Tag Archives: Food Photography

May 21 2013
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Michael Indresano Photography

Smoothie Power!

With the change in weather, we thought it was time to get fit and ready for the summer. We started off our beach diet shooting with the great a client to get some healthy and tasty images into their cafes. All of the smoothies were delicious and gave us the energy to power through and create great pictures all day long! See below for a few of the final ads;

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Food stylist, Maria del Mar Sacasa works her magic on set.

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Maria carefully tops off the hero smoothie.

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Mmmmm Peanut Butter Cookies! The Cookie Monster would be in heaven!

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Michael and Maria discuss the perfect placement of these tasty cookies.

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All artists need paint brushes; in this case the canvass is food!

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Jan 30 2013
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BJ’s Member Journal goes Digital

We were very excited to work on BJ’s first Digital Edition of their Member Journal.  Please check out some of our shots below, from fruits and veggies to smoothies to home and body.  Here’s wishing all of you a happy and healthy 2013!

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Beautiful cover featuring four different types of smoothies – including one made from kale!

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BJ’s is where to go for all of your fresh produce needs.

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Everything you need to keep that cold at bay this season.

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And check out some of the behind-the-scenes from this shoot:

Up close with the smoothies; these things are nutritional powerhouses.

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Food stylist, Karen Tully, and her assistant create beautiful smoothies for the front cover of the digital journal.

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Some of the many tools helpful in creating the perfect journal-worthy food shots.

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Jan 02 2013
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Michael Indresano Photography

Best of 2012 Behind the Scenes

Here are some more of our favorite behind-the-scenes photo opps from 2012.  We hope you enjoy, and we look forward to capturing even more fun moments on set in 2013.  Happy new year, everyone!

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Velcro shoot: the school children — ahem, crew — sit quietly at their desks as they wait to take directions from the teacher during Saturday detention.

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Long shoot days make for a sleepy Lulu!

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Our 2012 interns learned a lot (while having some fun!) in the studio this year.  Thanks Elise, Anthony, and Allie for all your help!

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The creatives from Hill Holliday don’t mind taking risks on set as they encourage our model to leap over them.

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Caleb shows up at work even against Doctor’s orders.

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Joel and Michael do a great job telling jokes to get our child actors smiling during a shoot.

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Lauren and Jen get crafty in the kitchen during a shoot – cake decorating takes some serious teamwork!

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Resident studio pooch, Sophia, takes her place on set as her dad (Michael) sets up.

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Food stylist and Instagram-enthusiast, Catrine Kelty, takes a moment on set to post a snapshot for her avid followers.

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Michael and Digital Tech, Jen, review images outside on a chilly day shooting on location, their iced coffees never far away.

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The special effects costume designer puts some final details on the alien hand for a Men in Black III promotion.

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Dec 14 2012
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Getting into the Holiday Spirit

These cheery Baskin-Robbins holiday ads, featuring Michael’s photography, put smiles on all of our faces with their debut this month.  We are filled with holiday spirit here at the studio and hope all of you are having a festive December, as well.  ’Tis the season!

How could you not smile seeing these cute faces light up your table this holiday?

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Consider giving the gift of ice cream this year!

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Michael’s photo of a Santa ice cream cake makes picking up a gift card simply irresistible.

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This cake is so cute, it will be gone before you can sing one line of “Frosty the Snow—!”

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Love featuring the Flavor of the Month.  Cool, minty chocolate chip ice cream must be Santa’s favorite!

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Nov 29 2012
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Rustic Comforts

Even though Thanksgiving has come and gone, we apparently still can’t get enough food in our bellies here at the studio.  We’ve been shooting a lot of food lately, so we had to share some more photos from a recent rustic food shoot with expert food stylist, Catrine Kelty.  We love collaborating with Catrine, and everyone was extremely happy with the results of the shoot.    Check out our updated food portfolio for more final shots.

Bon Appétit!

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A few of the final shots; scroll down for a look behind-the-scenes:

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A glimpse behind-the-scenes into what makes these shots so mouth-watering:

So many microgreens, so little time!  Catrine masterfully pulls together the perfect mix and arranges it beautifully in a rustic wooden bowl.

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Michael has a moment alone with a head of lettuce sitting on set–naturally, he lets no opportunity for a beautiful shot pass him by.  Here, he uses some back lighting to showcase every fiber in this beautiful head of “hero” lettuce.

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Catrine puts her finishing touches on the bowls of sweet potato soup as Michael sets up for the shot.

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Jen has fun on set with a candle when she is tasked with making magical swirling steam appear over a bowl of winter sausage & vegetable soup.

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Nov 20 2012
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Gobble Gobble

With this year’s Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner, we wanted to share a special treat that was brought to our studio by our wonderfully creative client, Baskin-Robbins.  We thought we’d pose the question: what do you get when you cross a seasonal bird and a cake made of ice cream?

Why, a Baskin-Robbins Thanksgiving Turkey Ice Cream Cake, of course!

Not your ordinary cake, you might be thinking, but this ice cream cake is sure to be the hit of many Thanksgiving dessert tables come this Thursday.  We had a rare opportunity to photograph this one-of-a-kind cake for Baskin-Robbins’ holiday promotion.  This bird’s looks caused us to get a little silly in the studio… and we weren’t the only ones who got a kick out of it.

Digital Tech, Jen, pretends to “bake” the turkey cake.  Thank goodness no one turned the oven on for this one, or else we would have had a melting bird on our hands!

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Jen, a.k.a. Martha Stewart, fixes pancakes from scratch for our clients while the shots are displayed on the big screen in our client area.

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Michael’s final shot of the Thanksgiving Turkey Cake.  Be careful you don’t mistake this one for the real thing come Thursday!

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And for the more sensible portion-seeker this holiday season, there’s always the single drumstick.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

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Nov 07 2012
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An Affair to Remember

Food as Art?  Or Art as Food?  It was hard to tell the difference during one of our recent shoots!

Last month we had the opportunity to work on a photo shoot with The Catered Affair for their 2013 marketing campaign.  We had way too much fun creating so many beautiful pieces of eye candy.    Their talented team of chefs and food stylists created food that almost looked too pretty to eat. (of course we didn’t let that stop us!)

Here are some of the final images, deliciously inspired and skillfully brought to life as seen through Michael’s eyes.

Sophisticated French apple tart.

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Passionfruit-pomegranate punch pops against the beautiful wood grain on our in-house surface.

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Now take a look at what went on behind the camera to get those artfully inspired food shots.

Chef Shane diligently puts the finishing touch on the lobster tail before it gets whisked away to the set.

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Pastry chef, Krista, skillfully preps the mango-blueberry tarts for the shot.

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Miniature pear, beet, goat cheese, and candied pecan salads being prepped in the kitchen.  Look at all that great natural light.

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From kitchen to set… the client was thrilled with the final shots.

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Beverage director, Markos, pours some bubbly as Michael captures the perfect moment on camera.

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Nothing like a champagne toast to celebrate another successful day of shooting!

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Oct 24 2012
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So Refreshing: Our Summer Promo Campaign

Like any good business knows, you need to keep things fresh — or run the risk of losing your audience’s attention.   Well, we like to keep our clients (and all you potential clients out there!) in the know about what we’ve been up to here at the studio via our blog, and you told us you were still thirsty for more.

So this summer we decided to lighten things up a bit, starting with what we had in our cups.  We centered our summer promo campaign around refreshing drinks that would quench your thirst for more beautiful photography.  Michael kicked off the campaign by producing a slew of thirst-quenching drink photographs, then we thought, “What good is a drink without a proper receptacle?”  So, to keep our clients well-hydrated, we ordered customized drink tumblers and then even more ideas started flowing.  So grab your tumbler, and take a few minutes to check out our photos below to see how the rest of the campaign played out… bottom’s up!

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Our bold, refreshing drinks made their debut in an email blast (below):

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After our email stirred up a buzz in the creative community, we decided to take the images offline and created a print mailer showcasing some of our favorites.  Creative with a Twist: that’s us!

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We wanted a little something special to tie the campaign together, so we thought drink tumblers would be the perfect fit for all of our thirsty clients.  Just as the mailers were being sent out, Michael was hard at work creating even more refreshing imagery to line the inside of the tumblers.  We think the finished products turned out beautifully.

Which is your beverage of choice: cucumber-watermelon spritzer, strawberry lemonade, iced coffee, or peach-thyme iced tea?

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Each of four different liners were individually inserted into the drink tumblers by hand.  Tedious work, but someone’s gotta do it!

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Below, enjoy some behind-the-scenes photos from our “Refreshing” summer campaign.  We had lots of fun shooting these drinks and bringing the campaign to life.

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Anthony delicately wraps each tumbler in tissue paper, getting them all ready to ship.

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Tumblers galore!

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Tumblers all boxed up and ready to go.

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Risk-taker Anthony takes matters into his own hands; while Lauren and Jen ship off the tumblers at the Post Office.

Haven’t received yours yet? Please let us know and we’ll drop one in the mail today!

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Aug 20 2012
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Michael Indresano Photography

Beautiful New Props!

We are proud to share with everyone the latest edition to the studio (besides Natalia of course): our new prop room!

We’ve been actively building out our props collection over the past year and a half, so this summer we thought it was about time to showcase all of our great finds.

Our clients now have easy access and visibility to our large array of props and dish ware.  If a client needs something last minute, there’s a good chance you can find it here.

Our prop room is full of in-house dishes, silver ware, fabric, napkins, and various other props.

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All the fabric and napkins are neatly organized and color coded, the OCD Photographer’s dream come true!

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We have a diverse variety of bowls, making it very easy to find the perfect one.

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A small glimpse into our glassware section.

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Need a plate?  We’ve got you covered.

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Pinky’s favorite section ;)

We also have a great selection of wood surfaces (not pictured here), including some new ones we picked up at Brimfield this year.  If you have any questions about what we have in stock, please give us a call and we’d be happy to send over some images of our extended collection.

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Jul 27 2012
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Pizza Pizza

We all decided to give up our summer diets for one day only when the smell of freshly baked  pizza permeated the studio last month.  There was no escaping the grip this cheesy goodness had on our senses – it smelled so good even the camera couldn’t get enough…

After a day of shooting and help from master food stylist, Catrine Kelty, we delivered the ad-worthy shot above.  The ad is featured in this month’s BJ’s journal.

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Catrine uses a heat gun to keep the cheese nice and melty until Michael gets the perfect shot.

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Doubling as a prop stylist, Catrine never fails to bring a wide array of props… this lady really knows what she’s doing.

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Close-up of the heat gun in action… must keep that cheese melted to remain picture perfect!

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Michael studies the layouts to make sure the lighting is perfect.

***CLIENTS!  New feature: All of the images Michael shoots on set can be viewed real-time on the oversized flat screen TV in our client sitting area.  Now you can sit back, relax, and oversee the shoot from the comforts of the massage chair!

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After a long day, it’s time to serve up some hot slices.

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