These are images I photographed for a fine dining pop up event. Guests chose from a 5-course dinner with hand selected coffee pairings, or a 5-course dinner with full coffee, cocktail and wine pairings. Just 47 tickets were available to the public. It was hosted in the previous roasting space of Stumptown, where the space was transformed for one night only into an extraordinary pop-up fine dining restaurant. It was staffed by a team of service professionals united from throughout Seattle’s thriving food, spirits, wine, and specialty coffee communities.
My approach shooting these images was to create somewhat of a macro-photographic experience without actually using a macro lens. I wanted to capture the delicate nature of the dishes being served, subtly including the surrounding environment. All the lighting used was what was available in the environment so I definitely had to move plates around to get what I was looking for, as well as make adjustments editing in photoshop.