” Enter mad scientist laugh … “muu-ha-ha.”

For fun, I grabbed my DSLR and snapped a few photos of some interesting color and shape as it was happening in preparation for the real shot on set involving kitchen products/utensils. This is what I was seeing as it happened in the kitchen.

It’s fun to just capture what is happening naturally compared to spending one to two hours on a single dish. (Honestly, I enjoy the tedium of highly controlled shots as well as the spontaneity of these “as they happen” shots.)

So, here are a couple fast un-styled food related shots from our studio kitchen.

There you have it. Now you see what I saw.

- Kyle



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Sushi from Red Pony - Franklin, TN

Sushi from Red Pony - Franklin, TN

Shrimp - Red Pony - Franklin, TN

Shrimp - Red Pony - Franklin, TN

My only disappointment was that I didn’t get to taste what you see. It sure was tempting though. I can, however, vouch for their creme bruleé … and I’d be thrilled to vouch for it again, and again, and again. :)

If you’d like to see more see my food photography section of my portfolio.

You can also track me via my FaceBook Nashville Commercial Photographer page.

Cheers.

- Kyle Dreier



]]> http://www.dreier.com/blog/food-photography-red-pony/feed/ 0 The Fun of Shooting Food http://www.dreier.com/blog/the-fun-of-shooting-food/ http://www.dreier.com/blog/the-fun-of-shooting-food/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:02:08 +0000 Kyle Dreier http://www.dreier.com/blog/the-fun-of-shooting-food/ Well, I feel I have to kind of apologize for not having more frequent entries into my blog. Truth be known, I’m finding that I’d rather spend my time shooting then blogging. I suppose there’s probably a balance. But for now, I’m going to lean toward shooting and let the blogging take second chair.

This is a shot I began yesterday and completed today. I’m certainly enjoying what I do and only hope for more of it. Maybe then I’ll have more reason to blog. :)

Tuna Bell Pepper Salad

Look for more soon.

– Kyle



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