Prop Shopping for Special Fork
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 4:00AM 
Tempting shelves at Sur la Table
By Sandy Hu
Sunday was like Christmas, as Steve and I went prop shopping in the East Bay for Special Fork. Shooting at least two food photos a week, we needed to augment my personal collection of dinnerware with fresh props. Fortunately for the budget, instead of buying place settings, we only required one each of any given thing.
I admit I’m no prop stylist or food stylist, but I’ve worked with many top professionals to produce mouthwatering food photography for clients. So I’ve learned a thing or two that I can apply to Special Fork photos.
We went to Sur la Table, the Seattle-based cookware store that has several San Francisco Bay Area branches, the Crate & Barrel outlet in Berkeley and the Ikea store in Emeryville. And we came home with shopping bags stuffed with goodies.