There are a few shots I food styled recently with photographer Jim Norton and prop stylist Martine Blackhurst of Rustica. Art Director Vicki Hornsby assigned a fabulous colour palatte to this story, and I love the teal, blues and metallic touches that made these {always} delicious recipes by Jane Rodmell cookbook author, All the Best Fine Foods owner [...]
Recently I made a little time to do some “creative work” with Ronald Tsang, a young and talented photographer here in T.O. Remebering the challenges of getting into this business of food photography, it’s great to help enthusiastic, creative people with real talent, like Ron.
I really liked these images, due in part to the gorgeous [...]
Aigo Bouido, also known as Garlic Soup Vicki’s Veggies Blue Ribbon-winning Garlic
I’ver been procrastinating for a day or two now for the chore I’m really not looking forward to….cleaning sweetbreads for a recipe we’re photographing this week. I’m sure they’ll be delicious, but alas, they sure look some aweful. Not difficult to buy [...]
Here are some images that speak of the season at hand, from a feature I styled last December 2010 with James Tse, for the current Holiday issue of Food & Drink, available now in your favourite liquor stores ! That snowy bliss seen through the window was the real deal…at a rustic log cabin cabin [...]
I carry this little pouch in my tool box, stuffed with a handful of zesters and peelers that I use often…plus a few rarely used butter curlers and melon ballers.
These work in a range of applications, like for removing citrus zest in different thicknesses for garnishes. The peelers are also terrific for making ribbons of [...]
Trained Arbourists (with a 100% job placement for grads!) practise one of those unique trades that always gets my attention,but especially on this rainy morning. I was on my way to a photoshoot where we were featuring a smoked food product.
It’s difficult to show “smokiness” (unless it’s real smoke shown against a black background…which today’s shot [...]
This is great news! James Tse wins and Applied Arts Award ! and right on the cusp of releasing the second cookbook we also got to work on by Mark McEwan, called Fabricca.
photo James Tse food stylist Ruth Gangbar
prop stylist Sasha Seymour client Chatelaine Magazine
These cool treats made the cover of Chatelaine Magazine this month, in a story on gourmet frozen desserts.
We can tell you, enthusiastically, that Cherry-Cheesecake Pops taste as refreshing as they look! Sasha (the prop stylist) “hit this one out of the park” when she [...]
Here are a few Summer issues of magazines I do food styling for, with shots that made the covers. Thanks to the creative teams that made these projects such a pleasure to see in print. Cheers to Summer !
client Food & Drink Magazine
photo Rob Fiocca
food styling Ruth Gangbar
props styling Catherine McFadyen
client County Grapevine Magazine
photo [...]
My friend, the incredible prop stylist Martine Blackhurst (of Rustica Tabletop) and I got snap-happy on set the other day after shooting a magazine story about seafood, with photographer Jim Norton. We agreed that the tray heaped with the “bits and pieces” remaining from my stylings on set were worthy of a quick pic. My [...]