The January 2012 issue of Popular Photography Magazine features a small profile about my food pairings series. Magazine articles always make me a little nervous—seems that regardless of how the interview goes the article ends up sounding like it’s about someone I don’t know. Sometimes the facts are incomplete or the adjectives are a bit [...]
We’re leading another Shoot Eat Learn workshop this week. We’ll be at Fido in Hillsboro Village—enjoying the food prepared by Chef John Stephenson and looking at how to style food for the camera. Join food photographer Kyle Dreier and food stylist Teresa Blackburn for a couple hours of fun, food and photography. 7 to 9 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Back in February we had an editorial shoot and decided to have a little fun capturing it on film. So, now you can see what an eight hour day here in the studio looks like … condensed down to two minutes. Special thanks, as always, to our fantastic team … Rory White ~ first assistant, [...]
I spent two days with Darlene and Gina for Gigi’s Cupcakes. We shot 31 different flavors. What a great team to work with. The cool thing about this food shoot compared to others is that the product was very nice to start with. The folks at Gigi’s did a great job designing these cupcakes. They [...]
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 [...]
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- It's OK if you think I've lost it. That's pretty much the general consensus. :) http://t.co/wqNTdOPw about 9 minutes ago
- Hey @roaddogrunner. I see & hear you. Over here... In the back. http://t.co/mkhkDZ27 about 11 hours ago
- Fantastic @annamaki ! Let's eat. #happybirthdayrory http://t.co/xsmPnU2n 02:30:53 AM February 02, 2012
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- 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
- Über happy … assistant brought me great cup from @roastinc Maple Spice Latte. Oh my! Kyle now working at warp speed. 04:44:08 PM January 31, 2012
- So proud of Bella … sleeping through the night and ringing her bell to go potty. Next? Teach her how to do long division? 01:41:21 PM January 31, 2012
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Push-Up Pops cookbook by Courtney Dial Whitmore with photography by Kyle Dreier available for pre-order at amazon.com. Order here.









