Before I start to talk about the International Conference on Food Styling & Photography’s Monday “Master” workshop with Francine Zaslow & Deborah Jones, let me first put this thought in your head. What kind of a saint would you be to let 30 people with cameras in tow crowd around you and watch you work [...]

Sorry about this folks, but part two of my wrap-up will be postponed a few days due to a hard drive failure. The good news is that everything is backed up. The bad news is that it is slowing everything down for me today.
Use this as a reminder to back up your hard drive [...]

I’m just back in town after the 2009 International Conference on Food Styling & Photography at Boston University, and my head is still so full, I’m not sure exactly how to begin to share a little of the weekend with you all.

First, I’ll start with, if you have any interest in food styling and photography, [...]

Well, either people just don’t like pasta as much as Nutella, or last month’s challenge to remake Chris Chen’s table top shot was quite intimidating to many of you. That’s ok. It was a tricky challenge… I’m really impressed with the photos that were submitted. There were some lovely variations and some beautiful photos.
This [...]

This summer, I have decided to offer 2 one-month long, part-time, unpaid internships for those in the Seattle area. Interning with me is super casual, and you’ll get lots of hands on with all aspects of styling and shooting food for cookbooks, websites and magazines. The weekly schedule will be very flexible, but expect to [...]

A great linen can really make a photo. But if you shopped for high quality tablecloths and runners frequently like I do, you’ll probably find yourself with sticker shock more often than you’d like. Some of the big name stores like Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn have pretty good sales, but I still find [...]

Several weeks ago, Annabelle Breakey, one of my favorite photographers, tweeted:

I’m a photographer and the market place is really crazy-
how best to share work and inspire?? go forward? thoughts anyone?
How could I resist? I asked if she’d consider a virtual interview to share here. Wonderfully, she said yes! First, you should pop over and [...]