Wow, it feels like I just finished writing the post on my top lessons from 2020! At the same time, there was so much that happened this year that I can't even believe it all managed to fit in 12 months. It was my first full year in NYC, which brought a lot of big...
Good dishes are crucial to great food photography. It's worth it to invest in beautiful ceramics that add to a photo without overpowering it. One of my biggest pieces of prop advice is to always go for the nicer, more expensive prop, even if it means you get less....
If you’ve been following along with me on Instagram you know I spent the beginning of the year in a study of minimalist food photography. Even though my study ended and I’ve moved on to another series, I still find myself coming back to minimalist shots on a weekly...
You guys have been asking for it, so it's finally here! The first in a series of posts analyzing the styling, lighting, and composition of one of my images. My Pesto Pasta image won the Instagram poll, so that's what we'll be dissecting today. This was a recipe that I...
Salads can be one of the most difficult food items to style and photograph when you’re new to food photography. It takes a lot of careful layering and styling to make a salad look purposeful yet approachable all at the same time. While we don’t want food to look too...
I remember how badly I wanted to shoot a good pancake pour shot when I started food photography, and how intimidated I was by it. I was even more nervous when I stepped into my first restaurant shoot and had to shoot 4 drink pours. As I went, I realized that movement...
One of my favorite things about creative work is the endless amount of learning we get to do. It keeps us all challenged and humble, and forces us all to constantly check our mindset to keep on a growth trajectory. Later on in your photography career, learning often...
White balance can be incredibly elusive when you're new to food photography. Correct white balance can make or break an image, and knowing how to correctly color adjust can save you a ton of studio and editing time. The problem is that it is subjective to a point, and...
Whenever I ask you guys about photography or editing obstacles I usually get at least 10 people who say that styling and editing brown food is a big challenge for you. Brown food has become one of my favorite things to work with, so I’m excited to dive deeper into it...
As I dove into the first chapter of my minimalism series I fell deeply in love with the complex geometry of citrus fruits. There are endless ways to cut, slice, peel, and arrange them, and the spectrum of colors within each fruit makes for some stunning minimalist...
"Let the work speak for itself." ... Heard that one before? Me too, and I get it...in some contexts. The problem is when you're a creative trying to build a freelance business where you actually book clients and don't work for, well, free. We all need to do a better...
A key part of my creative process on any shoot is making a mood board. It can be hard to communicate conceptual ideas to clients, so using a mood board is a great way to give a visual reality to your ideas that makes them easier to communicate to your client. Here are...