The worst part of photographing food for the newspaper is that it’s usually food I can’t afford to buy or make.
For example — a $1,000 picnic basket at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park. A picnic basket that includes two Maine lobsters, caviar, expensive steaks, cheeses, stuffed peppers and truffles.
© 2010 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Click on the image above to view the full photo gallery on ajc.com.) A New York sirloin Kobe-style Wagyu steak, served with grilled pineapple, as well as (not pictured) asparagus spears, a Maine lobster, a pan-fried rice cake and a baguette -- all part of the $1,000 platinum picnic basket, which is available at all Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and ASO Presents concerts at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta.
Also — ricotta cheese. And not the kind that you buy in a tub from the grocery store.
© 2010 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Click on the image above to read the relevant article on ajc.com.) Homemade ricotta cheese, topped with olive oil and herbs, served on an appetizer plate with prosciutto, bread and pineapple mostarda.
As Jeff and my family can confirm, I’m not a big fan of cheese unless it’s melted. But this — this was just tempting.
© 2010 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ricotta cheese, topped with a slice of fig, served with ricotta poundcake as dessert.
Food photography. I love it, and I hate it. But mostly I love it.
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Take the meats out, and everything looks extremely tasty. Which means that you did your job quite well.
I photographed sushi the other day and of course, they make me the one kind of roll I can’t eat – tempura. The newsroom had a lot of sushi treats that day. Something like three or four assignments for Vox. Crazy.
You’re nuts. The meats look amazing. I’m craving meat and cheese right now, which NEVER happens.