Food Photography

Preserving your Harvest | Arkansas Advertising Photographer

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By now, most of you who follow my work and my blog know that I just love LOVE working with wonderful staff at P. Allen Smith.

In July, I teamed up once again with the creative team at P. Allen Smith, partnering with Bonnie Plants, to work on their latest issue of Preserving Your Harvest: the third e-Book of the season.

If you're like me, you've got a backyard garden. My garden consists of a variety of herbs, tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes and green onions. Oh and a few Citronella plants to help ward off the mosquitoes. All of my plants are Bonnie Plants.

As our summer draws to a close and our garden has yielded as much as you can possibly eat, you may be asking yourself, "How do I preserve all of this?"

Photographed over two days at Moss Mountain Farms, this latest e-Book has all the answers you need on preserving. P. Allen Smith along with Bonnie Plants can show you the way. And it's not complicated or confusing. There are so many good things here with lots of easy instructions.

Plus, it includes a few savory dishes you can cook later in the year with what you’ve preserved.

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This issue has detailed step-by-step instructions on how to: dry (both oven and naturally) freezing, pickling and fermenting all the tasty fruits, vegetables and herbs you've grown all year long.

You can see the other two e-books photographed in partnership with P. Allen Smith and Boonie Plants. You can see Drink Your Garden and enjoy A Taste of Brunch.

 

Drink Your Garden | Arkansas Advertising Photographer

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Are you thirsty yet?

If you're like me and live in Arkansas, or just about anywhere in the deep south, you're in the midst of an awfully hot and humid summer. High temperatures here in Arkansas have hovered in the upper 90s with a few locations topping out over 100 degrees just about every day for the last month.

Sadly, no relief from the sweltering temperatures is in sight.

But there is relief as close as your kitchen with cool, savory drinks you can easily make at home.

In early June, I teamed up once again with the creative team at P. Allen Smith, partnering with Bonnie Plants, to work on their latest issue of A Taste of the Garden.

We photographed this issue over two days at a private home in Little Rock featuring all things drinks. I photographed a variety of items ranging from Southern iced tea to infused waters and a killer good Lemon Basil Martini. That recipe came courtesy of our very own Capital Hotel.

And oh my was it great. It was the PERFECT way to wrap our two day photo shoot.

The idea is pretty simple and quite tasty; instead of resorting to sodas to wet your palate, try using some of the wonderful things you've grown in your garden with Bonnie Plants and create fresh and new drink ideas. For their series on infused waters (above photo at left) you can use items such as: mint, stevia and even cucumber to add flavor to water. All of these plants are available from Bonnie Plants.

To involve the kiddos, try making a watermelon slushie (above). And you don't have to actually be a kid to enjoy this. It's a perfect drink for any summer's day...for kids of all ages.

For the adults, the tangy and tomato juice (below at right) is perfect accompaniment for lunch!

The muddled mint and strawberry orange juice (below) is simply delicious. It's perfect by itself or add a splash, or a generous amount of champagne, for your next Sunday brunch.

And if you're looking for great ideas for something fresh and new for your next brunch, P. Allen Smith and Bonnie Plants shares a lot of great recipes in their A Taste of Brunch which I photographed in May. You can see the photos and recipes by going here.

Here are a few fun Behind the Scenes iPhone snaps from the photo shoot.

A Taste of Brunch Photo Shoot | Arkansas Advertising Photographer

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Are you hungry yet???

A few weeks ago, I teamed up with the creative team at P. Allen Smith, partnering with Bonnie Plants, to work on their latest issue of "A Taste of the Garden"

We photographed this issue over two days at a private home in Little Rock featuring all things brunch. I photographed a variety of items ranging from potato hash to mini pancakes to savory butters.

The brunch table setting, designed and styled by Laura Grimes, featured bright summer colors in hues of purple, green and orange. I also have to give a shout-out to Victoria Gross and her fabulous cooking skills. The chocolate and mint mini pancakes pictured below were just as tasty as it sounds.

This was probably one of my favorite photo shoots for P. Allen Smith. Food photography is easily one of my favorite things to photograph. I just love the challenges it brings. I am overwhelmingly pleased with the photos and based on the feedback I've heard, so are my clients.

Be sure to check back in the weeks to come for the next issue of "A Taste of the Garden".