Being a food blogger is a rewarding and at times frustrating business (especially for those of us that didn’t start out as food bloggers). A lot of work goes into setting up what can seem to be a simple shot – cooking, staging, lighting, adding props, keeping little hands out of the food before you…
Where Recipes Go To Die #PSF Give Me Your Best Shot
This is my life lately: Wake up. Wake kids up. Get kids to school. Update social media. Shower (if I’m lucky). Blog. Cook. Take pictures of food. Eat food. Run kids around in the car. Put kids to bed. Blog. Sleep. Start over. I do the necessaries, I cook food to feature on…
Top 20 Tips and How-To Posts from 2013
As I’ve taken a much-needed break from blogging and work for the holidays, I’ve been looking back at the last year of posts I’ve written on Better in Bulk. This year, I published 432 posts on my blog, the busiest month being November with 50 posts (followed closely by December with 47 posts). It’s…
Behind the Scenes at a Food Blogging Workshop #PSF
I LOVED teaching the hands-on food blogging workshop at Digital Family Summit (linked to “class notes”), even though preparing for it at the last minute certainly did add a little bit of stress to an already busy time of year. Although my food photography confidence is not as high as I might like it…
10 Easy Food Photography Tips
These 10 simple food photography tips work together to take any level of photographer, regardless of camera or experience, to the next level with their food photography! Try some or all of these tips when you’re taking pictures of your next recipe, but remember – The most important tip to keep in mind when…
Learn Food Photography at #DigiFam…With Me!
I’ve talked before about my lack of confidence in my food photography. I am a portrait photographer…shouldn’t inanimate objects be EASIER to photograph?? I have struggled with feeling good about my food photos and so I’ve been actively working on improving – I have been taking more pictures of food this year than anything…
Glazed Pumpkin Donuts #WW
I apologize for teasing you, but I’m not sharing a recipe in this post. Because as tasty as these baked glazed pumpkin donuts look, they just didn’t work out very well. I blame it on too much applesauce making the donuts too dense and moist, followed by a shortage of powdered sugar and an…
A Teaser – #PSF Give Me Your Best Shot
Here’s a sneak peek at a project that I’ve been working on recently. Let’s just say, I haven’t just been busy baking and eating goodies, but creating recipes! It has been so much fun. I was reminded again that I am NOT a food photographer. it is such a different animal, and for some reason…