Food Photography

     I have recently become very interested in food photography. Besides photography, cooking and food is one of my greatest passions, I love cooking and I think one of the most enjoyable times you can have is with a big group of friends around the table. I love finding a beautiful cook book and roaming through the pages for new ideas and recipes, some of my favorite are the Jamie Olive cook books. He has a great way of making food simple and easy to cook but also while promoting good health, family meal time, and using the best and simplest ingredient to make a wonderful dish. His books are also visually beautiful thanks to his head photographer David Loftus, I have become obsessed with him after watching his helpful tips on food photography on Jamie Olive's Foodtube. So this summer I have been working on playing around with some food photos, I am starting to think this might be a field of photography I would really like to pursue. I am hoping with some more practice and a little training I can go on to create some great photos :)
     So here are a few of my photos, I kind of go more for that old time country/outside look but I do think I  need to work on some more polished looking setups. I would be grateful for any helpful tips or ideas!

Chicken and quail eggs from the farmers market. I thought they were pretty.

Pasta with basil, tomatoes with a olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing 

Rainbow trout on a bed of swiss char and navy beans.

Gnocchi!

Wild rice with spinach, acorn squash, feta, roasted sunflower seeds, peppers and chopped herbs.

Strawberries and biscuits!

Never thought I could cook a good steak but this flat iron steak turned out amazing, come visit me and I will cook you one!

Tom Kah, it has to be my favorite food. I am still trying to perfect this recipe. Kava seemed to love it though.

This is the first time I have successfully baked, now I make these scones about twice a week.

the County Fair

Every August the city of Denton has been putting on the annual North Texas State Fair and Rodeo, 2013 marked their 85th year. Country music bands come through for shows, various carnival rides are brought in and loads of delicious fried fair food are scattered between the rides. I enjoy this fair because it reminds me of all those old black and white movies of the small towns or books from my childhood about the county fair, there is a coming together of the city which reminds me that some times it is not bad to live in a small Texas town.
Here are a few of my snap shots.

The fair always signals the end of summer, it is a bitter sweet feeling. Nights become shorter, the children go back to school, the hint of colder weather to come, but there is also the knowing feeling that there are new beginnings and adventures on the horizon.