Penny De Los Santos, a phenomenal photographer for magazines such as Saveur and National Geographic, sent me into engrossed contemplation about my photography these past couple of weeks since the International Food Bloggers Conference. And I’m not alone.
Her presentation on food photography moved us to tears, shouts of laughter, and a standing ovation at IFBC. [...]
On Wednesday I took a food photography class taught by Helen of Tartelette, which was hosted by Viv of Seattle Bon Vivant. It was a lovely time. I cast a handful of pistachios as the special guest star of my camera, with a supporting role played by a sprig of rosemary plucked from my front yard [...]
As the food stylist Delores Custer says, “When you like a food photograph, who do you usually give credit to? The photographer.” And where are the credits for the food stylist? “In the gutter.” I thought she was making some kind of bitter joke, but actually, the gutter is the place in the magazine that’s so close to [...]
