2 weekends ago I took a food photography workshop taught by Aran Goyoga, of Canelle et Vanilla which was lovely. We spent the day learning about various tricks and tips about food photography, her process, photographers who inspire her and ate a beautiful and very delicious lunch. It was a lot of fun. We got to… Read more »
I worked on a blog post with my dear friend Allison a few weekends ago. We had a plan to shoot 3 recipes, Honey Goat Cheese Fig Ice Cream, which I made, and then Lemon Cookies for Ice Cream Sandwiches, and then a Basil Lemonade. The ice cream was delicious and I made the… Read more »
Here is the most recent cider & food pairing that I did for Cidercraft Magazine, for the new Summer/Fall 2015 Issue, out on stands now. Cidercraft is the only national cider focused magazine. Pretty cool! The stories are always super fun to shoot and the women who run it are awesome and great to work… Read more »
Last weekend I took a food styling workshop from Clare Barboza. I have known of Clare since I started photography school, her food photography is wonderful. It was a great experience to take a 6 hour workshop from her and her food stylist colleague. I have been wanting to take more classes so I continue… Read more »
Back in December I was very lucky to have been asked to photograph for Grand Lux Cafe, down at the Cheesecake Factory Headquarters near LA. I was super excited to travel to LA, and I got to work on set with these lovely ladies, Rachel Grunig styling the props and Marah Abel styling the food. I think the pictures… Read more »
I recently did a photo shoot test with my friend Pip McKay, who has a blog called the Rainy Day Gourmet. I picked out a few of my favorite shots from the shoot, posted above. We photographed salmon, lamb, mussels, halibut, veggies, steak, and even a few more! I was pretty impressed with how fast… Read more »
Once again I was collaborating with my friends over at Pie Drunk, Allison & Liz. This time I left all the recipe research and cooking up to them, the pros. They decided on two of the recipes from Love & Lemons. You can find the recipes here. One was a roasted butternut squash soup &… Read more »
A few weeks ago, I had my friends Lindsay Burrows (stylist) and Allison Swanson (trained as a baker) over to make some varieties of Ginger Beer/Ale. It was a really fun shoot. Lindsay focused on the styling, which looked amazing, and Allison cooked and researched the recipes, which tasted amazing. We created mint, blood orange,… Read more »
I was really happy to have been able to photograph not one, but 3 stories for the Winter/Spring issue of Cidercraft magazine. Cidercraft, if you don’t know, is the only national magazine devoted entirely to cider. The women who create the magazine are so awesome too, it’s pretty cool to be a part of their… Read more »
About a month ago, I did a test shoot with Rachel Grunig. We had been joking for a while about just photographing cheese because we both love it so much. We had originally met on a shoot about a year ago and ended up bonding over the cheese, and our obsession with it. Well, we… Read more »