“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”

— Julia Child

Food Photography Tips

What's the mood you want? Moody?😒 Happy?😃 Quiet?😶
Give it some space as in leave Negative Space
Move around and wear grey. That bright Orange Cashmere Sweater you love is meant for a Crisp Fall🍂 day but may show up in your pictures as casting the color you didn't want.
Use Backlighting to allow the subject to not Fall flat. Aka: bounce/white board/reflector
Not an expert read books 📖 📚 by someone who is and find photos you love and meditate on what you love about them.
Small Food 🍔 Photographs Better
Practice, Practice, Practice...10,000 hours or 10,000 Photos

Chilled Cucumber Soup prepared by Becky Selengut

Food Styling Tips

Have your tools ready: q-tips, toothpicks, foil, tweezers, brush for oil, funnels etc.
Avoid smiley😊 faces in food
Put a little Salt in Beer, stir and watch it foam.🍻
Use a funnel for things like smoothies to keep the glass clean.
Learn the color wheel and go treasure hunting at goodwills.
Think in layers. Need texture try parchment paper. Don't throw away that old baking sheet full of black scars.
Bring food closer to the rim of a plate or bowl unlike plating for dinner guests.

That's all I got for now but maybe just maybe these tips will get the juices flowing and the camera snapping. Happy 10,000 photos!📷

Have you got some tips to share? Please do in the comments below!

Icy streams and digging holes under water to gently grab the gills of a trout by hand pushes the limits on local cooking but speaker John Ash master culinary teacher and renown chef learned such skills as a young boy. Can you say amazing?

Captivated by both his speaking and anecdotes from a man who met and felt mentored by such women as:

MFK Fisher, and Julia Child

Mr. Ash had me fixated on the stories of his culinary life and passion for the marriage of food and wine.

Lunch with MFK Fischer once a week became a shared moment of personal lessons for Mr. Ash as she told him "If you can't carry on a conversation, you can't be here." "Let's go fix lunch" became sitting upon on a layered boule of bread slathered in mustards and meats enclosed in plastic wrap until warmed.

Can you imagine hearing "Lunch is ready" after sitting on your sandwich for an hour?

The MFK Warm Sandwich was born.

Laughter filled the room of bloggers.

Was this the first ever smashed sandwich?

It was a pleasure to hear words of wisdom from a man who had developed himself, his cooking and his teaching through the lessons of others.

As the opening keynote speaker Mr. John Ash lifted the bar on speaking at the IFBC and what my expectations would be while attending the next few days. All in All after the three days of many speakers Mr. Ash remained my favorite as not only a talented man, dynamite speaker but a truly from the heart, storyteller.