Going Bananas at Everyday Food

Photography: Jonny Miller

Photography: Jonny Miller

Photography: Jonny Miller

Photography: Jonny Miller

Photography: Jonny Miller

In the current March issue of Martha Stewarts Everyday Food I have a number of stories, It is the Budget issue. Every few months Everyday Food has asked me to do a whole issue which is great as you really get to work through the look and feel of a whole issue, Sadly Everyday Food recently lost it's past Editor Anna Last with whom I worked with in this issue, As a result some stories were re-tweaked with a new team, however one story that stayed was this great Banana desert story.


I makes me laugh because I know Anna does not like Banana deserts personally but putting her tastes aside she knows most people do! I love banana everything so it was fun to shoot.


We decided on a palette that reflected the aging signs of bananas from pale yellow to black. I loved using the zinc surface as a base with bright punches of yellow. With Everyday Food we shoot quite a lot of process style shots that are also woven into the layout. 


The Going Banana's story was shot by the very talented Jonny Miller  

Target, Bathroom In Store Merchandising

In another installment of Target, shot in the same period as my previous posting we also shot bathroom for the In Store Merchandising, This time we tackled the bathroom, Lot’s of stacks of towels!, These are harder than you think to make look perfect, lot’s of padding, pinning and "fluffing" are required.


These images were also shot by Jonny Miller, http://johnny-miller.com

Target, Fall In Store Merchandising

It's only when I come to the Mid West that I ever see my work I do for Target and that's because in Manhattan we don't have one.... yet! : ) Sure a new Target has opened in Harlem, but when you live in a neighbourhood in New York, if you are actually even there, you don' really venture that far. Without sounding melodramatic, In New York you don't get much spare time and if you get any, you can find yourself either hibernating (or sleeping) at any minute opportunity. At least my life in a Stylist in NYC is just that, I am afraid it's mostly all work, no play but I won't complain, at least I love what I do!


Currently on a Target job in Minneapolis and sourcing for that job in store I stumbled in the pillow/cushion aisle some ISM's (In Store Merchandising) some work I did for them earlier this year in May. It was for Fall, hence now. It's always so great to see it in the light it was intended for and who anyway doesn't love shopping in Target, especially as a Manhattan-ite when starved for one! 


At first I thought I was going to have to excuse myself for the bad photography, that signage is up high and balancing on one foot, camera high in the sky, I tried to capture this series quite unsuccessfully but later on after checking out the very talented Photographer Jonny Miller's website /http://johnny-miller.com/ I discovered the images with much for clarity, Hope you enjoy!


Fall/ Autumn is always such a great time in the States, the colors in this series are largely inspired by the season, but for now it's not about Fall anymore, as a Stylist you are always living 2 seasons ahead, Right now it's all about shooting Spring and while there maybe not a lot of time to smell the roses, there is certainly a Spring fever in the air! Summer is just around the corner. 


Thanks also to Venina Tandela, for such great Art Direction.