Having just completed two extremely successful food shoots together here on the Gold Coast, I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be working with food stylist, Pete May on a regular basis.

Pete is one of the best food stylist’s in the country and is without doubt, the most passionate foodie that I’ve ever shot with. His food knowledge is incredible, from the aesthetic through to the molecular and his background as a restauranteur / foodie is almost as extensive as his vast collection of props, textures and tabletops (which need to be housed in TWO sheds)!

Pete’s early work life involved styling for retail, which later influenced his food styling – developed further through studies in visual communication. Pete brings a very sharp eye for the less tangible aspects important to food photography such as colour palette, graphic shape and form and yes, even light. The textiles, propping and food management aspects of the craft that Pete brings to the set are something that I can’t overstate the value of as a food photographer, as this allows me to focus on perfecting the lighting and every other aspect of my job for the client.

Following on from very enjoyable back-to-back food shoots over the last two weeks, our food photography work together has already been noticed with some potentially very exciting news to follow soon from a Brisbane client!
In the meantime, keep watching this space and if you’d like to see more of Pete’s impressive food styling work, you can of course read later entries at this blog or view his folio at Pete’s site, here.

Pete working his magic in the studio last week (please excuse the iPhone photo)!