Super Bowl 53 ATL food photo shoot!

So Superbowl 53 is in our hometown of Atlanta, and the buzz is on! The sun is shining, the traffic is ridiculous (what’s new??) air-force jets are flying overhead and it’s time once again for all that party food…

Every year Judith brings something fun and creative to our Superbowl party, and this year I thought it would be fun to photograph it- so here we are!

Party food can be a bit of a challenge to photograph as it tends to be ‘bitty’. All bite size things without sauce or presence, so, as a photographer I realize it’s all about the set up and the accessories. So, for this shoot, I’ve arranged everything on one of my favorite whitewood boards and placed lots of stuff around the setting to bring interest and fill up the space. I even decided on getting one of my son’s old football helmets into the shot for fun!

Party food like this looks best with strong lighting, as the party setting will inevitably have, so I have both studio lights full on either side of the set and here we go…

Results below!

G.

Inch Beach - Dingle Ireland

Perhaps it’s the January blues, but for some reason I reflected back to my last trip to Ireland and thought of some the shots i took on the Dingle coast last October. The day i was there wasn’t a great day for photographers, sure, but sometimes the moody overcast clouds and rain can add a lot of atmosphere to the photograph.

This one was a quick shot of a tourist (from our tour group) asking a local surfer for a photo. so, it’s a photographer, taking a photo of a photographer, taking a photo…right?

Inch Beach is a beautiful strand of wide beach right on the dingle Peninsula - highly recommended !

Gary

Winter Whiskey shoot - January

A sure cure for the winter January blues is the ever enjoyable hot toddy - an Irish masterpiece if there ever was one. But what is a ‘hot toddy’ you ask? Well, the ingredients shift depending on which Irish family you talk to, but in our home it’s made with Bushmills Irish Whiskey, lemon juice, raw honey and cloves…with plumping hot water.

A great comfort when you’re sick or have a head cold, and a must for cold January nights.

My wife Judith made this, and I just had to shoot it. Natural light shot, f2.8 setup with the light coming through the window emphasizing the color and appeal of the drink.

For a look at the recipe, jump over to our website: www.shamrockandpeach.com

Enjoy!

Gary

Back to shooting food...

It's been a while, but I'm back to shooting food again as our new book is beginning to loom on the horizon, and this time around I feel as if I have grown and changed quite a bit in my preferences for lighting and setting the scene for the food shot...I'm really liking mood lighting from one source for example, instead of lots of light from studio lights.

Really enjoying this, and I'll blog about it as our book progresses...

This shot is of an old Irish favorite that we want to feature in the opening chapter - Bacon & Cabbage. Doesn't get more Irish than this...

Gary