Food Photos
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Blueberries on the Hoof
Yesterday we went to Buelton to pick Blueberries at a great little spot, Santa Barbara Blueberries. They have a wide variety of bushes so you can find your favorite ones. It's just the beginning of their season and they are only open limited hours, so be sure to check out their Facebook page for updates.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Lunch is Served
Lunch served at the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, State of the Chamber Luncheon
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Bunny Bread
Happy easter! This week I had the great pleasure of photographing the works of art at the Paris Bakery. And unlike my artwork, theirs is EDIBLE! If you ever find yourself in the Monterey area make sure you stop in for a Napolean and a Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwhich. And if you're not in the Monterey area, it's worth the trip just to go to the Paris Bakery!
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Parfait
Mmm I just love food. And I love photography. So it stands to reason one of my favorite things to take pictures of, would be food. This was at the recent State of the City breakfast held by the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce and the City of Santa Barbara at The Fess Parker Doubletree.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Beet Salad at the Rhumb Line
More beautiful food from the Rhumb Line Restaurant in Ventura. This is the Beet Salad. I'm told it's one of their most popular dishes, and if it tastes as good as it looks I can sure see why! Once again this is right out of the camera, no fakery, and no inedible food here. This was right out of the kitchen, and ready to eat!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
I'll have the Pork
This made me hungry! Sam, the very creative chef at the Rhumb Line restaurant in Ventura shared a work of art with me yesterday. This is something new he is working on, and let me tell you the aroma was enough to make me want to put my camera down and pick up a fork.
Now we've all heard the stories about inedible food used for photography. After the shoot the staff at the restaurant ate this dish to try the new item. No trickery here, and no Photoshop work either. Other than a few specks of dust, this is right out of the camera.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Figs Still Life
More Fig experimentation. As I was researching figs I found some interesting facts. The fruit of the fig is actually an intersting structure. Each fig is anctualy the result of a whole group of flowers (a botanical structure called an inflorescence). The fig inflorescence is a bit strange in the fact that all of the flowers point inward and you never see the flowers on the outside. This particular structure is called a syconium. Nature is very strange, interesting and beautiful!
Monday, July 2, 2012
Figs and Honey
I love good food as much as photography, that's why some of my favorite clients are local restaurants. This is a first experiment for a new restaurant in Santa Barbara that will be opening soon. Unfortunately it's not really fig season, so it took a little looking but I finally found some nice ones. I took a lot of images this evening before the lights got to be too much (sometime I need a studio with a real air conditioner :) so far this is one of my favorites, but it was a hard choice. More to come!
Saturday, May 26, 2012
I Modnnari at the Santa Barbara Mission
Every Memorial Day weekend we have a festival at the Santa Barbara Mission. An Italian street painting
festival, the entire mission driveway is turned into a temporary art gallery. Hundredes of artists
transform the pavement into amazing works of art with nothing more than chalk. Over the next couple of days I'll try to bring some
of my favorite views of the festival to you.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Santa Barbara Mission Kitchen
The Santa Barbara Mission is a beautiful place. But you usually see it from the outside.
This is a display of a kitchen as it was for the early inhabitants of the Mission.
From the plaque on the wall:
"This kitchen display is typical of the indoor cooking facilities of the early 1800s. Cooking was done both outdoors and indoors. Indoor cooking was usually done by women over hot, glowing charcoal.
FOOD SOURCES:
Large gardens, orchards and adjacent ranchos supplied the Indians and Mission community with vegetables, fruit livestock and grains such as wheat, barley, oats and corn.
THE ORIGINAL ADOBE CAN BE SEEN ON THE LEFT SIDE WALL."
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Santa Ynez Grapes on the Vine
Grapes in the Santa Ynez valley. Ok it feels like summer, Spring is just starting, so here is a picture from last Fall. Just because I really like it and I realized I never published it. This is in a nice little vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley.There was a space through the vines that I was able to frame the beautiful valley in the background. The red flowers in the lower right are roses that are planted at the ends of the rows of grapes.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Palace Grill
This is one of my favorite spots in Santa Barbara, The Palace Grill. The people are friendly the atmosphere is fun and the food is absolutely amazing. The evening I shot this a few years ago I was taking photos of the exterior to send to friends as a memento of a wonderful visit. Just as they were about to open for dinner, the restaurant The owner saw me, after telling him why I was taking the photos he invited me in to get a couple of shots of the interior too.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
La Purisima Kitchen Panorama
I recently spent some more time at the La Purisima mission and this time I actually brought my tripod. It's a little dark in the rooms to get the detials without it. I particularly like the rooms where they have furnished and set up "day in the life" type scenes like this. You can't actually walk around in this room, but it is still an interesting glimpse.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Toro de Oro Pepper Reflection
The Golden Bull pepper... or Toro de Oro. This amazing beauty is from the Santa Barbara Farmers' Market. I picked it out on State Street this Tuesday for a photo shoot for a couple of upcoming Fine Art food photography shows. One show will be part of First Thursdays in Santa Barbara. The show will be displayed at the office of Casa Magazine in downtown Santa Barbara and the reception will be First Thursday (of course) the sixth of October at 5 to 8pm and is open to the public. Hope to see you there!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Listada de Gandia Reflection
A beautiful Heirloom Eggplant from the Santa Barbara Farmers Market. This beauty was purchased for my upcoming food photography art show, part of First Thursdays in Santa Barbara. The show will be displayed at the office of Casa Magazine in downtown Santa Barbara and the reception will be First Thursday (of course) the sixth of October at 5 to 8pm and is open to the public. Casa will also be having a Flan contest judging at the same time.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Dinner at La Purisima
Although our Santa Barbara Mission has a wonderful historic tour with some authentic artifacts, there is nothing quite like spending some time in a mission where they have painstakingly restored and recreated on a large scale what the day to day life must have been like when the missions were the full communities they were designed to be. La Purisima offers the space and flexibility to almost step into the past. It is a wonderful experience.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Translucent Santa Ynez Grapes
It's getting to be just the right time of year to start to wander around Santa Ynez. The grapes have just got to the point where they are starting to look juicy and delicious. They change fast this time of year. It won't be long before the leaves get some amazing colors in them. The day I took this shot I was looking for a nicely backlit bunch. This was the last shot of the day, when I saw the three grapes on top with their seeds perfectly visible in the afternoon sun I knew I had what I was looking for.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Santa Ynez Valley Grapes
I've been working on trying to get an image that captures the feel of the Santa Ynez Valley. Of course, vineyards are a big part of that area of California these days. Especially after a rather popular movie about the area a few years ago. But wine is not the only thing they are known for. This weekend Solvang is having their Danish Days festival. If you've never eaten an Aebleskiver that alone could be worth the trip. Of course, I prefer just making my own and avoiding the crowds. Then again, maybe I'll brave the sand castle festival in Santa Barbara this weekend. Could be a busy weekend!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Curvy Pepper
So we are trying to eat a little better. We stopped at the Farmers' market today to see if they had any good fruit. (The grocery stores have been a little weak lately.) We found some good peaches and strawberries then we found the cool peppers. My wife and I were looking for really interesting ones which caught the eye of one of the guys behind the counter. He started telling us that people even used to take these really nice black and white photos of these kinds of peppers. Like he was reading my mind. Well, except for the black and white part. But maybe tomorrow!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
More Garden Goodies
I just couldn't decide which veggie photo I liked the best.
So I put all my fovorites online and you can choose your favorite.
Maybe this weekend I'll get out and get some more panoramic photos.
It sure is too hot to sit in front of the computer, maybe a nice
beach breeze would help.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Treats from the Garden
The tomato on the right is the same on from
the other day.
It's a variety called a Garden Peach
The yellow one on the far left with the green stripes
is a "Banana Legs".
The ones that did not make the cut for the modeling job
made a delicious Chili. It's been a good season for the
garden, even though the tomato plants have generally not been
very happy this year.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Carmel Temptation
Seems fitting that the apples were so beautiful in the garden of the Church of the Wayfarer.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Garden Peach
We're finally trying to get back to a normal life here. We recently had a
wild fire in the hills near Santa Barbara, "the Gap Fire". We were not warned to
evacuate where we live, but we did anyway when the sky turned brown and it looked like
the middle of the night at 6pm. I'll get some photos online from some of
those crazy days, but right now I just have to say thank you to all the
amazing fire fighters and the families who worry about them when they
are on the job. Thanks to them not one house was lost.
Still, through all the craziness, I have been taking the time to tinker with my camera.
This is a beautiful translucent striped tomato variety called a Garden Peach.
This is one of the last ones my wife coaxed off the plant and it
is beautiful. It is actually fuzzy like a peach. And this one is still
sitting here waiting to be the subject of more photos. But
the others from the plant have been quite delicious.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Peppers and Garlic
Time for a little more food photography! Yet another of those self promotion projects that always gets bumpped by other things.
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