Food Photography & Styling

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My Food Photographs as Art ~ A Homage to My T1i

02/10/2013 |

Well, here I am without a camera. On Friday, my trusty Canon Rebel T1i was sent off to the Canon…

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A man pointing to a bowl of food on his computer screen.

Chef Paul McCullough’s Cookbook Photo Shoot

10/05/2012 |

Remember back in 2007 on The Next Food Network Star, there was that cute young Hollywood Celebrity Chef and Caterer…

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A stack of tomatoes on top of each other.

Studio Lighting Food Photography Class with Professional Food Photographer Christina Peters

04/02/2012 |

Isn’t this an outrageous photograph? The size? The colors? The sharp focus? This photo is not about a recipe, although…

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A plate of oranges on top of a table.

Natural Light Food Photography Class with Christina Peters and Amy Paliwoda

01/30/2012 |

This past Saturday I had the great pleasure of attending the Natural Light Food Photography Class taught by professional food…

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A plate of food with some kind of meat

The Food Porn Laboratory

08/14/2011 |

Spicy “Crack” Krab Cakes from Starry Kitchen The full title for this post is actually “The Food Porn Laboratory Sponsored…

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A white bowl filled with vegetables and potatoes.

Photo Shoot with Food Photographer Jon Edwards and Food Stylist Denise Vivaldo

06/11/2010 |

Recently I had the amazing good fortune to attend a food photo shoot for an international food market with the…

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A bee is sitting on the flower of an orange plant.

Photography Class with Raiko Hartman

02/26/2010 |

I have been taking a photography class through the South Bay Adult School, one night a week for ten weeks.…

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Food Styling & Photography Workshop ~ Day 2

01/21/2010 |

When I arrived at Matt’s studio Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, everyone there was working on their food and setting…

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A table with some food on it and two oranges

Food Styling & Photography Workshop ~ Day 1

01/20/2010 |

In September 2009 I was reading MattBites and discovered that Denise Vivaldo of FoodFanatics and Matt Armendariz were teaching a…

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A woman with glasses smiling for the camera.Hello! My name is Lynne Hemer, and I am a woman obsessed with food and cooking, in search of new, unusual, exotic, and sublime ingredients and recipes. I love reading cookbooks, taking cooking classes, going to restaurants, photographing food, and blogging about it all! I hope you enjoy my website as much as I enjoyed creating it.

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