food, photography and my creative life
Sometimes, when I come across something out of the blue that piques my interest, I can become a little bit obsessive with it. Like the time I fell in love with West Side Story and listened to the soundtrack over and over and over again. Or when I discovered Old Navy’s ribbed tank tops and bought them in every colour I could get my hands on (seriously,
Summer is a wonderful time for food photography and food bloggers. The light… oh the light! Here’s 6 tips to get the most out of summer’s light for your food photography. For food bloggers, winter can be the bain of our existence. Photographing dinner at 3pm just to catch the fading light isn’t really great for anyone. Gloomy days, rain, snow, sleet and cold can
Food photography is something us food bloggers take pretty seriously. We load up on props, agonize over the lack of natural light in winter, struggle with post processing and try our best to improve our craft. And let’s face it, photography is not the cheapest hobby or profession out there. Gear costs money and it’s hard not to fall prey to the lure of the
One of the questions I get asked about regularly is how to watermark your images. Watermarking can be done in so many different ways, depending on the software you use. I have watermarked my food photography images in Photoshop with a straight forward textbox. I’ve also created a Photoshop brush using text so I can simply add a watermark with one click. And, I’ve created
No, this isn’t a repeat post although you’d be excused for thinking so based on the photos looking just like Friday’s post! I thought I’d do a short “Before and After Monday tutorial” on using mirrors to add focused, directional light to your food photographs because it’s been a while and this is a very useful, handy and easy tip to help you with your
A few months ago I reviewed one of the best chocolate bars I’ve tried in a very, very long time. The Bissinger’s Coconut Caramel Bar. It was a perfect blend of chocolate, coconut and salty, thick caramel. So, you can imagine my excitement when I was out shopping and found another Bissinger’s bar in Urban Fare – the Banana Pecan Caramel Peruvian Pink Salt bar!
It has, frankly, been too damn hot and sunny and un-Vancouver like to have my oven on this summer. We went the entire month of July without a drop of rain – that’s the first time on record that’s happened. That’s why this blog has been so recipe free lately. I’m not turning on the oven just for a blog post and I spend my
I am a huge fan of roasted vegetables. Even in spring. I have two vegetables in particular that I can eat in massive quantities: asparagus and cauliflower. The other afternoon I was at Granville Island for lunch and all I could think about was going to the market and buying cauliflower and asparagus for dinner. In fact, that was ALL I wanted for dinner. Roasting
It’s time to get my butt in gear here and write something about something. And what’s better than chocolate (I know… I promised this post last week…)? This is another bar from my trip to Calgary that I bought at family run Coppeneur Calgary. It’s an actual Coppeneur bar – Coppeneur being a German chocolate maker. This one is from the Cru do Cao product
Time for part 3 of the restaurant food photography series. We covered off etiquette in part 1, and getting the most out of dining with family and friends in part 2. So part 3 is all about tips and tricks for getting your best photos when you’re not in control of your surroundings. The good news? There’s a whole host of things you can do
I'm a designer, small business owner, photographer, creative, food lover, traveler, dog human, self confessed geek, music junkie, book devourer, and art enthusiast among a million other things. The full bio...
