The purpose of my trip was to assist Denise Vivaldo with her Food Styling & Photography Portfolio Workshop. LA-based Denise has a wealth of experience and knowledge which she loves to share, and as an added bonus she is very, very funny.
I spent a couple of days before and after the workshop hanging out with her, Heather Gill and Jazreel Chan and we had a great time shopping and preparing for the class, eating local food, and sight-seeing. It pays not to be hungry when you play with photographers and food stylists; every meal we ordered had to be comprehensively examined, tweaked and then photographed before we could eat!
Day One of the workshop was centred around Denise's professional styling techniques; and Day Two, Heather imparted pearls of wisdom on digital photography while students completed individual projects for their portfolios.
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| First, get a lot of stuff together |
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| Denise discovers the chicken comes with unexpected "extras" |
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| They don't do heads and feet in America! |
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| Seriously Denise, the chicken's a goner - CPR won't help now! |
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| Poultry Equivalent of Hair & Makeup |
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| It's a time thing |
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| To Paint, or Not to Paint? |
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| Et Voila |
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| Dewi piping |
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| Perfect sprinkles |
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| Waiting for their close up |
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| Playing with Baby Bok Choy |
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| Prawns one way |
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| Same prawns, different way |
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| Feeling far from home |
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| Bonnie |
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| Vishakha |
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| Fiona |
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| Serena & Tiffany talk jelly |
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| Jasmine jamming |
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| Denise, Shaun, Fiona, Heather.. "root beer float" |
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| Jasmine & Pat in conference |
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| Double trouble - Jazreel & Heather |
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| Birthday Girls |
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| Rapt attention |
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| And we're all done! |
Great photos Harriet! Makes me nostalgic!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kirsty - you were with us in spirit x
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