Think that looks like natural light? Well it's not. It's totally fake. This is something that a lot of students struggle with, but once they get it, it will totally change how they see light. This is easy artificial backlighting for your food photos. I've never shared my signature lighting style before. I've had photographers pretend they were photo assistants just to get into my studio to see … [Read more...]
Retouching a Food Shot – They make it look so easy!
Everyone has heard of Photoshop. I started using it in school in 1990 - version 2. Little did I know that my world of photography with film and my fabulous chemical darkroom containing potassium ferricyanide + many more gnarly chemicals (don't worry dad, I always wore a chemical respirator mask), would now be replaced with stupidly expensive digital cameras, a massive Mac tower … [Read more...]
Easy Refrigerator Pickle Recipes – and How I Photographed Some of Them
What kind of pickles do you like? I love the tart, vinegary kind - not the sweet ones. A good friend of ours gave my boyfriend a great cookbook for his birthday. It's called, "This is a Cookbook, Recipes for Real Life". That was my inspiration for making pickles. They have some super easy pickle recipes in here (and loads of others too of course), and I have permission to share them with … [Read more...]