I recently saw a beautiful image by Judy Kim, a food photographer whose work I absolutely admire. It was a delicious yogurt bowl with raspberry compote and cara cara oranges on this gorgeous pink backdrop. I had a pink backdrop that was sitting in the corner of my studio space for a while. I was just too hesitant to attempt to use it. I mean it’s a pretty bold choice to shoot food on. However, after seeing that Judy’s image, I knew I wanted to finally break it out and get over myself!
It’s been interesting to look at back at some of my earlier photos on my Instagram page. Most of my shots were on white or grey backgrounds. After our six-week honeymoon, traveling around Portugal, Spain, Italy and France, I was so inspired by the bold and beautiful colors of the architecture everywhere we went. My vision for my shoots have changed so much as a result of that trip.
I love color, always have. It invokes a certain emotion, and I feel that food should do that too. I want every image to make someone feel something, even if it’s just a smile or a craving for whatever they are looking at. It’s been such a fun and amazing journey to keep evolving my work and challenging myself.
Shooting in hard, direct light was another one of those challenges that I’m loving exploring. For me, having a delicious bowl of cool yogurt, with fresh strawberry purée and peaches in the morning summer sun warrants that hard light with strong shadows. I just knew this was how I wanted to break out my pink backdrop!
This is one of those super simple recipes that doesn’t need any measurements and can be adapted any which way you want. It came together on a whim, after I puréed some leftover strawberries and was looking for ways to use it – and might I add that fresh strawberry is insanely good! I just love the contrast of the pink with the golden peaches! I hope you enjoy it as well!
1 single cup serving of dairy free Kite Hill Vanilla Greek Yogurt Fresh strawberry purée (just wash strawberries, cut off the top and blend in a blender) Fresh peaches, thinly sliced Hemp seeds
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