I took two photography courses this month and will review them at the end of the week. One class was more technical and the other provided creative prompts. Both, however, encouraged taking photos of home-baked sweets. I knew I needed to take cookie photos for Sarah’s Christmas Cookie album, so I decided to try a little food styling.
We give multiple cookie trays to neighbors and friends each year. Here’s a photo of one of the trays and the tags I made using Paptertrey Ink’s Everyday Treats set.
Just as I was setting up to take some photos, Matt showed up and got interested in the project. By the time we finished the kitchen looked like a tornado had hit it, but we had a great time. Here are a few of our photos.
Gingerbread Snowflakes
Lemon Drops
Magic Bars
Double Mint Chocolate Chip
Snowballs (Russian Tea Cakes)
Sugar Cookies (always decorated by Dad)
Thumbprints
White Chocolate Crunch
I hope you had time to relax for a day or two after the holidays. I’ve enjoyed being totally laid back with no where to go and nothing in particular to do for a few days.
We are taking time to be quiet and relax now after spending quite a bit of time on the road, driving to family through the snow. I’m glad you had a good Christmas and I am admiring your skill – those food shots are simply wonderful!
The photos are wonderful….so artfully posed….but all those cookies sound even more wonderful.I love the sound of the white chocolate crunch.
AAAAHHHH – your post drove me crazy. You MADE thee??? Those cookies look so delish and so stylishly photographed! I have a weakness for homemade cookies…lol.
Great styling of the cookies! I think I like the first one best, all wrapped up and ready to deliver.
Fabulous photos, Karen! I’ll look forward to hearing about your photography class. That’s something I want to do in the new year – learn how to use the features on my big-girl-camera.
Karen these biscuits are all looking delicious! We finally have some sun with heat in it today – taking us all by surprise! The pool pump is on, the cricket is on the radio and we are getting ready for the first dip of the day 🙂 I too am looking forward to your class review.
Looking forward to your class reviews. My favorite of these (fabulous) photos is the white chocolate crunch, but I also love the magic bars and snow balls.
Rinda
I can’t decide which I love the best, the food, the photo’s, or the dishes & bowls!
Simply beautiful Karen 🙂
Great photos Karen! And what a lovely group of dishes you have for display too! My Mom used to make the snowball cookies at Christmas time and I loved them, so that photo is really calling to me. Care to share your recipe?
Love these shots so much, Karen! You’ve inspired me to do this next year and turn our holiday baking into a mini album. I don’t think I’ve ever photographed our traditional cookies like this!
Mmmm, yummy photos of yummy goodies! You’ve made me feel hungry…. xx
Ooh everything looks so yummy Karen! 🙂
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