Food Photography Cary NC

Last week I had the absolute pleasure of photographing at one of my all-time favorite restaurants - Herons at The Umstead Hotel and Spa. My wife and I often eat there and I was thrilled to be asked to photograph this season's menu. We were working with Executive Chef Steven Devereaux Greene and the newly recruited Pastry Chef Jonathan Fisher. I'd worked with Steven before at An restaurant and I'd worked with Jonathan at the recently closed (Booo!) One Restaurant, so I knew the food was going to be exceptional. It did not disappoint! Steven and his team produced some visually stunning food and its no wonder that he was recently in the semi-finals of the James Beard award. Here are a few of the plates we photographed.

Quail - japanese binchotan grilled, cornbread, fig puree, vanilla, rosemary

Scallop - tapioca, basil lace, pork belly, sea grapes, butterfly pea-ham broth

Beet - salt roasted, elderflower, frozen yogurt, pistachio, lemon sorrel

Cherry - morello, sakura tea granite, ginger ice cream, crystalized rose petals

Strawberry - strawberry-basil cremeaux, alpines, garden herbs, strawberry sorbet

Tira-mushroom - coffee, mascarpone, lady fingers, branches, flourless chocolate cake

Product Photography Raleigh

Had fun in the studio Monday photographing some watches, here are a couple of examples of what we got.

Product Photography Cary NC

Last week we had the opportunity of doing some on-location product photography. This was for a company called Perfect Wares who sell high end kitchen equipment. This was a fun shoot and one of my previous clients let us use her kitchen. We brought in a couple of models, lights, cameras and spent the morning shooting. Here are a few of the finished shots:

Food Photography Durham NC

This week we had a great time visiting and photographing the new dining facility at Duke's East campus. Its a fantastic facility and the renovations they have made will provide students with an array of food.

From Scallops to fillet Mignon, rotisserie chicken and wood fired pizza, an extensive salad bar and there's even an Asian station serving up dumplings and buns. Executive Chef, Jody Mcleod and the team have some really exciting and mouth watering offerings for the lucky students.

Below is just a quick sample of the food that we photographed, but if your astudent at Dule, them your in for a real treat.

Food Photography Cary NC

Last week we spent an afternoon over at Rey's restaurant in Cary NC photographing the food for the restaurant's new website. Rey's Restaurant was founded in 2004 and is a steakhouse with a New Orleans, French-Quarter twist. Head chef and owner A. Rey Arias and his staff do an excellent job with dishes ranging from pan seared scallops to Bone-in Rib-eye. And if the mood takes you they do a terrific chicken and sausage gumbo. We had the pleasure of sampling all of the food, as well as photographing it, and it was excellent, I'll certainly be going back there.

Here are some of the photos we took......

Pan-Seared Scallops

Fried Oysters

Beef Carpaccio

Seared Ahi Tuna

Grilled Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Bone-in Rib-Eye

Corn-fed Filet

Crene Brulee

Chocolate Rasberry Truffle Cake

Bananas Foster