Playing with Food on Thursdays

I can't wait for Thursdays because that's when I work with a chef photographing food for a book. In 23 years I've done all kinds of photography and some food but this is the first ongoing food gig.

I'm trying to convincing the chef to share some of her ideas online but she wants to wait until the book is out before publishing actual recipes. I think a little hype on the web might give it a head start... maybe I can persuade a preface idea and some of her history, like how she won a national cooking award a while back.

I did get the go-ahead to show images. The image above is one of the first dishes I shot - mushrooms, cheese and spinach baked in a flaky dough. If you think it looks good, I did a good job. If you don't like spinach, that's way too bad, because this was delicious.

Food photography is an art all it's own. I think of it like photographing an artist's work, or even as a portrait; capturing the essence of the subject. After doing some research and shooting I've confirmed just how much work goes into photographing food. Check out this food photographer's take.