Thanks again to all the wonderful participants that came from far and wide (and also from Picton) to the first foodographyPEC workshop and helped make it such a success.Big thanks too, to photographer Marc Polidoro, designer Tim Snyder of Ton-up Creative, and Chef Scott Royce of justcook.ca , who shared his farmhouse kitchen (ok,pretty much the whole house) with us.We agreed the lamb he …
cottage life’s photo contest winners!
I always look forward to seeing the winning images from Cottage Life Magazine’s photo contest. There’s something special about these images that always make me want to get outside. Good plan….bye for now…off I go.
creative mustard
We’re excited about sharing creativity with participants of foodographypec.com, a food styling workshop on Tues Nov 13 in Prince Edward County (home of Countylicious, delicious maple syrup, Maple in the County…)Join us as we capture syrup pours with melting butter onto pancake stacks; “put the sizzle” to Ontario lamb racks and roasted Vicki’s root veg, paired with wines from Karlo Estates Winery. Their renouned Van …
electron blueberry
Caren Alpert’s gallery here brings me these {again} mesmerizing images, taken with a electron microscope camera.Haunting and beautiful, her artists statement she says it best: “What’s in our food? What’s the difference between a bird’s-eye view of a remote vegetable crop and a microscopic swath from a pineapple leaf? How distinct is a pile of table salt from miles and …
apple jelly revisited
In an earlier post here during canning season last year, I shared the recipe (and a few of my own pics) for Apple Sage Jelly.This image is what revealed itself when photographer Marc Polidoro dropped by a few weeks ago. Quite the improvement ! Looking for something to do in November? We still have a few spots for the Nov 13 FoodographyPEC …
brussels sprout boogie
I’ve never quite seen anything quite like this site called Inside Insides. It’s created by Andy Ellison (an MRI technologist), who’s been capturing Magnetic Resonance Imaging of food for several years. He apparently uses fruits and vegetables to warm up the machines he works with at the Boston University Medical School. See some of his favourite 3D images from Bon Appetit magazine …
with thanks
I’ve been visualizing how I’d like to re-organize seemingly everything in my life these days, not least of all my countless {cook}books. I’m inspired by this book-framed image of Coco Chanel by Mark Shaw, fashion and celebrity photographer. It also reminds me somehow of my Mom, who likes to wear hats sometimes(but unlike Coco, smoked cigarettes only briefly as a teen …
photobooth fun!
Food*ographyPEC had a fabulous launch last Saturday at the Taste! community grown event in Picton, with a big thanks to Vicki’s Veggies for the gorgeous produce sold from our booth by adjoining the Portland Bridge Pickling Society. Their incredible preserves and breads, plus the Ontario -grown tomatillos, enormous Korean Purple garlic, and luminous eggplants and peppers attracted lots of attention at …
Taste celebration and more
The countdown has begun to this year’s Taste: Community Grown event in PEC. And with it, some news! Come visit our foodographyPEC.com “Say Cheese” photobooth in the Farmers Market in Booth #32/33 and say hello !! The website and facebook page launches this Saturday , But meanwhile here’s what we’re about: “As culinary professionals and food enthusiasts continue to gravitate …
VH sauces for Moon Festival
Here are a few images from the current campaign for VH Sauces that I styled, photographed by James Tse. I love the graphic colours, black plates and copy writing that makes you want to try these new recipe additions featured in the VH Sauces Moon Festival. Projects I sometimes get to work with have substantial outreach to large numbers of home …
McEwan’s Great Food at Home
This popular cookbook by Mark McEwan called “Great Food at Home” has just been reprinted with a new cover I got to work on, and still includes inside shots done by the same team of James Tse photographer, Ruth Gangbar food stylist, Laura Branson prop stylist. View a photo gallery here of some of the images inside and order a …
Nook interior panorama & Glenn Burney Lodge
I recently had a friend stay at the Nook, who captured a nifty panorama of the interior. You can view more of Tony Makepeace’s photography, immersive qtvr (quick time virtual reality) panoramas, and web design work on his website here, and a link to the nook interior panorama here. What fun ! Thanks for the view, Tony ! It’s been a …