I knew when I came to Dunedin it would take a while to get my wedding and portrait business up and running, partly because in a small city like this you rely on word of mouth to get things going. So part of my plan was to be open to lots of different photography opportunities - in order to get my name out and network with people - and like the Jim Carrey film pretty much say "Yes!" to whatever came along. This winter I've been doing a few different things and really enjoying it. One of these jobs was working with Bede Beaumont Catering who wanted some foody images for their new website. They catered for a wedding I photographed at the beginning of the year so thats where we met. Organising and photographing all this food was fantastic for me because when I grow up I want to be a food photographer and create a recipe book - wouldn't that be cool?!

We weren't working with any fancy studio lighting for these, and I wanted a more natural look to the shots anyhow...

A big philosophy behind Bede Beaumont Catering is sourcing really high quality fresh ingredients, so they wanted shots of them actually meeting their suppliers and picking out the tastiest morsels...

A few on site catering images...

I love my food, so working with a company that takes it very seriously is nice - and the end result is tasty (one of the perks!). The guys are happy to create unique menus for clients, so you can just say to them "oh I really like blue cheese, and steak, and plums..." and they'll come up with a bespoke menu for you! Also, the gourmet ice-cream company they work with - www.gourmeticecream.co.nz make the NICEST ic-cream, and they also do flavours on request - whatever flavour you come up with! Me and Steven went through their Brandysnap ice-cream in record time. Its the kind of thing you need to eat in complete silence. In your pygamas.