Life Is Similar A Bowl Of Mussels

On Saturday, I attended a photography workshop led yesteryear acclaimed New York Times' nutrient photographer, Andrew Scrivani. I thoroughly enjoyed the class, together with left enthused to exhibit off my novel skills. That was until I remembered my adjacent post service was a mussels recipe.

So what? Well, during the degree intro, Andrew did a slide exhibit to illustrate diverse keys concepts together with strategies, together with the bowl of mussels you lot encounter below was used to demonstrate how a simple, eye-catching prop, similar a vintage fork, could aid describe the viewer’s attending away from less-than-attractive shellfish.

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A brilliant ploy, together with 1 I would convey implemented, except that my silverware drawer contains precisely naught fancy shellfish forks. So, I decided instead to role the within of a mussel shell, equally an endeavor at just about nacreous misdirection. Did it work? You live on the judge. 

Anyway, I’d similar to extend a big thank you lot to Andrew together with the other attendees for a really enjoyable afternoon. Also to Contigo, a wonderful Castilian articulation hither inwards San Francisco, for beingness such neat hosts. 

Here's a handful of my favorite pictures from the workshop. I promise you lot enjoy!

I dearest this shot of Andrew showing my friend, Annelies, how to role a enshroud to adapt for the brilliant calorie-free reflecting off bald people’s heads. This is a technique that volition serve me really good going forward.

If I e'er specialized inwards 1 specific nutrient photography niche, it would live on meatballs. Why? I really similar meatballs.

Does your oculus larn to the world's most beautiful H2O ice cube, or to that horribly discolored radish? Was this a bold endeavor at textural juxtaposition,
or did I just forget to plough the radish over? I intend nosotros all know the response to that question.

This in all probability best encapsulates all the telephone commutation elements nosotros discussed during the workshop; details, calorie-free direction, props, movement, together with telling a story. My exclusively regret is non having a picayune drip of H2O coming off the tip of the root. Maybe if I convey fourth dimension later, I'll Photoshop 1 on. I'm certain Mr. Scrivani would convey no work amongst that.

This photograph provided my proudest minute of the workshop. It was 1 of the few shots I composed, equally I idea it'd live on interesting to role the lines of the garlic pare to play off the grain of the wood.

When the photograph was shown later, my blogger buddy, Irvin, from Eat the Love, said he liked the shot because of how the garlic pare lines played off the grain of the wood. I just smiled appreciatively, but within I was like, "Yes! Yes! In your face, other attendees that didn't larn similar comments!" Hey, at to the lowest degree I was outwardly classy.

This nearly sexy octopus skewer photograph is alright, but what I actually love, is how if you lot hold off closely enough, you lot tin encounter the entire universe inwards that drib of oil. I abide by that really relaxing.

If you lot desire to encounter to a greater extent than of Andrew's fine work, you lot tin banking concern tally out his blog, Making Dominicus Sauce, or his photography website, Andrewscrivani.com, too equally follow him on Twitter. If you lot convey a gamble to attend 1 of his workshops (like the 1 nosotros are doing together at this summer's IFBC inwards Portland), I highly recommend it!

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