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12 Food Photography Tips

For better food photos: 1) If your food has height, show it. Shoot at a low camera angle. 2) If your food has texture, show it. Light from the side or the back to show texture. Shadows show texture so … Continue reading

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Depth of Field

For those of you who may not know, depth of field is how much of an image from front to back is in acceptable focus. Selective focus (also known as shallow depth of field) has been used in photography to … Continue reading

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Food Stylist

There was a post in LinkedIn from a young lady that wants to be a food stylist and is looking for a photographer to do some portfolio work. My wife calls these “play dates”. I responded and was pleased to … Continue reading

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Exclusive iStockPhoto Contributor

It was very frustrating for a while. I’ve been anxiously awaiting to accumulate enough downloads to become an iStockphoto exclusive contributor. I deleted all of my other affiliations and I was ready to go. I hit my download goal and … Continue reading

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Inspiration

It’s cold outside – it’s winter. That means it’s time for Winterfest. This is an annual event sponsored by the Jersey Shore Chefs association that raises money for the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. A very worthy cause. The … Continue reading

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Making New Friends

I photographed The Best of New Jersey Wine and Dine hosted by my food stylist/executive chef Michael Giletto at his restaurant at Ocean Place Resort and Spa in Long Branch, NJ. The dinner was amazing…yada, yada, yada. I had already … Continue reading

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Have a happy!

Wishing everyone a joyous holiday and a happy new year.

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Happy National Brownie Day

Who created these holidays? There is a national day for just about everything and if there isn’t a day for it, most likely, there will be a month. So, today is National Brownie Day. Just so happens, that I have … Continue reading

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Cookie Pies

‘Tis the season.” That’s what the plate said. I saw the plate at Home Good and just had to have it. That’s not all I found…small red, 7 inch cake plates. What could you do with a 7 inch cake … Continue reading

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Italy

Vacationing in Italy was amazing. We were on a Globus tour and our tour manager Salvatore, was fantastic.  We had great weather for most of the trip and when it did rain on the last two days, the photos were … Continue reading

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