It’s always exciting for me to read blogs by chefs or bakers. I get a glimpse of their lives working in restaurants, kitchens, and bakeries. And that’s one of the reason why I do what I do as a photographer. The food may be important but what’s more important and interesting are the people behind the food. Please meet Julie Marie Craig, a professional baker and photographer from Northern California. Not only do you get to see amazing photos but also recipes and stories from her life.
Couple weeks ago my friend Danielle had tweeted “BRIOCHE” and since I love brioche I clicked on the link that was in her tweet. That link got me landed right on Pastry Chef Chris Ford’s blog, Butter Love & Hard Work. Chris Ford is the pastry chef at Wit & Wisdom down in Baltimore, Maryland and most recently won the People’s Choice for East Region Pastry Chef at Food and Wine.
The 2 things that I love are both in Chris Ford’s blog. 1) Behind the scenes photos. As some of you may know I’m a little obsessed about that. 2) Big giant images. Beautiful images are meant to be shown as big as possible. That night I ended up going through his entire blog and I believe you will also.
Thanks once again to Tara O’Brady for showing me the works of Michael Graydon. His photos are so inviting and have this sense of calm in them that I wouldn’t mind living in any of these photos (or maybe just buy a GIANT print and stare at it all day). I also admire the fact that he started photography when he was 16 years old. I can’t even remember what I did when I was 16 and I doubt I had any serious hobbies back then (yeah I was a boring kid).
Once upon a time, when I started Eat To Blog with Howard, our idea was that I’ll take the photos and Howard was going to provide the text. Well now we both write and take photos. Anyways, so when I happened to see Spoon Fork Bacon, a collaboration between food stylist Jenny Park and photographer Teri Lyn Fisher, that sort of reminded me of our initial idea for Eat To Blog.
Scrolling through the blog, it’s difficult to not to jump at the screen. Like I just want to munch on these Baby Chimichangas or these Baked Egg Boats now! Besides the delicious looking photos, the whole site is so well designed. The colors of the titles match the colors of the foods/images and who said animated gifs are out?
One of my favorite question to ask photographers is “Any food photography heroes?” It’s a great way to see where some of their influences come from and also it gives me the chance to find more talented photographers. So thanks to Tara O’Brady for pointing me towards the great works of Dax Henry and Anais Wade aka Young & Hungry. When I first looked at their photos, I was hit in the face with the freshness of their photos. They’re so simply done and natural, it’s very refreshing to look at. Check out their photos and the interview and find out what they have to say about working together as a team.
