by Matt on December 20, 2011
Hi folks! I’m working on my book on food photography and wanted to ask you, my dear awesome-n-groovy readers, which foods you find difficult to photograph. Now I know you are all a super talented bunch, that’s no question, but what foods pose issues? Is it that casserole causing you catastrophes? The dagwood sandwich creating [...]
by Matt on November 4, 2011
I want to tell you two things, my gentle readers: Yes, this blog has been very light on food and recipes lately. I have been traveling and photographing quite a bit lately and my assignments have been occupying my time all over the place. Sonoma, Central America, Vancouver, Australia, and many points in between. Once [...]
by Matt on August 14, 2009
Ok, this is something I’m truly excited about and hope you will be too! I’ve teamed up with my dear friends Denise Vivaldo and Cindie Flannigan, Food Styling Veterans, and created our first Food Styling Class and Photography Workshop to be held at my photography studio in downtown Long Beach, California. This weekend event, held [...]
by Matt on March 13, 2009
New and Improved, 10% Softer and Sweeter Last month in PDN Magazine, Bon Appetit’s Design Director Matthew Lenning said “I hate pretty food pictures.” I think that explains the past year’s visual jolt. Harsh, in-your-face, strobed-to-the-nth-degree, it was a radical departure from the previous look and feel and although visually arresting it became a huge [...]
by Matt on December 9, 2008
Funny how my brain works. Like one time I unlatched a screen from the second story window of our home and jumped out and landed in the bushes. I was three years old. Another time I thought it’d be “cool” to take a black permanent marker to my Donny Osmond doll. But what’s even more [...]