Grilled Peaches

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t's always a happy day when I get to do a food shoot at the Sierra Nut House. On this day I went straight back to the kitchen where chef Adrianna Oropeza was grilling peaches for a dessert which included this yummy almond paste and blueberries. I quickly grabbed my shots as my saliva glands were going into overdrive and I had to have a taste! Be on the lookout for the article on The Fresno Bee food page.

Stone Fruit

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]id a quick stone fruit shot in the studio using nectarines, peaches, plums and apricots. A couple of things I try to do with still life food shots is really work on the lighting to make it look natural. Then I locate some kind of background that works - in this case it was one side of an old pallat. After than I try to arrange what I have into something interesting. Obviously I wanted to show the stone, or pit. The nectarine worked best for this. Some of the stones didn't look too great even after cutting them as they were the cling type. Oh well. They still got used pretty well.

Time for Berries

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] started out Friday photographing corn for the first day of corn sales at Fresno State and ended it photographing blackberries and blueberries at Berry Lady Farms in Kingsburg. So I got my fill of food assignments for The Bee. Who can complain? The best part was getting a chance to taste a wonderful blackberry pie after photographing it. Ah, the life of a photographer.