As I began the blog last month, here in Compositions, I’ll be featuring an artist for the first blog of each month. For November, say hello Andrea Hubbell, professional photographer and blogger for Bella Eats. Her website is among my favorite sites for three reasons. One, she’s a lovely person. Two, she’s an amazing professional photographer. And three, her photos of food make me lick the screen. There are many culinary photographers in the marketplace, but in Bella Eats, Andrea’s approach is quite different. She photographs the ingredients, set-directs each image, and then photographs each step of a recipe’s preparation as she personally makes the dish.
Andrea is the perfect combination of an aesthetic, creative mind, with a photographer’s eye. Surprisingly, she has an architectural background, but not surprisingly you can see that influence even in her culinary images. A pan of half-eaten corn stuffing looks like an aerial rendering, and blocks of raw wood contrast with soft linens under fine china like carefully selected building materials. Additionally, her recipes use seasonal ingredients, and are simple, honest and uncomplicated. A marinara and meatball recipe for tomato season. Roasted chicken stuffed with plums and nectarines. Corn pancakes. Andrea’s images alone are worth the visit, even if you can’t pick up the perfectly photographed fork – for that, you’ll have to follow her photographs as you try out her featured recipes. Then you, too, can experience just how beautifully this bella eats.
