My photography class last month supposedly prepared me to do a bit of food photography. As you can see, though, I had so many different lighting situations that I felt like I was starting from scratch every time I took a manual picture of food.
I tried to photograph our plates every time we went out, but most of our meals were actually at Pepperdine House, where we had pretty normal breakfasts and lunches. Taking pictures of oatmeal and salad just didn’t inspire me. The first half the trip pictures are stuck on Derek’s computer at the moment, so here are some of the highlights from the last few days.
couscous with chopped peppers and shrimp
chicken and a sortof au gratin potato mound–it sounded fancier in French
chocolate truffle cake on a vanilla bean mousse
My only Italian meal, fresh pesto spaghetti
ice cream over molten chocolate cake
nothing says Swiss like dried meat cured with anise (and artistic crudités)
the most spectacular salad that had cumin and paprika in the dressing, with goat cheese and olive tampenade toast
creamiest swiss chard ever
beef–the sauce on the meat and vegetables was so good that Derek tried to convince me it was horse meat
grapefruit mouse cake
You did great with the picture taking! The dishes look delish–especially the desserts!