Food Styling for Photographers

Index

A
acrylic/ice cubes
arranging in glass, 36–38
on set adjustments, 38–39
ambient light, 25, 33, 183,237
Anchor Hocking bowls, 10
applicator bottles
for applying condiments, 100
for saucing plates, 230–231

B
backdrops
defi ned, 237
fabric, 23
background
defi ned, 237
using, 13, 22, 125, 132, 158, 178
backlight, 33,112, 237
bacon, 210–211
baking cakes, 187
baking vegetables, 162
banana storage/handling, 65
barbecue sauce, 122
barking, ice cream, 171, 237
berries/strawberries, 65, 230
beverages
coff ee, 210, 215
cold. See cold beverages
birthday cake, telling a story, 16–18
biscuits, 211–212
Bitters of Angostura, 95, 122
blanching vegetables, 156–157

bleach cleaning solution, 151

Bounty, 11

blow out, 101, 237

bowls

of ice cream, 182

in supplies, 10

work bowls, 240

braising thicker cuts of meat, 125, 128

bread, sandwich, 102

break the edge, 38, 237

breakfast, 210–218

bacon, 210–211

biscuits, 211–212

building heuvos rancheros plate, 217–218

building scrambled eggs plate, 213–214

coff ee, 210, 215

cooking bacon, 211

photographer’s comments, 216

planning photo shoots, 210

scrambled eggs, 212–213

on set adjustments, 214–215

shopping for bacon, 210–211

sunny-side-up eggs, 216–217

supplies, 215, 218

Breast Cancer Foundation, National, 181

broccoli, prepping, 153–154

brushes, 9

bubbles

for bacon foam, 214–215

in coff ee, 215

making and placing, 40–42

supplies, 41

building/support techniques

acrylic cubes in glass, 36–39

breakfast plate, 213–214

cake slices, 192–194

cakes, 191–192

cookie stacks, 204–206

fi sh, 144

fruit salads, 68–69

green salads, 60–61, 62–63

hero burger, 95–99

huevos rancheros plate, 217–218

ice cream cones, 172–175

ice cream in bowls

meat slices on hero plate, 123

pasta, 77–80

sandwich, half/cut, 108–110

sandwich, whole, 105–106

bulb-type droppers, 9

burgers. See hamburgers

C

cakes, 186–197

building, 191–192

building hero slice, 192–194

cardboard templates for layer spacing,

190–191

cutting, 191–192

fi lling, 192, 194

fi nal touch-ups, 196

frosting cake and slice, 194–196

leveling layers, 187

patterns for slices, 189, 191