If you’ve been following my good friend and fellow doughnut cookbook author Jess Thomson’s fantastic blog, Hogwash, you’ll know that the past few months have found me all around Washington taking photos for the next very cool cookbook Jess is working on, Dishing Up Washington.

The world has changed since I started Still Life With. It really wasn’t all that long ago that the only book on food photography focused only highly lit, commercially produced shots of things like fake ice cream. There was some good information in that book, but if you were a food blogger or developing an [...]

I get asked quite often about what gear I shoot with. I’ve posted about it here a few times, but the last really big update I did was in 2009. And that was, well, in 2009! Two years is a long time.

Although really, in my case, not much has changed. A new lens here, some new lighting there. But, for the most part, once you have a good setup, there isn’t much new you need to get. Still for those who are curious, here you go: My 2011 Food Photography Gear. Oh, and a shiny new blog layout!

So one morning I woke up and thought, “Hey, how about a class where we make doughnuts and take pictures of them? What could be better than that?” And, what do you know. Here it is! Join me as I demystify making doughnuts with my family’s favorite: Crullers, those beautifully twisted fried treats. The class [...]

I can’t say I’m too fond of the PR approach that AMD has taken with their new Visionary awards. The email was fine, but the random @StillLifeWith mention was just on the wrong side of Twitter spam. Still… they got me to click through, and I’m kind of glad they did. Glad enough that I [...]