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Food Photography With Hand Model
Hand model holding a plate of cookies Okay… Maybe it wasn’t a real hand model. Maybe it was just a student intern, but she did a great job anyway… This kind of food shot requires a different, a softer lighting than I usually use, but I think it looks great here.
Pittsburgh Food Photographer shoots Tacos
Another Food Photographer portfolio piece It’s been a month, and now I’m able to share something I did and wasn’t allowed to release until now. Sometimes food photography clients need to keep things under wraps for awhile until things get printed, and this was a good example… ‘ I really like shit photo for a…
Spring time in the food photo studio
Spring time in the food photo studio Here’s a photo from yesterday’s food photography shoot here in my Pittsburgh studio. We’re actually shooting to make the set look like a summer day. Did we succeed? And here’s how it was done!
Magazine photographers in Pittsburgh
Magazine photographers in Pittsburgh If you’re a Magazine photographer in Pittsburgh, you’ll be interested in hearing how to get work. The main thing is being able to be found on the internet, and that means the search engines. It’s not like it used to be in the old days when a magazine used to…
Shooting Food Photography for Packaging
Shooting Food Photography for Packaging We’re here in my Pittsburgh PA studio, in the middle of another awesome week of shooting food photography for packaging. I’d love to show you some of the great work our team has been producing, but the client doesn’t want us to post anything until the packaging is released. So…….
Photographers in Pittsburgh
Photographers In Pittsburgh – Savox shoot Over the years I’ve photographed quite a few fireman for various local companies like MSA, Industrial Scientific and more recently Dreager, but this is a first time that a marketing person actually flew in from Germany to shoot with me. Okay, maybe he was coming to work with…
Photographers in Pittsburgh
Photographers in Pittsburgh are lucky to have this kind of job Photographers in Pittsburgh get to photograph all kinds of things, and this week, I got to shoot bunch of commercial photography in industrial situations. Since I shoot mostly food photography, this type of shooting tends to be a welcome novelty. I love being a…
Pittsburgh Environmental Portrait
Pittsburgh Environmental Portrait Okay… Maybe that last fireman shot wasn’t my favorite shot from that shoot. The fact is, I just didn’t get a chance to look through them all. There are a million great ones! :o)
Pittsburgh Industrial Photographer Shoots Fireman
Pittsburgh Industrial Photographer Shoots Fireman Here’s my favorite photo from a two-day industrial photography project completed earlier today. We were shooting inside a “burn house”, a building specially designed for fireman to practice their skills. We simulated real house and industrial fires and photographed the fireman going through their paces. What I especially like about…
Top Secret Pittsburgh Food Photography Shoot
TOP SECRET FOOD PHOTO: Top Secret Pittsburgh Food Photography Shoot
Commercial Photographers In Pittsburgh PA Are Usually Generalists
Commercial Photographers In Pittsburgh PA are Usually Generalists Should you be a generalist of a specialist? When you began thinking abut becoming a professional photographer, chances are that you thought about becoming a specific type of a professional photographer, a wedding photographer, a sports photographer, maybe a fashion or food photographer, but usually you’ve thought…
Being a Food Photographer in Pittsburgh PA
Being a Food Photographer in Pittsburgh PA I’m sure students and aspiring photographers in Pittsburgh PA, and other medium sized cities, have wondered, what’ it like to be a food photographer. I’m here to tell you, as a career, it’s freaking great! I love what I do and wouldn’t change my career for anything, but…
Pittsburgh Photographers and Social Media Marketing
Pittsburgh Photographers and Social Media Marketing Pittsburgh Photographers and Social Media Marketing We Pittsburgh Photographers are finally coming around to understanding the need for social media marketing. Photographers, as a whole, have never been really great marketers. Sure there are exceptions, but in general, we’re usually more concerned with investing with the latest in techno…
Food Stylist Directory Update
Just a heads up! I’ve just updated the Food Stylist Directory and want to reach out to anyone interested to help me make any needed corrections. If you know of anyone that should be on the list of who needs to be removed from it, or any wrong email address or incorrect phone numbers, please…
Pittsburgh Photographers use thier iPhone
Pittsburgh Photographers are using their iPhones The great thing about the iPhone, is that it’s always with you. And that’s something you just can’t say about other cameras. Even many Pittsburgh photographers don’t usually carry cameras around their necks every day, but they’ll always have their iPhones with them. This is a shot I did…
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Photography Program Suggestions
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Photography Program Suggestions I have mixed feelings about saying what I’m about to say, but I think it needs to be said, so here goes… From what I’ve heard, I think the Photography Department at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh is doing an extreme disservice to its students by deterring…
Pittsburgh Food Photographer Shoots Sandwiches
Pittsburgh Food Photographer Shoots Sandwiches for Rich’s Here’s a shot from not all that long ago that I did with Rich’s. They make some really great bread products, along with a bunch of other kinds of food products. These are some great people and I love working for them and I hope they’re as happy…
Food Photographers Archive – Berries
Food Photographers Archive – Berries Food Photography of Berries From Photographers Archive Here’s another environmental food photo where the background is over-lit and just plain blown-out. It’s a pretty cool look, I think. While I think it’s pretty cool now, I can see where this is the kind of photo that ends up looking…
Pittsburgh Commercial Photographer Portraits
Pittsburgh Commercial Photographer Portraits Shooting Commercial Portraits is not quite the same as shooting regular portraits. Regular portraits usually don’t have to have a specific feel, but when you’re shooting for a client that is a corporation or an advertising agency, then you’re part of a team. Being part of the team means you are…