Here is Denise showing the class how to do a syrup pour today in class
Here is the finished shot that Suzie Martel took of her gorgeous tortilla soup with natural light.
Howdy All! Here is the final shot with all the eggs I made last week. The crimson red eggs were originally white and left in the pot of water with yellow onion skins it - all weekend!
Just spent all day using natural dyes to make some Easter eggs. The green ones where dyed with red onion skins! Stay tuned for the final shot with them next week...
We had another wonderful class today! Here is our demo shot of some beautiful sangria that was styled by food stylist Liesl Maggiore who taught the class with me.
Its back! The McDonald's Shamrock Shake! I shot this for them in Chicago with their ad agency - ARC Worldwide/Leo Burnett. We spent 10 hrs shooting four variations on this. The food stylists spent a lot of time making the beautiful green/white swirls. My prop stylist spent two days looking for as many green fabric backgrounds as we could find for this perfect shade of green.
Imagine yourself here this Saturday March 2nd! The Natural Light Food Photography class in Los Angeles - we have a couple of seats left so sign up now!
http://mdrphotographyclasses.com/styled/styled-2/Food-Photography-Class.html#.US0H2o4TvTU
I was testing a new camera yesterday - I bought a used digital back for my 4x5 camera so I wanted to make sure it was ok as the cardboard box it was shipped in had clearly been sitting in water! Fed ex dude handed me the box with the wet side away from me so as soon as I went to open it and felt the box I panicked. All's well! Love these little squashes.
And.... we're back!!! Just got back from New Zealand! It was gorgeous there. I was gone for a month. We stayed in a little hotel that had a cafe attached to it that was owner operated. Rachael bakes lovely goodies all day long. This is one of them - lemon cake with lemon cream icing served with home made yogurt. It was delicious. Rachael is not a food stylist, just an excellent baker.
Loving the beautiful colors these carrots are these days!
Happy Holidays everyone! This is from my kaleidoscope of food series. This snowflake is make from a scallion onion and the background is made from detail images of a Peruvian purple potato.
We had such a fun class today! Here is our finished demo shot of the little pumpkin. Stay tuned for more class shots.
We have some seats left for this Saturday's class - Natural Light Food Photography for food bloggers and culinary professionals - sign up now! http://www.mdrphotographyclasses.com/styled/styled-2/Food-Photography-Class.html#.ULbhsYV5G00
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Check out our new food photography class lineup here: http://mdrphotographyclasses.com/styled/Photography-Classes.html#.UK1Ix4V5G00
Here is the next farming shot of large produce from my series:
We had another super fun class today, the Natural Light Food Photography Class - here is the demo shot we finished in class today:
Prepping for our class tomorrow! Here is the start of our demo shot for back lit lighting - stay tuned for the final result tomorrow as we finish the shot in class!
Learn what those two white cards are doing in the background by taking the Natural Light Food Photography Class this Saturday, September 8th in Marina Del Rey, CA! Sign up now - only a couple seats left!
http://mdrphotographyclasses.com/styled/styled-2/Food-Photography-Class.html
Here is another image from the series "Extremely Large Produce" This is a forest made entirely from asparagus.
Get control of your camera and take better food shots! Learn what all those camera settings mean and shoot on "manual" mode. Take the Natural Light Food Photography Class September 8th to learn how.
http://mdrphotographyclasses.com/styled/styled-2/Food-Photography-Class.html
I've been working on a new series called the "Extremely Large Produce" inspired by the early 1900's postcards called Exaggeration Postcards - This is The Merseyside Potato Farm located of course inside the studio of MDR Photography Classes.
We are already half full for our next Natural Light Food Photography Class! Get your seat now!!!
http://mdrphotographyclasses.com/styled/styled-2/Food-Photography-Class.html
Here's a shot from Saturday's class taken by student Joy Lesser using side light.
A special thanks to Mimi of Mimi Avocado for bringing in these wonderful tangerines for class!
Its a great day - Day 1 - Food Styling and Photo Techniques with Christina Peters, Denise Vivaldo & Tiffany Wu. Here is Denise giving her demo on how to style pancakes.
