Hey There! Well, if you are reading today, there’s at least a good chance that you stumbled here from Matt Bites and his brilliant food styling & photography tips… so posting that you should go and make them your bible is probably redundant and might accidentally put you into an endless loop of clicking.
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How do you make cold drinks look appealing? You need some condensation. And not just any condensation… condensation that holds up long enough to get your shots in.
Typically, food stylists use a mixture of glycerin and water, carefully sprayed on, to make gorgeous little beads of water. But, I don’t typically keep bottles of glycerin […]

5 nights and 4 days at il Bareto, in the hills, 14 kilometers southwest of Siena, immersing yourself in Tuscan food and photography. Il Bareto stands alone among rolling hills, in 8 hectares of private land, with many age-old chestnut and oak trees… From the garden, the eye roams across a wide field, coming to […]

This year’s Photoshop World, in Las Vegas from September 7 through 9th, will have some sessions that could be interesting for budding food photographers. Joe Glyda is giving a live demonstration/talk on how to light for shooting food, and there are many other talks on lighting, still life and color correction. Plus, Scott Kelby is […]

If you read this blog, then you’ve certainly seen the newly posted food photography tips on 101 Cookbooks. But, just in case you haven’t, definitely head over… Heidi is definitely one of my favorite food photographers out there, and her tips, which go much further than the little sound bite that they used in Food […]

If you are looking for a simple photo editor, and don’t mind the slowness of uploading your photos to a server for your quick fixes, you should give PXN8 (pronounced pix-en-ate) a try. It provides all the basic corrections like an auto-exposure (called Enhance), fill flash, rotation and even some manual control over saturation, brightness […]

Donna Lafferty has an updated schedule for her food styling classes. The first, in Chicago, will be Sept 19-28th. Her 2007 schedule will include classes in Rotterdam, Holland in May and September. Other classes featured on her website include Working with Chocolate, and Cake & Pastry.
Donna, a food stylist and home economist, has been […]

Not all the details are up yet, but it looks like Food and Wine magazine is going to be holding a food photo contest soon. Prizes include a Canon Digital Rebel XT as well as some Food & Wine books. Along with that, they’ve posted an article on food blogging and photography with tips from […]

Sometimes, I have a set image in my head when I’m stooting… I know exactly where I want the negative space, how I want the focus and blur to appear, and where the shadows and highlights should pop. Sometimes, I just shoot, and see what I get taking the same shot with a variety of […]

Just a quick post here, but Crate & Barrel is having an amazing summer sale right now… if you have one in your area, you should definitely stop in (and if you don’t, the website works just as well). I just picked up a huge bag load of things… little dessert bowls, baking dishes, serving […]