Shoots
Tasty Shots
Thought I’d share a few shots from yesterday’s food styling & photography workshop: a simple mache salad with sliced cumquats, walnuts and soft chevre; my beet, bean and farro soup; and a really yummy rhubarb and apple cobbler recipe from Gourmet Traveller.
In the Studio: HerbCo Intl & Seattle Metropolitan
Whew. Today was a busy day in the studio, shooting a full line of packaged herbs for HerbCo International, one of my long-time clients, and an editorial piece for Seattle Metropolitan. Needless to say, with all the herbs the studio was smelling pretty amazing today!
Here are a few of the snaps (and yes, I took the photo that I am in…)
Not a food shoot….
I spent the day at the studio yesterday, with back to back maternity shoots. Although the majority of my business is now taken up with food work, I still do a lot of portraits. I have so many clients that have been with me for years, it’s just awesome seeing their lives and families change and grow.
This was the first time shooting maternity sessions outside of my home studio, where I have worked for the past several years. It was AMAZING having so much more space to shoot in and, as stated many times previously, the light was incredible.
The shots below are of Zuleika and Doug, and their daughter Lelani. I photographed Zuleika for the first time four and a half years ago– during her first pregnancy (and two home-studios ago!) Now, little Miss Lelani is 4 years old and soon to be the big sister to another little girl.
Check out a few shots from their session below. How beautiful is this family?!
More photos of Spare Room
I dropped by the studio today to take a few more snaps of the space. We have been getting quite a few inquiries about rentals, so I wanted to make sure there were enough photos to really show what the place looks like.
While I was down there, I decided to take a test shot to get a feel for the light. I was so excited after seeing Lara’s donut shots, I had to try something myself. Plus, my first official food shoot was cancelled this past week due to illness, so I have been itching to get started on some fun projects!
We had some eggs in the fridge, plus a whole bunch of surfaces and backgrounds I bought last week at various salvage spots in the city, (which reminds me, if you haven’t been to The ReStore or Earthwise Architectural Salvage, then you are missing out. They are SO GREAT!)
I took a few minutes and just played. Not surprisingly, the light is incredible and shooting is a dream. I can’t wait to do more!!
Test Shooting
I’m having a private class here tomorrow (the winner of my Menu For Hope package!) and since I hadn’t actually cooked or shot here yet, I thought I’d better do a little testing to make sure I have everything we’ll need and that our old clunker of a stove works well enough to heat a pot of oil (can’t wait till we get to replace that.)
As it turns out, the burners, at least, work just fine, and heated the oil pretty quickly and consistently. Good thing since on this particular batch of doughnuts, I had to wing most of the measurements… I brought my kitchen scale in, but forgot a few basics like measuring spoons or cups, spatulas and whisks. These doughnuts needed all the help they could get. They weren’t the prettiest I’ve ever made, but they still were pretty tasty.
The light in here is like room temperature butter… silky smooth. A girl could get used to this.