Food Styling for Photographers

CHAPTER SIX

of the hero. Before fi nal exposure, refresh the meat with
dabs of the coloring agent using an artist’s brush and be
sure to wet the tomato and onion edges with an artist’s
brush dipped in water.

Supplies used to complete this shot:

● Henckels kitchen scissors and 3-inch paring knife

● Totally Bamboo cutting board

● Messermeister tomato knife and nylon slotted

turner

● Presto Tilt’N Drain griddle

● Ziploc bags, gallon size

● Le Creuset reversible griddle

● Bernz-O-Matic Professional Culinary Torch

● STRETCH-TITE plastic food wrap

● Toothpicks

● Small wire cutters

● Landscaping stone

● Electric charcoal lighter

● Paper plates

● Work plate

● Optional: Dijon mustard and applicator bottle

PHOTOGRAPHER’S COMMENT—Notes on the Hamburger Set

This hero burger is a beauty. It’s a very tight shot with only a

small Chimera lantern for lighting placed directly overhead with the

black skirt attached to knock light off the background. I have a

white fi ll card to the left to fi ll the front of the burger. This little ball of

light wraps beautifully around the hamburger and does not blow out

the bun.