Experimental Food Night

As you know, I am not a writer. I am a photographer who started as a photo assistant after college. While assisting in Chicago I learned a few things... more so, I learned what I did not want to to. I started at a large catalog house laying floor (they actually named a floor after me which meant TIME TO LEAVE!!!) So, I learned I did not want to work at a catalog house. Then I went on to assist several food photographers back in the day of 8x10 film and Polaroid and waiting all day for the food stylist to put a pickle on a hot dog, sending the 'test' sheet of film to the lab, getting it back sometime around 6 PM, then the hero hot dog would come out sometime around 11 PM then a 1/30 of a second later it would be almost over. I learned then that I did not want to be a food photographer.
But times have changed. I love food and I love photography and digital has changed the game so why not? Lesson here is never limit yourself and ALWAYS watch and learn... I am so thankful to those food photographers for the opportunity to assist and you never know I might end up at the catalog house!!!???

These shots above are some test food we cooked at our house. Working on getting the crust just right in our home oven. Hint - Italian flour and starting the cooking process on the grill! Octopus... not too much to say there. My friend Gar did most of the work so my hint would be have good friends!