BIG round of applause to Sarah at the end of her feature. Not only was she an utter delight that creates amazing food but I have to say it…she has the most awesome band of commenters we’ve seen round these parts. (If they could trail around every person giving support the world would be a MUCH better place.) Thanks to you all. Now let’s enjoy some gorgeous food photography by her good friend, Jenny B of Absolutely Photography!
I would like to share with you my friend, my sous chef, my photographer, Jenny B of Absolutely Photography. Jenny and I work as a seamless team while in the kitchen. It’s a perfect union, I focus on cooking food and she sees the food, so together we do some pretty great work. Please enjoy her visual efforts and check her out at http://www.
From Jenny
Before photography, I worked in the food industry for 18 years. I worked in a funky vegan restaurant in Laguna Beach, while cutting vegetables and fruits the natural detailed structure fascinated me. Being captivated by nature and its elements both simple and complex, I dreamt of being the one who earned a living photographing my favorite things.
Macro photography delights my soul. It sounds really corny but it is true, just ask Chef Sarah. With the help of depth of field and quality glass, the camera captures finite structural details of food.
I find this type of photography very satisfying.
A few years ago, while in Sarah’s kitchen, I started picking her brain for a better understanding of cooking things I had yet to learn. Poultry for example, is often over cooked and dry. Chef Sarah’s baked chicken was moist and tender. Just delicious! I learned correct temperatures to cook meat. I learned the beauty of mixing cumin and white pepper to spice chicken for tacos. Over time I began to read more on my own and learn from cooking shows. Cooking, really cooking became a fun creative outlet. With more confidence, I stepped closer to my roots, as my father had cooked in the army and owned a few restaurants growing up. Sometime in the middle of all this creativity, Sarah started her food blog and announced she was headed to culinary school. I squealed with excitement knowing she would be a great student. I hoped to benefit from her training but I had no idea it would be in the waste band too! I expressed interest in photographing her meals to achieve my goal of shooting food. She said, “Bring it!”
These days, I juggle the sous chef and photographer hats while working with Chef Sarah. I truly enjoy being Sarah’s sous chef because of her easy going teaching style. Collaborating with her is a total party, really, we geek and laugh and then EAT of course.
In the future, I hope to attain more food styling skills and shoot a few cookbooks too!
Beautiful photos!
Jenny is an amazing photographer and a talented cook in her own right, congrats on these great shots! Keep up the great work.
Such a talented girl, my JennyB! You continue to surprise and amaze me with your talents and skills. I love the colors and the textures you capture with your grouping and lighting and the way you angle the lens. It is magical. Life keeps getting better since you hooked up in the kitchen with Chef Sarah.
What a fabulous way to end a great series of articles! Jenny, your photography is awesome and Sarah, well your cooking always leaves me speechless (cause I can’t stop eating it). You can feel the love in everything you make.
xoxo
Jenny, you’ve got an amazing eye for this! The colors are vibrant and gorgeous, the details are intriguing and fresh, your photos inspire me to want to recreate what I’m seeing in my own kitchen.
Jenny, what I love about your photography is the simplicity with a bold,
Crisp view. Just beautiful
Gorgeous photography and the food looks amazing as well. I aspire to be half as good of a photographer! Just amazing.