Upcoming workshops!
I have 3 upcoming workshops!
• 5/9 Tips and Tricks for DIY Food Photography @ Marblehead Arts Association
• 5/15 Visual Branding for your Business @ Katie Ring Photo w/ Marblehead Chamber
• 6/7 Hands on Product Photography for Beginners @ Katie Ring Photography - Register here
Sometimes clients and people in networking groups ask: how can I move from my retail food business to wholesale?
First, i’d make sure you understand the logistics. Do you have your packaging nailed down? Does it have the needed info? What’s the shelf life? Does your product have any specific needs for shipping like refrigeration?
Food communities have great resources for new producers. I’d suggest:: Foodboro (National online) & Branchfood (local to Boston).
I I’d also suggest doing some of the local specialty food shows. Buyers come to look for new products. There is a great show in March. Last year it was held in Wayland. Look at sbnmass.Org for more info.
If you have a specialty product that is gluten-free i’d recommend attending local gluten-free food expos (food buyers also shop these) https://wickedglutenfree.com/
Make sure you have a sales sheet and very clear section of your website showing product photos of the different flavors so it's visually very easy for them to order from you and know exactly what they're getting. That's where I come in. I shoot food & products and specialize in wholesale and e-commerce photography.
Here's a scheduling link if you'd like to have a consult about creating photos for your business: https://hello.dubsado.com/public/appointment-scheduler/606c6417c5c2135d5e93e183/schedule
Congratulations on your expansion!
Do not post dark and blurry food photos! My restaurant clients often ask me what they can do about people posing dark or unattractive photos with positive reviews. Small businesses love reviews but only if you make the product look good! If the food in your photos isn’t appetizing, your favorite restaurant will thank you for posting a review without a photo.
So, how do you take better restaurant photos? Take a photography class! Learn about your camera, or watch videos about how to take better iPhone photos. That’s step one. Step two, be it a phone or a camera, the device that you choose to take photos with the second half of the recipe for great photos and 50% of your success. You need LIGHT. Good light. Light that is the right color, temperature, and coming from the right direction. I think many people don’t realize how important the right lighting is and think it’s all about the kind of camera. If you want to photograph food and smaller products on the go, do yourself a favor and grab this light. Ladies, it will fit in a purse.
A small LED light panel like this acts like a small softbox. You can not only change the brightness of the light but also the color temperature adjusts. Have you ever noticed the the light from an indoor lamp can look yellow/amber and the light from outside can have the same blue color of a sunny sky? When you’re photographing something like food it is very helpful to be able to match the color of the light to the space you’re in. With the color temperature adjustment this light can be used in a dark restaurant as well as outside on a sunny day! In a restaurant I tend to turn it to it’s lowest power setting and start there so I don’t ruin the ambiance! I then match the color of this to the indoor light. I position it coming from the left or right of the food. I do not recommend using this as shown mounted to the camera. Front lighting will make the food look flat. Lighting from the side will likely look nicer and give it more dimension — but move the light around the sides and from above to decide what lighting angle you like best. The battery is quite thick, so the “thinness” photo sown above is a bit deceiving. However, the battery works well for me to use like a handle so I can hold this with one hand and my iPhone in the other.
So now I imagine you’re asking, do I always have to carry this around? What if I want to take a spontaneous food photo? Don’t worry, I have a solution for this situation, too. While the above light will be 100% better, you can get a similar effect by borrowing an iPhone from whomever you’re out to dinner with. Open up a website and zoom into an all white section. Adjust the screen’s brightness as needed and BOOM. You now have a small portable light that will drastically improve the photo quality from what you’d get with just the dim restaurant lighting.
Lastly, but most importantly, be respectful when photographing. A well-lit photo and 5 star review is very valuable to a restaurant. However, grab your photo and light quickly, and then put it away. You should bring this out sparingly so as to not ruin the ambiance for other restaurant patrons. If you’re a blogger you may even ask the hostess to be seated near a window or in a brighter area of the restaurant where you’ll be starting with better lighting.
*Please note that this is acutal equipment that I purchased and use. I’ve had this light since 2020. I just recently accepted financial compensation for this product link from my blog after using the equipment for several years.
Congratulations to my client for her recent feature on the local news! In a past shoot, I had the pleasure of working with Isabel to take photos for her children’s clothing business, Hedgehog Belly which had its own segment in Made in Mass.
As a fellow mom, it was inspiring to hear about her story of balancing raising her son while also creating a business from scratch.
I’m an avid cheerleader for other moms and am always a big time supporter of fellow women in business.
Another fun fact, growing up, Isabel always knew she wanted to run a business one day. So when she became an adult, she made it happen!
Fun Fact: This business was created by accident! Isabel started off only creating clothing for her own son until moms from school began to take interest in buying her designs, which inspired her to start the business.
It was lots of fun to collaborate with Isabel in styling and matching these adorable outfits during the creative process!
I’ve loved learning about Hedgehog Belly and watching Isabel’s business grow and I am thrilled that I was able to be a part of the process.
Janet is a retired nurse from Cape Ann who turned her passion for baking into a small business that her community loves. She bakes with real, whole ingredients and sells her goods at local farmer’s markets. She asked me to photograph her baked goods to add to her new website, https://www.janets-cookies.com (Site still under construction)
There is no better pairing than sweet baked goods and milk. It doesn’t get better than this!
This picture was a photo geek moment for me! Can you spot the reflection of the bread in the knife below it? Fellow photographers know the joy of cool reflections.
For this shoot, I wanted to incorporate different types of props for the background of the photos to add a unique and interesting touch. I wanted to compliment each baked good by choosing a prop that represented either the ingredients and tools used in making it, or the dish and utensils used in serving it. I am very proud of my collection of props that have come from years of collecting distinct pieces from different estate sales, vintage markets, and the Brimfield flea market.
Blueberry muffins are a classic. Just like the famous “Jordan Marsh” recipe used to make them. If you know it, you love it. And if you haven’t tried it yet, you are in for a real treat.
The day after I posted this photo to.my instagram, the New York Times posted a story about the Jordan Marsh recipe. I’d like to think that they saw my post!
With summer almost here, this large spread of goods reminded me of warm, weekend gatherings. I am looking forward to dinner parties with lots of delicious food in the next few months.
Several years ago, I did a few projects that brought me to discover a love for farm photography. There is nothing better than reconnecting with nature in an open field all while doing a job I love.
The first project I did were these photos for Stonewall Kitchen. Breathing in the crisp, morning air at dawn while walking through the dew beads that collected on the blades of grass was a refreshing experience. Watching and photographing the sun slowly rising above the horizon of the fields was such a peaceful moment.
As a child, I was never around animals very often, so being able to see these farm animals in their habitat was new and exciting for me. I loved being able to see all of the chickens’ funny personalities and capture all the amusing things they did through photography. Being a photographer is often like having a backstage pass and I love that!
My experience working with these two projects was delightful and I am eager to find similar jobs in the future.
The second project that I did was The Carrot Project. For these photos, I went to the Plough in the Stars farm in Ipswich, MA.
Just like anyone, I love a fresh, colorful salad, especially from my favorite restaurants. Few people truly appreciate the hard work it takes to get these foods from the ground and onto the table. I was fascinated to see and document the process of farmers cultivating and harvesting the vegetables that I eat every single day.
Maria Sansone’s cookbook, Oh $#!% What's for Dinner is now available! This project has been a long time coming as I first started discussing it with her in 2020. I’m so grateful that I had this exciting project to carry me through the toughest times of the pandemic. My first photoshoot was masked at Maria’s home as she tested recipes. We had lots of talks about her aesthetic and what the look/feel of the cookbook would be as we built mood boards and searched for props. It evolved into a body of work that I’m so excited to share.
When Maria and I were discussing the art direction & props for her cookbook we decided to add some "fun and games" to show the family friendly element of this book. Here are some of my favorite recipe photos we created that include a little bit of the joyful chaos of family meals.
Maria and I wanted to capture these meals as they would normally look in the homes of the people who cook them. We all can’t have a neat, spotless house at all times. Sometimes, the table is going to be covered with other items that need to be pushed to the side for dinner time. These set ups for the photos perfectly capture the chaos of everyday life.
I enjoyed this project so much! If you know anyone who has always dreamed of creating a cookbook let’s contact for a brainstorming call! For this project Maria had the support of her publisher, Familius. I can chat with potential clients about self-publishing options.
We all know a child in our lives who insists on bringing their favorite toys with them to the dinner table. These dinosaurs and fun table place mat and pizza are a child’s ideal dinner scenario.
Special meals can carry special memories with us. The “Bingo Burger” is a sentimental recipe to Maria because it comes from a heart warming story from her childhood.
I was lucky enough to get to hear Maria tell the stories behind her recipes on the photoshoot and this one made me want to take a trip with her!
This pistachio-crushed Salmon might be my my favorite from the book!
This was a real moment between mom and daughter cooking that I grabbed and it’s another favorite of mine from the project.
Life is meant to be messy. Just like this Sloppy Joe recipe from the cookbook.
This was one of the first photos we took from a smaller test-shoot with our stylist and helped set the tone for the style of images for the project.
Who doesn’t love Chinese food takeout once in a while to make things easier? I love how Maria included a make-at-home version of the take-out favorite,
I was interviewed by Wicked Local. Read it on their website here: https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/regional/2022/06/22/katie-ring-salem-explains-art-taking-pictures-food-food-photography-ice-cream-fried-chicken/7580291001/
Article by Chris Stevens & Photography by Paula Muller for wickedlocal.com
Katie Ring in her studio by Paula Muller
To all the kids out there who have been told, maybe repeatedly, not to play with their food, Katie Ring says to take it with a grain of salt because for her it turned into a career.
“I like what I do,” she said. “I get to play with food all day, just what they tell you not to do when you’re a kid.”
As a teen, she knew she wanted to be a photographer so headed to Syracuse where such students had two options: journalism or commercial photography.
“I’m one of those strange people who actually did what they went to college for,” she said from her light-filled, airy studio in Salem.
But while most of her peers were gravitating toward fashion or portraits, Ring knew she wanted something different. After graduation, she headed to Boston and sought out food photographers to assist. Jim Scherer, an award-winning shooter who has worked with the likes of Julia Child, proved to be a valuable teacher.
After getting her masters in fine arts, “because why not,” Ring went to work as the in-house photographer for Stonewall Kitchen, a specialty food company based in Maine. After Stonewall, Ring said she worked as an in-house photographer for Staples, the office-retail giant, and did a brief stint at Wayfair before striking out on her own.
She said her time at Stonewall and Staples helped her build confidence that carried her from being able to work a large shoot to knowing she could run one.
“The Stonewall experience was good because I did some editorial work as well,” she said.
That taught her to keep space in mind when shooting a project. A client might need room for print copy or a photograph might need to fit a particular shape, she said.
“It’s a strange sort of artist … I like that technical piece,” she said.
Product shots can be interesting and setting up a whole room is a challenge, but it’s easy to get lost in shots when you can manipulate the product all day long, Ring said. But food has a shelf life. Well, most of it does.
Ring pointed to a pile of cookies on a pedestal plate, covered with a glass dome sitting on a nearby counter.
“They’ve been there for months,” she said. “I use them as a prop, don’t eat them.
“Certain foods are easier to deal with,” she continued. “Baked foods will sit on a set all day and they don’t wilt.” But cheese congeals, soups can turn gloppy, sauces break, and meat is a whole other ballgame.
“Certain foods have a short amount of time where they look good,” Ring said. “It does become a challenge.”
There is also the expense to consider.
One ad Ring shot shows a squeeze bottle of syrup poised above a plate of fried chicken and waffles. Once that dish is covered in syrup, the shot is done, you can’t uncover it, she said. Ring said sometimes cooking up another dish is crucial if the shot simply wasn’t there, but often it becomes a question of “do you really want to remake the dish for one little change.”
“I like that we can’t obsess over food. We need to shoot it and move on,” she said.
Before you take that shot
Ring likened shooting food to shooting a celebrity. She uses a stand-in for the time-consuming part of staging the scene and setting the lighting then she brings in the star for the few minutes of actual camera time.
And setting up that star sometimes takes a professional. Ring said she learned a fair amount about food styling while working at Stonewall Kitchens, but depending on the client and the number of shots she’s dealing with, often she brings in a professional.
“A stylist knows how to make small movements,” she said. “They know how to go in with tweezers to fix a garnish.”
But she can also wield a mean pair of tweezers and likens some sets to “building a food sculpture.”
Ring said if she’s shooting a burger, she will have the chef bring her a tray of ingredients so she can build it the way she needs it to look for the photo.
“Then I’ll go in with a baby dropper and add ketchup, make it drip in just the right spot,” she said.
Likewise, if it’s a salad, she can put the tomato exactly where it should be and add dressing where she needs it.
“If you toss a salad with dressing that will look great when you serve it to a customer, but not in a photo,” she said.
A good rule to remember
Another important thing she learned about food styling and something she drives home with every new assistant is to never eat anything from a set.
You never know what item might have been sprayed with glycerin or something else to make it look good or how long it’s sat out, or who’s handled it, she said. She described a Thanksgiving shoot where a turkey was browned just enough so that the skin was crispy then it was painted with gravy master, a liquid that aims to enhance flavors and coloring.
“It looked delicious in the photos, but it was so gross,” she said. “It was still raw inside.”
It's all about the ice cream
Ring did admit to taking food home from a shoot once. She called it one of her favorite jobs, where in her early days, she assisted Scherer on an ice cream shoot for Hood.
Because ice cream practically melts on-demand, multiple gallons were brought for the shoot, and because they weren’t labeled, the unused ice cream couldn’t be sold or even given away to a local food bank.
“I took home 10 gallons of ice cream to three roommates,” she said, laughing. “We were poor post-college students eating ice cream for weeks.”
Ring said she’s been happy working on her own and her career has become a nice mix of food and product shoots and the flexibility has been great for her family. And when it comes right down to it, “people pay me to play with food … if you can take that rebellious attitude and find a job – it’s great.”
Katie Ring and Assistant Andi Garbarino, Behind the scenes, by Paul Muller
The final photograph. By Katie Ring.
We just finished a three day shoot with Maria Sansone for her cookbook “Oh $#*%!! What’s for Dinner?”We took several photos of the recipes and here are three of them. The first one is the ramen recipe and there’s nothing more comforting than a bowl of ramen noodles but Maria’s recipe takes it to a whole new level. Here is an image of the ramen from the cookbook photoshoot. Another photo we took was of the sausage and pepper dish. It is a perfect dish for a warm summer night. By this time next year, the cookbook will be officially out just in time for you to make it for a cookout. The last photo is of the Bingo Burger which was named after a special memory from Maria’s childhood which she reveals the story of inside her cookbook.
two bowls of ramen noodles with chicken, mushrooms and wok choy, each with a pair of chopsticks next to them. There is a bowl of sriracha, a notepad and pen, two beers and a bowl of mushrooms and a bowl of pickles.
A plate of a sausages topped with an array of colorful vegetables including red, yellow orange and green peppers, and red and yellow onions. Surrounding the plate is a pair of tongs on top of a napkin, a yellow and red raw pepper, a glass of beer, and a bowl of bread.
This juicy burger with tomato, onion, cheese and lettuce is on top of a cutting board and next to it are two bingo boards with bingo chips on top and scattered about around them.
Quarantine hobbies. What’s yours? Last summer I was playing mixologist. It was fun, and, the amount of alcohol consumed seemed like it wasn’t a good long-term plan. So, I started to think about how I could make non-alcoholic or low alcohol versions of some of the cocktails I’ve been enjoying.
If you’ve been following quarantine food trends you know that alcohol sales have been way up. Interestingly, non-alcoholic spirts are an emerging food trend that has been exploding into the market. Suddenly there are many different companies and flavors. Gone are the days when a mocktail is just a glass of juice. Thank goodness!
As more of us get vaccinated and we emerge form lockdown, I urge you to be inclusive with your food & beverage. Having a non-alcoholic cocktail available as part of your BBQ food & drink table spread might just make someone’s day. They might be trying to cut back, or pregnant and not ready to share the news, or even trying to conceive. It puts people at ease when there is an option for them without having to ask for a special accommodation.
Low-alcohol Limoncello Margarita
2 ounces ritual tequila (or regular)
2 ounces limoncello
2 ounces fresh lemon juice
2 ounces fresh lime juice
2 oz simple syrup
Alcohol free Margarita aka Fauxgarita
2 ounces Ritual Tequila Alternative
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce fresh lime juice
.5 oz simple syrup
If you’re more or sweet than salty person you can rim the glass with sugar.
To add spice, rim the glass with spicy salt. How? Take a lime wedge and run it around the edge of the glass. On a plate add equal parts hippy pilgrim jalapeño garlic salt and table salt. Press the time of the glass into the salt on the plate.
If you like it EXTRA spicy, infuse your ritual with jalapeño. Place one sliced jalapeño in a small jar. (Pro tip, wear gloves to cut the pepper so they spice isn’t on your skin) Pour ritual over the top of the pepper to fill the jar. (6-10oz). The tequila will take on the spicy flavor for an extra kick. You can also infuse regular tequila.
if you want even more complex flavor, you can also infuse your simple syrup. To do this, boil 1 cup of water. Add one lapsang tea bag to the boiled water.. (This will give a smoky flavor) Now add one cup of sugar and stir until you no longer see any granulated sugar. Now you have a smoky sugar syrup to give your margarita complexity.
Use this template to start your visual branding guide.
Chicken and waffles has never looked so good! Check out Beverly’s newest food truck turned restaurant, Butter UR Biscuit.
Pie. It’s what’s for breakfast. And maybe dinner, too. Why? Because remote learning makes me want to eat my feelings. I mean, it does have fruit!
This is a lighting test and opportunity for me to do more of my own prop and food styling. So, how about a natural light food tutorial?
Let me explain the best way I know how, with photos. To start, I suggest you set up the surface and background of your choice next to a window. Have your food and props ready to go. Take a test shot to check your lighting and then arrange the site to get a. I’ve composition. For this look, you’ll want to choose a window that is getting indirect sunlight, or place your surface just next to where the bright spot of sunlight is hitting. You want a well lit area but not the harsh lighting of a direct beam of sunlight.
The Lighter carrot shot shows what the iPhone would do based on it’s automatic settings. The darker shot of the carrot is an edit I suggest you make while taking the image instead of with the filter. How do you do that, you ask? Do you see the black image of an iPhone screen with the yellow box in the center? By clicking on your subject and holding until that AF lock box pops up you’ll be able to then manually adjust the exposure. See that little sunshine symbol? Drag it up for a brighter exposure and down for a darker exposure. The closer you get your original image to the look and feel you want the easier it will be to make some edits in Instagram or another editing software of your choice to make it perfect. Don’t settle for a shot that you know is starting off too late or too dark and try and fix it with editing. You’ll get a much less grainy and clearer image if you get the exposure close to begin with.
Want to learn more tips? Here’s a link to sign up for details on my #smallbusiness DIY photo branding guide. Those who sign up early to be on the mailing list will get a special discount code.
Looks yummy, right? It is! Want the recipe? This pie is made with love and hand-picked apples from @russellorchards. I used a #glutenfree crust from @mainepieco. You can use your favorite apple pie recipe for the filling and just swap the regular flour for @kingarthurbaking gluten free measure for measure flour to make it #GF. (This is especially good if you want to make a treat for someone with celiac as the cross contamination risk is much lower using a premade crust in a throwaway pie tin.) The topping is 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil from @wholefoods, 1 cup @bobsredmill Gluten-free oats, and 2 tablespoons @sugarintheraw. While I’m doing shout outs, the tea in the background is @harneyteas pumpkin spice because I’m #sobasic. I love their pumpkin spice tea because it’s caffeine free and therefore I can drink it 24/7.
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Hi. I’m Katie Ring. I’m a commercial photographer and gender equity activist. Today, I’m front page news, read the article HERE.
I didn’t fully realize the challenges facing working women until I had my own children. Now more than ever, with the pandemic and lack of school/childcare, this issue is disproportionally affecting women.
While it is exciting to have been featured in the globe today, I want to use this moment to ask everyone to support a female small business owner. I promise for every shoot I book in the next month I will purchase a gift from a female entrepreneur and give it to another woman whose business/career has been affected by the pandemic. I am shooting take-out for restaurants from my van, and more complex product/food shoots in my studio with clients attending via video conferencing. I am working remotely, when I can, with social distancing measures in place.
I am also going to start weekly zoom calls on Mondays at 8PM to talk more about Gender Equity. Three years ago I started a group to advocate for paid family leave. I found that I’m great a building community and need support from others to successfully advocate for change. After talking to reporter Stephanie Ebbert about this for the article, I was reminded of my passion and need to move the needle on gender Equity. I believe that the way to start moving forward is to create a community to talk about it. Join me Monday nights at 8PM on zoom for community building and conversation about how women can support each other. Feminists of all genders encouraged to join. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2184448589
For more information about these conversations please join my Gender Equity Facebook group.
Featured client work: Van photos is for the client Nzuko Restaurant, and the photograph with my kids is for client Grateful Burger.
With many people trying to avoid in-person food shopping; grocery store delivery times are hard to come by. Where else can you get local food? Farms, Local Producers & Restaurants to name a few. I’ve been sharing these on my Facebook page but decided to compile the list here so it’s easier to share!
HOME DELIVERY in Massachusetts
Walden Local is my favorite for quality Meat, Eggs & Seafood
Dairy: The Cookie Monstah (northshore), Dole and Bailey, Puleo's Dairy Walden Local Meat
Local Farms List: www.massfarmersmarkets.org (many more offer curbside, see below)
Grocery: Baldor Food, Eatly, Ledger Basket (Salem, MA area), J.W. Lopes, Maria’s Gourmet (marblehead), New England Country Mart
Meat: Dole and Bailey, Eatly, Kinnealey, Walden Local Meat
Prepared Foods: Eatly, Grateful Burger
Produce:
Spices & Pantry: Eatly, Atlantic Spice
Seafood: Dole and Bailey, Eatly, Wulfs Fish
CURBSIDE PICKUP (Some offer Local delivery only)
Find additional regional delivery options with Mercato
Arcadia Farm (Holliston, MA)
Costa Fruit and Produce Farmers Market (Boston, MA)
Katsiroubas Produce They have greater Boston pick-up locations. I really loved this one!
Ledger Basket (Salem, MA area)
Medway Community Farm (Medway, MA)
Maria’s Gourmet (Marblehead, MA)
Outpost Farm (Holliston, MA)
http://www.patriotlobster.com/ (Salem, MA)
Russos (Watertown, MA)
Thatcher Farm (Milton, MA - Regional delivery)
Wards Berry Farm (Sharon, MA)
Wilson Farm (Lexington, MA - Regional delivery with Mercado)
Non-local Food Delivery :
Imperfect Foods (Fresh & Pantry) *My top recommendation for veggies! Less spoilage than others.
Loop Store (pantry) (zero waste reusable containers)
Thrive Market (Pantry)(delays for new customers)
Misfits Market 25% off code: COOKWME-AL0FWO (waitlist)
Scully Sea Products (lobsters & oysters from Maine)
Lastly, is the food safe? What if someone coughs on my food? Experts say it’s a low risk. Being around other people carries a much higher risk: https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/the-goods/2020/4/10/21216586/coronavirus-food-safety-takeout-grocery-stores
Check it out, I’m an official bad ass chick! I’d like to think I’ve been one for a while, but it’s pretty cool to officially be called one on the radio. Thank you Loren Raye! Listen to the audio clip below.
What makes me an official bad ass, you ask? My efforts to help restaurants at www.eat.photos. I’m offering Boston area restaurants a free photo shoot from my new mobile studio to help them switch from dining room to take-out service. This is currently a one woman show. I could use data entry help updating the list of open restaurants. If you want to help with data entry or know a restaurant that needs help with photography, give me a shout! hello@katiering.com
Shout out to the other bad ass chicks! (Read about them in on AMP’s website)
Courtney Doyle Clandestine Kitchen, Kris Pavao & Kathleen Brown Just Hair , Christine Platt @afrominimalist , Stephanie Keohan & Cindy Solomon @amomsvillage, Kelly Brabants @bootybybrabants, Stacey Peasley The Stacey Peaseley Band , Kathleen Tullie & Cheri Levits of BOKS, Jen Phelan of @jppilates1 , Kim Aliprantis Kim Aliprantis, Cady Hickman @misscadymusic, Laura Cohen Campus Bound, Julie Penta, Liz Mansfield & Nicole Catalano Artisan Child Care Center, Michelle DelOrfano dance classes.
“A picture says a thousand words and in these heady days of e-commerce, a great photo can lead to a thousand clicks. Or so you hope! Which is why your basic iPhone camera skills won’t cut it when it comes to showing off your product.
Enter food and product photographer Katie Ring. Katie specializes in collaborating with businesses to provide visual content that meets their branding and advertising goals. She has experience shooting for a wide range of end uses including: menus, signage, catalog, mailers, e-commerce, social media, web, advertising media (including large scale vehicle wraps and billboards) as well as product packaging. Her claim to fame is having shot a pen for Staples that was featured on the billboard in the center of Times Square.
We got to chat with Katie, who’s based in Boston, about what makes a great product photo and so much more.” Read the rest of the interview here: https://www.foodboro.com/ask-an-expert-katie-ring-of-katie-ring-photography/
Another great assignment for Northshore Magazine! This shoot was at Feng Shui in Burlington for the March issue. And yes, that’s REAL steam. Food is alive; unlike product photography, it will not hang on set all day. However, if you’re lucky — and quick — you capture the brief moment where it reveals it’s personality to you.
Pick-up a copy or check out the digital edition to see the full article: https://www.nshoremag.com/digital-editions/
You can take the girl out of Maine, but as it turns out, she’ll find her people! I did just that meeting Jack and Max Barber, the guys behind Mainely Birger. The rest of you Bostonians are all lucky to have Mainely Burger in Cambridge and Allston. If you haven’t tried them yet, you must pay a visit!
We shot several burgers, a salad, and sides. Yet, strangely enough, my favorite was unexpectedly the Brussels sprouts. I do love a good burger, but wow, the Brussels are really unique, crispy, and had me licking my fingers and hoarding them off to the side as I moved on to the other shots.
I did this shoot a month or so back, but got behind on my blogging over the holidays. Now with this post I’m craving a burger with healthy green side! See you soon guys!
I’m so excited to share my photographs of The Carriage House Restaurant in Rye, NH that are in the December issue of Northshore Magazine.
If you’re in the Boston area you can grab a copy of the magazine on newsstands. Otherwise you can check out the digital edition on their website (my photos start on page 16).
Below are a few more images from my shoot that day. Big thanks to owners RJ Joyce & James Woodhouse as well as chef Brett Cavanna for making it such a treat to visit!
I visited for our shoot on the last beautiful warm day of 2018. I took a walk on the beach in early November? How lucky was that?
