My Photoshop Trick for a Selective Vignette
My post-processing workflow consists of doing most of my editing in Lightroom and then opening up my file in Photoshop to really clean up the image, or adjust it selectively in ways that Photoshop does better. For example, I rarely use the spot removal tool in Lightroom, as I find it often does a sloppy job. […]
Your Food Styling Workflow
When you first start out as a food photographer, you need to learn to style food out of necessity to build your portfolio, which will in turn help you start getting work. Once you are a pro and working on sets with a food stylist, you will still need to have some competency in this […]
Why I Never Shoot with a Softbox
I never shoot with a softbox. Okay, sometimes I shoot with a softbox. That headline was meant to catch your attention. But honestly, I shoot with a softbox so seldom, that I can say that I almost never shoot with a softbox—at least, when I’m photographing food. I think a lot of photographers have their […]
Why You Need to Style to the Camera
This is a common mistake I see bloggers and new photographers make: you compose the dish that you’re shooting, along with your props and the other elements that make up your scene. You then pick up a your camera and circle your set, like a hawk stalking its prey, looking through your lens and snap, […]
How to Find Your Unique Style
The other day I was talking to my business coach about my unique selling proposition (yes I have a business coach—in fact more than one–and believe that anyone who is serious about growing their business should too!). In marketing, it is said that you should figure out what you have to offer that puts you […]
It’s Here! : Vegan Weight Loss Manifesto
Shortly before Christmas, I finally received my copy of Vegan Weight Loss Manifesto: An 8-Week Plan to Change Your Mindset, Lose Weight and Thrive by Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler. I had shot the book last autumn–more than a year before it was launched on December 16, 2017 by Page Street Publishing in the US. […]
