Photography & Props

Photo Friday: DIY Milk Bottle Props

April 20, 2012
DIY Milk Bottle Photography Prop

Raise your hand if you, too, could easily go broke buying pretty things to use for food styling or as photography props for your blog? Don’t be shy. It’s an expense that can easily get out of control… and probably land me in divorce court pretty quickly. We mostly take the second-hand route, but when [...]

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Photo Friday: Refinishing A Resale Shop Find

April 6, 2012
Before & After: Refinished Cutting Board

If you’ve ever emailed/chatted to ask me where I got a specific prop, there’s a really good chance that I responded with either “Goodwill” or “garage sale.” Those are by far my top two sources for photography props and food styling accessories. They’re extremely budget-friendly and most of the pieces are well-worn and pretty unique [...]

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Photo Friday: DIY Serving/Cutting Board Props

March 30, 2012
DIY Wooden Serving Board

Update: Due to the interest, my husband will be making a few extra cutting boards on the weekends for purchase. Click here for details! I had a chance to hang out at White on Rice Couple’s beautiful studio last month for a KitchenAid event. There’s a dreamy prop room. And an entire wall in their [...]

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Spring in Texas: Bluebonnets & Barbecue

March 29, 2012
Bluebonnets, Spring 2012

It’s hard not to get excited, catching that first glimpse of the blue blur as you speed passed a brand new patch of Bluebonnets next to the entrance ramp. For Texans, that blue blur means two things: 1) Spring has officially arrived in Texas and 2) We got a decent amount of rain over the [...]

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Photo Friday: Bouncing & Filling

January 20, 2012
Bounce and Fill - Photography

One of the very first things I learned about food photography was the “bounce & fill.” It was the first step I ever took to improve my photography (back in my point-and-shoot days). And it is the easiest and probably the most inexpensive way to do so. The concept is simple: You place a white [...]

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Photo Friday: How I Edit

October 28, 2011
Tia To

Next to, “What kind of camera do you use,” the second-most common question I get is about editing: Do you use Photoshop? Do you edit your photos? How much do you edit your photos? What do you do? No. Yes. As little as possible. I’ll show you. And I’ll warn you right now – you [...]

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Photo Friday: Food Styling Workshop

October 21, 2011
Food Styling Workshop

43 hours on the ground 6.5 in the air 2 trips to Trader Joe’s 1 trip to In N Out for a cheeseburger – animal style 12 hours at Todd & Diane’s faaaaabulous studio

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DIY: Wooden Table Top Tutorial

August 12, 2011
DIY: How to make a wooden table top prop

I promised many of you a “How To” on the table tops we’ve been using for the last couple of months. They’re super easy to do, the one pictured below I actually did all by myself today in under an hour… with the help of a couple of convenience items to help with the sanding. [...]

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