Food Photography

After I moved to Provo I thought that most of my contacts up in Logan would forget about me and find someone else. Turns out they still love me. I got a call from my friend Laura. She owns a company called Vivian's Live Again (formerly wheat free nutrition) and she needed some shots done of her products for her labels. Then after we did that she was so happy with my work that she invited me back to photograph more product and some recipes as well. She specializes in gluten free food and is also moving into Dairy free as well. It's really a cool business, and the food tastes great. So if you happen to be a non-dairy person, or if you have Celiacs, I highly recommend Vivian's Live again. Look at some of the photos and how appetizing this stuff is.

The one thing I am not really happy about is how much reflection is on the wood. Other than that I am pretty content.

Little Artsy Potato Shot. I highly recommend food stylists.

This is a photo, of a photo, of some food that I shot for some labels. Yes, I shot the photos for the labels. If you are in Cache Valley, you can find these at Lee's.

No I am not paying homage to Warhol, well kind of, but we needed a shot of a traditional label for her website. She's trying to educate people as well about Celiacs and what to look for on food labels.

For all of these I had the opportunity to work with a food stylist. It was Laura's brother Paul (I don't have his last name right now, but if you want it, I can pass it on to you). He made the day so much more productive. He's a chef who used to work at the Restaurant up Millcreek Canyon. Great guy and very talented. 

Food Photography

This last week I had a great opportunity to work with Leslie Smith at Carmela's Cottage (carmelascottage.net) and Simply Sweet by Leslie (SimplysweetbyLeslie.com) to photograph some of their delicious cupcakes. Food photography is a lot different than Portraiture, number one because the subject doesn't talk back to you. There are lots of tips and tricks that you can try to make the food look appetizing. One that I learned about recently was to use WD40 to make the food look shiny (I haven't tried it yet, maybe I'll give it a go on a non-client project first just to make sure that it works). Other things are using wax to make a bottle look icy and cold, using a food stylist, etc. I was lucky to have the entire staff of Carmela's Cottage helping me with the food styling. Let me tell you, these girls could make ANYTHING look appetizing. Everything was absolutely amazing and well taken care of. I brought a few tools with me, like tweezers and picks (which came in handy more than I thought they would) but it was great having these experienced Pastry Chefs there to help make their food look AMAZING! So here are a few of the cupcakes and other treats that we photographed.

www.SimplysweetbyLeslie.com
www.carmelascottage.net

I think this one is Rocky Road

I can't remember but I think this one is Hazelnut, but don't quote me on it.

Coconut with an Almond? I think they called it an Almond Joy!

Yes that is Bacon on top. It's a Belgium Waffle Cupcake with Maple Syrup!

Quick shot of my set-up in Carmela's Cottage.