Heather Baird

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1 year ago

Food Styling for the Food Blogger

Professional food stylists do crazy things to food.  Motor oil is used as pancake syrup. Wood stain is painted on poultry to give it a perfectly browned appearance. White glue is used to keep cereal perfectly suspended in its bowl. Do I need to go on? That makes me a little sad. Nothing in my bake-to-blog workflow includes the application of inedible or toxic materials, and creating an [...]

1 year ago

5 Simple Ways to Improve your Food Photography

When I first started my blog a year ago, I had no idea how many jobs came along with being a food blogger.  My preconceived notion was that I would create a successful dish, snap a few photos and post them to my blog, lickety-split.   I knew nothing about photo editing or food styling.  I only knew that I was passionate about confectionary and I wanted to share my love of [...]

1 year ago

Down the Rabbit Hole

This past summer I was asked to bake Alice inspired treats for a child’s birthday party.  I love all things Alice in Wonderland, and was immediately filled with ideas for curious cookies, cakes and candies.  With sketchbook in hand, I worked up a few designs and got started. I made sure to take a few photographs before the treats were whisked off to the party and into the hands of [...]

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