I had the great pleasure of working with an up and coming entrepreneur in the food industry.  Virginia is an accomplished chef with a vision and drive to do what she loves to do and share it with her city.  I was invited to her mother's beautiful home to photograph some of her creations for use as advertising and promotions in Virginia where she lives.  This would be a fun and challenging evening and I was looking forward to it.

We had lots of room to set up my temporary studio in their lower level entertainment area. 

Quick look at the set up taken with my Fuji X20

For the overhead shots, I used a ladder to position myself high over the products.  This gives you a glimpse of my brand new Dynalite's and my trusty "go to" Elinchrom BXRi with a strip bank.  This was just my second job with the Dynalite's and I wasn't sure I would like going back to a "pack and cable" unit.  But, the power and recycle time is incredible!  PLUS my existing grids fit in their grid holder and that is huge.

Virginia had been prepping these dishes for several days.  They were beautiful AND delicious. (yes I was able to sample a few items)  I was able to use my 60mm macro lens for most of these including the portrait below.  This is one of my favorite lenses!

This is a fair representation of what we did.  Main courses and desserts were photographed like this.

Vistro has beautiful packaging designed for their carry out or catering services.

I love the texture on this dish.  I used a strong side light with tight grid and overall fill from soft box. 

Before we finished, we did a really beautiful portrait of Virginia standing in front of the appliances.  This is a little more difficult to pull off because of the stainless steel surfaces.  But, as you can see it worked out great!  As we say,..."it's a wrap!"