Sharing a Passion for Food & Lifestyle Experiences

Italianicious Magazine May/June Issue features Tony Percuoco from Tartufo (and our images)

Friday, May 11, 2012

Do you have a love of all things Italian, especially Italian Food?

If so, you need to get a copy of Italianicious Magazine. It’s a bi-monthly publication and this month, their iPad app has been launched. It’s a free download this month, when using your iPad, simply go to the App Store and search for Italianicious.

My camera and I spent an afternoon at Tartufo with Tony Percuoco and Italianicious editor, Danielle Gullaci. Regular followers of this blog know that I love food photography, photographing the dishes Tony presented was a treat. My food photography style is to use natural light exclusively and keep it real, there is no fake trickery here, all the dishes are real and can be eaten! The images in the magazine look awesome and the new Italianicious App looks stunning on the new iPad. What’s more, Tony’s recipes are provided so you can do your best to create these dishes.

Tony, Danielle, it was a pleasure to work with you, congratulations on the May/June issue, it looks fabulous.

And yes, the Pannacotta featured on the cover was delicious!

Pannacotta al miele, Tartufo, Tony Percuoco

by John Reyment

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Chef in Action; Pablo Tordesillas, Ortiga Restaurant, SBS Feast Magazine

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

I spent some time photographing Pablo Tordesillas, chef at Ortiga Restaurant recently. Pablo was preparing and cooking some of his family favourite dishes for a “Chef in Action” feature for SBS Feast magazine. With words by food writer Karen Reyment, the feature includes recipes for each dish and photos by me.

Photographing Pablo as he cooked his family recipes was an honour, he was so engaging, his manner so welcoming. As I photographed him “at work” I witnessed a chef passionate about his art and only too willing to share his story.

The “Chef in Action” article featuring Pablo Tordesillas is in the June 2012 issue of SBS Feast magazine available at your local newsagent now.

by John Reyment

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Spicers Clovelly Estate, How Food & Lifestyle Photographs Can Be Used to Promote your Business

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Our world is full of images, on TV, on buses, billboards, online everywhere. These days, thanks to mobile phone technology, pretty much everyone has a camera in their pocket. Sharing moments is something we pretty much all do now with Facebook, Instagram and the like.

Have you ever wondered what goes on in the background to produce the commercial photographs that we see in the print media or online?

My work with The Spicers Group is a terrific case study showing how images can be used to great effect to develop brand awareness with potential clients through the media and in group marketing material. I have been working with The Spicers Group for some time now, photographing their properties and the experiences guests can enjoy. For those needing a catch up, The Spicers Group are a hotel group with seven luxury retreats around South East Queensland/New South Wales. Spicers Group properties offer their guests luxury accommodation, gourmet food and wine, unpretentious service and unique on-site experiences including cooking schools and day spa treatments.

With every commercial photography job, we discuss with our client things like their brief, the outcomes they need, how the images will be used, the shape of the images needed (typically landscape for web use and portrait for magazine use), the style of photography needed and the “shot list” to be covered. We also offer advice on what is the best way to capture the images needed.

The images here are a few from a photo shoot at Spicers Clovelly Estate, Montville. What a glorious place to photograph! Up before dawn, using the early morning light for a range of images before moving indoors for other images on the shot list. When the late afternoon light was glorious, we moved outside again, us photographer types call it magic hour. And then it gets dark, time to finish, download, recharge and do it all again he next day.

After every photo shoot, we always download and back up our images in multiple locations, they are very precious pixels! We then select the images for the client and process them ready to print. Our approach to commercial photography or photographing your business is pretty straightforward, we photograph for a half day or full day to create the images you need then provide high resolution images from the shoot ready to go.

Businesses can really benefit from having their own photo library. The problem with using images from commercial photo libraries is that the images you purchase can also be used by all sorts of people, including your competitors!

Before long, our commercial clients build up their own unique image library to use for any purpose such as in press editorials, magazine ads, on their website, on billboards, in annual reports, print materials etc. When used with thought, images become representative of a brand, a feeling, a culture. The images themselves can become iconic and synonymous with a brand.

We always take great pride in the images we provide our clients. It’s so satisfying seeing our clients feature the images we have created in magazines, on billboards and websites and knowing that our images are helping our clients achieve their marketing goals.

by John Reyment

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Digital SLR “Hands-On” Photography Workshop, Sunday 3rd June 2012

Friday, April 20, 2012

Learn to Use Your Digital SLR Camera at my “Hands-On” Photography Workshop, Sunday 3rd June 2012

Have you bought a new Digital SLR camera recently? Are you confused about the buttons and dials? Photography is an art form, yes a shiny new camera helps, but you have to know how to control it to get fabulous images. Spend a day with me and you will have so many new camera techniques to use.We’ll begin our day together in my studio examining images from my travel collection including many of my award winning images. I’ll reveal the camera settings I used to capture them and what inspired each image. I’ll share my foolproof recipe for creating an image so you can be in complete control of your exposures. My “hands-on” approach means you will soon know what all the buttons and dials do!

We’ll explore:

aperture and shutter speed
depth of field and ISO
focal length, lenses
light and image composition
RAW versus JPEG.

After a break for lunch, we’ll meet on location for our afternoon photoshoot where you’ll get to practice your new knowledge. I’ll take you on a guided walk where we’ll photograph streetscapes, landscapes, architecture and food, all the stuff we love to photograph especially on holiday.

What past workshop participants say:

“The blend between theory and practical components was great. I loved that after each new thing we learnt that we walked outside had a go. It really helped me understand everything and remember it later” Kay-Lyn

“The workshop has made a huge change for me, I don’t feel my camera is wasted on me now” Jenny

“To have the control of my photos by knowing when, why and how to adjust ISO, aperture and shutter speed has made me eager to use my camera daily and make photos I can feel proud of.” Barbara

“I would definitely recommend this workshop to others, in fact I already have! It’s great for anyone who has a DSLR and isn’t using it manually. Whether you’ve had your camera for a while and aren’t sure whether you’ve been using it to its full potential or it just came out of the box, the workshop is very educational.” Kay-Lyn

Please bring with you:

Your Camera: A digital SLR with lens or lenses
Your camera instruction manual
Memory cards
Fully charged camera battery, plus spare if you have one.
Tripod if you have one
Notebook and pen
Hat and sunscreen.

I recommend you wear comfortable clothes and shoes you can walk in, you may need to kneel down to take photos.

Workshop Details:

Date: Sunday 3rd June 2012

Where: Brisbane, Australia

Numbers: This workshop is “hands-on” with a maximum of only 12 participants only. (8 participants needed for event to go ahead).

Workshop Fees: $195 per person. Want to bring a friend? Register two places and receive $25 off each registration.

Times: 9.30 am – 5.30pm

Bookings: Please email me your contact details to reserve your place in this workshop.

Additional individual tuition is available. Please contact me for further information.

About your Workshop Leader John Reyment

Master photographer John Reyment has been taking photographs for more than 30 years. He is the owner of Reyment Photographics, a boutique wedding and portrait studio in Coorparoo, Brisbane.

John lived in Europe throughout 2009 with his family photographing European life, landscapes, producers and food. John’s images have been published in the Australian press in a variety of magazines including SBS Feast, Italianicious, Luxury Travel and Style Magazine. His documentary style of photography won him the 2010 Epson AIPP Queensland Documentary Photographer of the Year award. He is the 2011 Epson AIPP Queensland Runnner Up Photographic Artist of the Year. John has won many AIPP print awards for his images.

John left a career in training and development and management consulting to pursue his photography dreams. He is eminently qualified to help you learn photography.

by John Reyment

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Images showcasing Supplier/Customer relationships; workplace photography with Weston Milling

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

I was involved in a very special national project last year that highlights the importance and value of images that inspire, share and communicate.

Working with Brisbane based creative agency, Red Candy and Weston Milling, I visited and photographed a cross section of Weston Milling’s customers all over Australia. Their customers had operations that ranged from big to small, large scale production to tiny premises. All had a unique story to share.

My brief was to be a documentary photographer, (my specialty) and capture the essence of each business, going behind the scenes to photograph production, key people and of course some of the amazing product made to entice.

It was an awesome project, there were times I was up ladders, secured by safety harness to the top of scissor lifts, dressed in protective jackets and hairnets, squeezing into tight spaces. My camera and I were often covered in flour, what a sight I must have been.

The end result of the project is the great bit. Seeing it all come together is so satisfying. Weston Milling published their 2012 calendar using my images of their customers businesses, the calendar has been distributed widely to their customers and potential customers. Weston Milling are clearly a company who care about each businesses they supply, they have been innovative in showcasing the stories of these businesses on their own website.

Weston Milling now have their very own image library of unique images to use in their printed materials, brochures, product catalogues and web based marketing materials. Having your own unique images is much more powerful than using standard stock images that may also appear on competitors marketing materials.

Congratulations to all at Weston Milling and Red Candy Agency for being so innovative and setting the standard for supplier/customer relationships. A big thank you as well to each of the businesses I photographed, It was a pleasure to work with you all on this exciting project.

Below are just some of the images from this project. Businesses featured in the 2012 Weston Milling Calendar were: