Food Photography – Drinks and Fish

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Apr 18, 2012
Drink photography

Drink Photography

fish photography

Fish Photography

Food Photography – Cedar Plank Salmon

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Apr 17, 2012

Something’s fishy…. Food Photography – Cedar Plank Salmon

Food Photography – Steak

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Mar 22, 2012

Here’s a fun food photo of a steak we did recently. When looking at a commercial food photo, before you judge the photo itself, you have to take into account the use of the photo. I usually prefer to shoot horizontally for food photos, but when the client needs a vertical, that’s what we shoot. All in all, I’m very pleased with this shot and had a great time shooting it. Thanks J.Love! :o )

Food Photography - Steak

Food Photography - Steak

Food Photography – guacamole

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Mar 20, 2012

Here’s a photo from today’s food photography shoot, guacamole.

Food Photography - guacamole

Food Photography - guacamole

Food Photography – min vs. max focus

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Mar 15, 2012

Most of my post here on my food photography blog are just a “show and tell” about recent projects, showing off my work, but here I wanted to make a point about the subject of focus. Sure, I understand that clients like and need to have options, but I wanted to show you a shot I did today, illustrating to you the difference between minimum and maximum focus. I sure like one more than the other… guess which one I prefer.

food photography - min focus

food Photography max focus

I guess there is a place for both types of focus in food photography, if I get a choice, I prefer the minimum. :o )

Drink and Food Photography

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on Mar 12, 2012

When you’re a food photographer, you also get asked to shoot drinks. Here’s a recent shot we did of a drink.

Drink and Food Photography

Food Photography – Egg Crab Cake

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Mar 09, 2012

We’re on a roll! I had the pleasure of working with Pittsburgh’s three food stylists all in the same week, and we put out some really nice work. Here’s a shot we did for Mitchell’s Fish Market.

food photography egg crab cake

Food Photography – Pulled Pork Sandwich

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Mar 08, 2012

Had a great shoot today with some really great clients. We kicked out six awesome shots! Here’s just on of the food photos we did today.

Food Photo - Pulled Pork Sandwich

Food Photo - Pulled Pork Sandwich

Food Photography – Salad

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Feb 29, 2012
Food Photography - Salad

Food Photography - Salad

Here’s a recent food photo of a salad. Nice and simple, with a lot of back lighting and translucency. That’s what makes a salad shot…

Food Photography – Fish Salad

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Jan 24, 2012

Here is one of the shots from the second day of fish photography. I’m really happy with this shoot. We got some Really nice stuff. Thanks Matt!

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Food Photography – Fish Dish

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Jan 23, 2012

Had a great shoot today. We did four really nice fish shots, Here’s one…
Food Photography - Fish

Food Photography – Grill shot with real fire

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Jan 16, 2012

Here’s a beautiful food shot, if I do say so myself, of a real fire grill shot. Our wonderful client, JLOVE, did the composite work and she did a fantastic job! :o )

Food Photography – Muffins

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Dec 08, 2011

Had yet another fun shoot with one of my favorite clients, shooting pies and muffins. I ended up giving my daughter and her college apartment full of girls a bunch of the leftover product. I get a text after I leave asking if the muffins were supposed to be green. (not the ones in the photo) Yes, I said, they’re pistachio flavored. Well, can’t blame her for asking what comes out of a food photography studio… :o )

food photography - muffins

food photography - muffins

Food Photography – Salad

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Nov 23, 2011

Here’s a salad food photography from yesterday’s shoot. I strong vertical format is the result of the layout for the photo. I think it worked out pretty well…

Food Photography - Salad

Food Photography - Salad

Food Photography – Ham

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Nov 15, 2011

Yet another fun food photography shoot with some portfolio potential… But you can be the judge.

The big challenge in shooting something like ham is dealing with the shiny surface. You want to make it look moist, but you don’t want big nasty highlights. Photoshop really helps, but good lighting is the key.

food photography - ham photo

Food Photography – Muffins

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Nov 07, 2011

The real challenge in food photography is the lighting. Of course, the stylist might have a different opinion on that :o ), but as far as the photographer is concerned, it’s all about the lighting. The client often dictates the the composition, or at least the team does, but the lighting is usually up to the food photographer.

To me, food photography lighting is all about shape, texture, and sometimes mood. “Moody” lighting isn’t always a good thing either. The appropriate mood is the important thing. For example, dark moody photographic lighting and breakfast usually don’t go together too well, and the same with “fun foods” like hot dogs or ice cream.

Anyway… Here’s on of today’s shots that I really like:

food photgraphy - muffins

food photgraphy - muffins

Food Photography – Seafood Day 2

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Nov 03, 2011

We just finished early, shooting our second day of seafood, food photography. We got some great stuff, and had a good time too. And what’s even more important, I now get to take home some lobster!!! :o ) Life is good.

food photography - seafood

food photography - seafood 2

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Food Photography – Three nice seafood shots

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Nov 02, 2011

It’s the first of a two day food photography shoot today and we kicked out three nice shots. Three shots a day is a really nice pace because you get to take your time and make all the adjustments you want to. Actually, that’s not correct either. You can’t make all the changes and improvements you’d like to because it
‘s still a team effort and the client makes the final decisions. But having said that, it’s still a good. thing… :o )

Here are two of the shots. We’re actually not finished with the third shot yet, but still, I know it will be good…

food photography - seafood soup

food photography - lobster sandwich

Food Photography – Holiday comfort food

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Oct 28, 2011

Yet another fun of shooting food photography! Got a bunch of great shots and had fun too. :o ) I still have to watch getting too moody with my food photography lighting though. Sometimes moody isn’t the way to go. Live and learn.

food photography - Stuffed Peppers

food photography - Fondue

food photography - Fondue

Food Photography - Cheesecake

food photography - Cheesecake

Food Photography – Dessert and Panini

Posted in Food Photography by admin on Oct 27, 2011

Had another fun day doing food photography of a dessert and three different paninis. I LOVE what I do… Sure beats working for a living! :o )

Dessert food photography

food photography of panini