About a year and a half ago, I was approached by food writer and artist
Jan Roberts Dominguez about a project she wanted to do. A cookbook about Hazelnuts and she wanted to know if I would be interested in doing some photos for it.
I had worked with Jan many times before when I worked at the Gazette-Times and I would shoot photos for her food stories.
I was excited and scared to do it, but working with Jan I knew she would make it easier. We shot photos over 5 days this summer and I am very excited about it.
The shoots were a blast. I had Ryan Gardner from
Visual People assist me, Jan is a great food stylist and Artist. She made my job simple. We would shoot the food and then eat the leftovers it was great.
Joanne McLennan took all the words, photographs and artwork and turned them in to a beautiful book. It is amazing what great graphic designers can do.
My mom was even part of the book. She has known Jan for years working with her when mom was at the Oregonian. My mom proofread and checked all the recipes.
The book is scheduled to be out before Thanksgiving so if you need a Christmas gift pick it up. If you want I can probably get Jan to sign it for you.
