Food Styling for Photographers

CONTENTS

• Chapter  Chilling Facts about Cold Beverages viii
  
  
  • Th e Beverage of Choice
  
  
  • Frosted Glass Preparation Techniques
  
  
  • Creating Condensation
  
  
  • Building Acrylic Cubes in a Glass
    
    
    • On Set
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Adding Liquid to the Hero Glass
  
  
  • Making and Placing Bubbles
  
  
  • Removing Liquid from a Hero Glass
  
  
  • Slushy Drinks: Th e Magic Frozen Margarita
    
    
    • Going to Set with the Margaritas
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Making a Salad for the Camera
  
  
  • Selection of Salad Ingredients
  
  
  • Shopping and Handling Techniques for Produce
  
  
  • Tips for Keeping Salad Greens Fresh
  
  
  • Salad Support Techniques
  
  
  • How to Dress a Salad for Photography
  
  
  • Building the Salad and Taking It to Set
  
  
  • On Set before Final Photography
  
  
  • Fruit Salads
    
    
    • Techniques for Fruit Prep
    
    
    • Building a Fruit Salad and Taking It to Set
    
    
    • Dressing a Fruit Salad
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Pasta and Sauces ix
  
  
  • Perfect Pasta for the Camera
  
  
  • Sauces for Pasta and Vegetable Salads
  
  
  • Food Additions to the Pasta
  
  
  • Building the Pasta
  
  
  • Adding a Spoon or Other Flatware Th at Will Hold Food
  
  
  • Potato, Pasta, and Vegetable Salads
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Burgers, Sandwiches, and Beyond
  
  
  • Th e Hamburger
    
    
    • Finding the Perfect Hamburger Bun
    
    
    • Prepping Burger Components
    
    
    • Prepping Burger Patties
    
    
    • Adding Color to the Burger Patties
    
    
    • Building the Hero Burger
    
    
    • On Set with the Hero Burger
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Th e Whole Sandwich
    
    
    • Shopping for Sandwich Elements
    
    
    • Prepping Sandwich Ingredients
    
    
    • Building the Hero Whole Sandwich
    
    
    • On Set with a Whole Sandwich
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Building a Half or Cut Sandwich for Photography
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Meeting Meat Head-On
  
  
  • Basic 101 for Photo Meat
  
  
  • Griddle Method of Cooking Meat for Photography
  
  
  • Grill Marks x
  
  
  • Slicing Hero Meat—Exposing the Interior
  
  
  • Color for Photo Meat
  
  
  • Building Slices on the Hero Plate
  
  
  • Braising Method for Th icker Cuts of Meat
  
  
  • Styling Meat with Bones for the Camera
    
    
    • Ribs
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Roasting Poultry for the Camera
    
    
    • Shopping for Hero Poultry
    
    
    • Turkeys for Photography
    
    
    • Prepping the Bird
    
    
    • Making the Bird a Hero
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Here Fishy, Fishy: Fish Are Diff erent Critters
    
    
    • Cooking Fish for the Camera
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Veggie Perfect
  
  
  • Shopping for Vegetables
  
  
  • Prepping Vegetables for Photography
  
  
  • Methods of Cooking Vegetables for Photography
    
    
    • Steaming
    
    
    • Blanching
    
    
    • Cooking Vegetables on a Griddle
    
    
    • Baking Vegetables
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Making Grill Marks on Vegetables
  
  
  • Veggies on Set
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Ice Cream for Hot Lights xi
  
  
  • Th e Real Deal
  
  
  • A Great Fake
  
  
  • Building Cones on Set
  
  
  • Final Touches to the Fake Ice Cream on Set
  
  
  • A Bowl of Ice Cream
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Desserts
  
  
  • Whole Cakes
    
    
    • Showing a Cut Cake to the Camera
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Building the Cake
  
  
  • Building a Hero Slice of Cake
  
  
  • Frosting the Cake and Slice
  
  
  • Cheesecakes Are Diff erent!
  
  
  • Having Visual Fun with Cookies: Techniques for Building Stacks
  
  
  • Breaking Cookies
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Breakfast for the Camera
  
  
  • Making Bacon for the Camera
  
  
  • Beautiful Biscuits
  
  
  • Scrambled Eggs
  
  
  • Building the Hero Plate
  
  
  • On Set
  
  
  • A South-of-the-Border Version of Sunny-Side-Up
    
    
    • Making Eggs Sunny-Side-Up
    
    
    • Building the Hero Huevos Rancheros Plate
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Chapter  Garnishing Basics xii
  
  
  • Garnishing Guidelines
  
  
  • Citrus Garnishing Ideas
  
  
  • Be Picky with Herb Garnishes
  
  
  • A Dandelion Is on My Plate!
  
  
  • Use Ice Water to Make Curls
  
  
  • Tame and Revive Strawberry and Tomato Tops
  
  
  • Sauce a Plate
  
  
  • Don’t Forget Frying
  
  
  
  


• Appendix


• Glossary


• Index