Cuisine Culture

My first semester photographing for Kent State's dining services marketing department has come to a successful end. My images will be used on social media, in freshmen welcome dining pamphlets and probably in some pretty dining hall pictures. Important lessons include checking the chef for gloves before lifting the camera (even if they're just plating for a picture- it looks bad if gloves aren't involved), learning how to avoid less-than-attractive eating faces, and knowing that chefs are much more comfortable being photographed behind a grill than in front of a backdrop. As always, learning the niches of cooking culture and food photography is a work in progress.

A food prep demo in Eastway Cafe.

Malaysian Chef Sam Abraham.

Kent State chef Claudia Peck.

Customers wait in line for food from Kent State's dining truck, "Fork in the Road."

Homemade pasta is rolled in Prentice Hall.

Eastway Market

Rosie's Diner

People-less Pictures

One thing I'm excited to be getting practice with at the Dispatch is my lighting and technical skills. I've always enjoyed spending extra time setting up or composing a picture at an assignment every now and then, and I think I'll come away from this internship with a set of technically-sound pictures in addition to my usual "people" pictures. Next thing I hope to tackle this summer is portraiture.

 

The view of the Red, White and Boom fireworks show from south of the Main Street bridge, Thursday, July 3, 2014.

Yukon scallion potato hash with parmasean cheese, a regular menu item at Cravings Carryout Cafe on Third Avenue in Columbus.

The Cravings Club, a regular menu item at Cravings Carryout Cafe, with local roasted chicken, seasonal slaw, Amish cheddar, bacon and rosemary on a brioche roll.

A monarch butterfly rests on a flower in a butterfly tent outside of the Blendon Woods Metro Park nature center in Westerville.

A flight of Zaftig beer, from left, Hoot-spa Wheat, Too Cans IPA, Heavy Hearted Amber Ale, Wee-Heavy and Black Perle Stout.

 A growler of beer is filled at Zaftig Brewing Company in Worthington, Ohio.