Hiland Dairy Combined Video/Stills Shoot BTS
Behind The Scenes
A video documenting a combined Video/Stills shoot gor Highland dairy
Scooter's Coffee
Over the past several years I have worked with Scooter’s Coffee, and Omaha Nebraska based coffee chain. for their promotional and marketing materials.
Below is some of the Food and Drink Photography created with the help of some great food stylists.
Speaking of great coffee chains, you might be interested in learning more about the history and growth of coffeehouses on a global level. You can do so by reading this fascinating Wikipedia article. If you're curious about the origin and details of coffee itself, you may find the Coffee Wikipedia page enlightening. Additionally, if your interest lies specifically with American coffee chains like Scooter's Coffee, the list of American coffeehouse chains on Wikipedia offers a great overview.
Food Photography - Recipe A Month
Known more recently for specializing in portraiture and editorial style photography, I also continue to pursue my love of food and food photography. Below are some of my favorite shots from a shoot I did at the end of last year for Roberts Dairy.
The Food Styling was done by local Omaha Chef and Co-founder of Block 16 (Urban Spoon Review) Jessica Joyce with some help from her partner Paul Urban. Block 16 has quickly become a favorite spot in downtown Omaha. The creative director on the project was Tom Sain of Envoy.
One of the next projects I’m working on is combining the food with the folks who create and/ or just enjoy it. Something along the lines of The Baker, Flour and Dough post.
About: Philip Nealey is a Omaha Nebraska based food photographer who also specializes in Advertising, Corporate, editorial portraits as well as his food photography. Philip also travels throughout the Midwest to many cities including the following: Lincoln, Grand Island, Kearney North Platte, Blair, Nebraska City and surrounding areas. He also is available in western Iowa, including Council Bluffs, and Des Moines. You can also find us on google simply by searching for Omaha Food Photographers and Philip Nealey when you are looking for a food photographer in the Midwest. He can provide photos for your restaurant or franchise, food products and packaging. For more information contact him here. CONTACT PAGE
The Baker, Flour and Dough
This is one of my favorite photos. It was shot in the studio to look like it was natural light however I used strobes*. It was originally done as a portfolio image but has always sold well as a stock photo.
You can license it as a stock photo at Getty Images HERE
*For those of you interested in the technical details: This was shot with a 6x6 silk(diffusion panel) to the left and a white foamcore flat for fill on the right. For several shots in this series I used two Speedotron heads positioned to shoot through the silk and changed their position depending on the look I was after. I sometimes gelled the head in front warmer and the one in back cooler. Where the light overlapped they in effect canceled each other out but added depth of color to my eye. I think it also gives the effect of the mixed lighting you might encounter on a location with warmer interior lights and cooler window light (just the thing we try to eliminate on location). The effect can be very subtle as in the above shot or can be more pronounced depending on the subject and how you position the lights (and of course how much you gel the lights).