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Wow, how is it the last day of 2013 already? I know I sound like an old lady when I say things like that, but really this year has flown by.
And what an amazing year it was.
It’s hard to narrow down my highlights of 2013, but I’ve tried for you (these are in no particular order):
1) Learning a TON about food photography from Andrew Scrivani at IFBC and getting my first “big girl” camera, a beautiful cherry red Nikon D3100, both of which have dramatically improved dramatically my picture taking.
About half the reason I wanted to go to IFBC this year was to get some additional (and much needed) photography tips. We were beyond lucky to have Andrew Scrivani spend about 5 hours of his very valuable time giving us a photography lesson.
Andrew is an extremely talented food photographer. He shoots regularly for the New York Times. You can also see his work in numerous cookbooks, magazines, and other papers. He even has a great blog, making SundaySauce.
His website has some incredible dessert photos that just make you want to stuff your face with a giant piece cake or get some melty ice cream right away.
Thanks Sugar Mama’s for Keeping Austin Sweet!
It seems like wherever I was or whoever I was talking to, I keep hearing all these great things about Austin, Texas. A fun city of delicious food, beautiful weather, great live music and cool bars. I had also heard in numerous places that it is Portland’s “sister city” with its own hipsters, weirdness and nationally-acclaimed restaurants.
Look familiar?
To see whether or not this was true, we planned ourselves a little trip down south to investigate. Being much more nerdy and preppy than hip, I’m not really one to compare the hipster bars but I do know my food!