Food Photography

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Kontos Foods

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I always wondered if I would be a commercial photographer after I turned 70. I guess that's a big yes and 2024 has been a very busy year...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

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This was one huge job. 234 images for Daisy's Bakery one of my favorite clients. A huge majority of the images were product shots like ...
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Saturday, September 24, 2022

Nustef Bakery

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  This job was for a past client but a new company. Lonnie was the client I have known for quite a while. The company is Nustef Bakery out o...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

What is this?

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This is a plate getting ready to accept food for a Hungryman package shot. The problem is: when you have a deep dish, the food falls into th...

Still a Spoiled Brat

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    There were a lot of rules concerning behavior at the Nabisco Food Company. One rule was actually no photographs on your walls or cube. T...
Friday, January 28, 2022

What happens when you tell a wise guy "the prints don't really matter".

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I worked for Nabisco from 1989-2002 (Kraft for 2002-2004). I have to admit that I behaved like a spoiled brat through most of those years. N...
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Thursday, January 27, 2022

On location with Panos... again

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These images are a few of the many that we shot on location at the Panos Brands offices. The images will be used for their website and packa...
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

That's How We Roll

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  Well, I got a call from a new client and then an email from a client/friend Scott saying that I might get a call from a new client. That...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

The only contant is change

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So I was hired to shoot packaging images for Panos Brands. This time it was yummy little crackers filled with nuts and fruit.  I got a call ...
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Saturday, October 17, 2020

Slight changes because of Covid

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I have been basically a food shooter since 1988. Over those years I have worked with all of the best food stylists in the NYC metro area. On...
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Monday, June 1, 2020

My first job for Nabisco

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I can still recall the first image I ever did for Nabisco. I was handed a big box of products and told to shoot them as one image. I put ...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

practice

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I am a man most blessed. While I, like others, have had to put off shooting for a while, I do have 2 new clients that came during this cr...
Monday, March 23, 2020

COVID-19

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Well, we'll see how all of this goes...     So I had a meeting with PANOS Brands who do healthy crackers and other food, to shoot ...
Friday, September 27, 2019

Maria's Bakery

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So I did some tests yesterday for a new client. The wonderful thing about shooting food is that you can eat it. All the food had sat...
Friday, August 2, 2019

Godox Testing, Testing 123

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  Well I didn't know if this would all work out but it has and better than I ever thought. Since 1989 I have lit my commercial imag...
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Friday, April 26, 2019

Never Say Never

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Before 2019, I had not shot photographic tests since the 1980's. That's because I have been very busy shooting for clients. I l...
Monday, February 4, 2019

Cheese Glorious Cheese

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These images look simple enough but they actually took a full day and then some. It's not worth it to use a food stylist on thes...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Halen Brands

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It is such a blessing to be reconnected to one of Jason Cohen's businesses. Not only that, but I have reconnected with his art direct...
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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Daisy's Bakery

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Food product shots make up some of my work lately. This one is for Daisy's Bakery who make yummy stuff. I had to shoot the cakes in a...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

iPhone

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I really hate to admit it  but the saying is true: The camera you need is the one you have with you.  I was dropping off an early edit ...
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Friday, May 5, 2017

B&G Foods

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Well, Video just be crazy! I have been shooting and editing video since about 2011 but I have never shot 2 straight hours of a Power Poin...
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Friday, March 3, 2017

Bye bye Michael, I hardly knew ya.

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Well, it has been confirmed. Michael Harris died as the result of a stroke one year ago. I've been searching for a definitive answer ...
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