I’m about to head off on holidays for a couple of weeks, and as a treat for this week, I thought I’d share with you some of the totally amazing food images I’ve found on Pinterest.

Styling food for photographs is an intense and exacting craft in itself – requiring an eye for design, as well as the ability to work quickly to maintain the visual qualities of the food for the photographer. Lets face it – food deteriorates pretty quickly in the air, let alone under the hot lights of the photographer. Professional food stylists arm themselves with a barrage of tricks and tools to this end – you’ll find many brushes, tweezers, toothpicks, as well as  hairspray, shoe polish, glues and other tacky substances which may or may not render the food inedible at the end of the shoot.

So next time you’re flicking through your favourite foodie magazine, and you say “Oh wow, that looks delicious!”, it just might not be. {And please, I say this out of the goodness of my heart – most of us need to slow down after the Xmas-NY festivities anyhoo. ;D}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All images are via my ‘Food’ board on Pinterest. Enjoy.

Julie x