My preference for food photography is to work with natural light. I have a huge north-facing picture window in my dining room that is perfect for great, natural food shots.
My challenge for these photographs was to emulate the Renaissance still life paintings using electronic flash.
I love the shape of these and the texture of the fruit inside.
I love the glow in the tip of the stem in the whole fig.
These make me want to make a home-made Bolognese red-wine sauce.
There are so many great varieties of apple available today. My favorites are pink ladies, but galas are great, too. Nothing beats granny smith for pies.
I'm not a wine drinker, so I was lucky to have an open bottle available leftover from a delicious chicken picatta I made the evening before.
Head of garlic. I love the imperfection in the clove.