Cranberry Christmas

Approach

Since I had photographed cranberries being harvested from a bog, I wanted to complete the story by showing the final destination of cranberries: the table. Collaborating with food & prop stylist Julia Viniczay, we planned a holiday themed shoot featuring cranberries. What would a cranberry-themed Christmas morning look like? 

We created 3 different images, each incorporating cranberry pancakes and fresh cranberries on the same wood tabletop, to tie all the images together. Julia and I were thinking a darker, moody, romantic style. Using dark red presents with velvet bows created a romantic feel. To create a slight festive feeling, we used powdered sugar and pops of red and green throughout the composition.

Food & Prop stylist: Julia Viniczay

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Meet Ling, the photographer

Connecticut native. Idaho graduate. Previous Oregon resident. Cowgirl-turned-photographer.

Story-telling photography business owner since 2013. Videographer since 2018. Photography with artificial studio lighting or God’s sunshine.

Wife, dog owner, and friend of many dogs and people.

Have an upcoming project for a client? Let’s chat. Whether it’s Zoom, phone, email, or in person over wine or coffee, I’m game. 

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Ling Messer

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860.245.1738

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