Brooklyn Warehouse - Best Restaurant 2012

A while back I received a tweet from George Christakos, co-owner of Brooklyn Warehouse in Halifax (@BrooklynHalifax). It said 'Fantastic shots of Jenner and some liquid flames!!! How's Tuesday work for a cap?'. Now, I am never one to say no to a great cappuccino but the stars wouldn't align for us to meet until almost a month later. Finally, one early spring day, George and I sat down at Brooklyn to shoot the shit and realized, when it comes to the visual asthetic of food and restaurants, we are on the same page. Donna Hay, Lucky Peach, Au Pied de Cochon and Joe Beef were only a few of the names we tossed around as our inspirations. We arranged for me to come back and shoot a Thursday lunch.

Who knew that in the meantime Brooklyn would WIN EIGHT awards in The Coast's 2012 'Best of Food' reader's survey including BEST RESTAURANT (ok, well, there may have been a little foreshadowing here since they have won multiple Coast awards over the years including Best Restaurant 2011) .

GOLD - Best Restaurant, Best Atmosphere, Best Caesar

SILVER - Best Burger, Best Server (Alissa McLean)

BRONZE - Best Chef (Mark Gray), Best Salad (Dragon's Breath), Best Crew of Regulars

Clearly Brooklyn Warehouse is doing it right.

Before the Feast

Jumping on the Sprinkles Bandwagon

Since December 29th, I have been getting a lot of work in Halifax, not only as a food photographer, but as a food stylist. Some of my gigs have been food styling only - no photos!! My brain is constantly churning with ideas of how to push myself - learn more, experiment more, try new things. Of course there's nothing new about sprinkles but I was seeing them everywhere a couple of months ago and I just love them, so finally, I decided to jump on the sprinkles wagon (I can't help it - they're pretty!!) Also, baking cupcakes and topping them with pale pink buttercream and sprinkles is an excuse to create a new foodscape in my studio, play with my new hot lights (ps - buttercream does NOT like hot lights), and try to teach myself something new about food photography and styling. I'm still getting the hang of how to light food with studio lighting (it's much harder than I thought it would be!) but I'm workin' on it...