HAL158 photography

Cheese and Spices

The things you can do with cheese and spices... Her are two examples, one (out of more then 40) for Boursin who gave their well known creamcheese a new impulse by introducing Boursin Cuisine. And the stew was made for Verstegen, for they also are introducing all kinds of 'Fun for Food' menu suggestions.

Have to admit it's getting better...

...it's getting better all the time... as The Beatles used to sing... 

My studio in Rotterdam is not only looking better inside, the outside has been transformed from a very dull looking old building into something spectacular! The painting is made by the Brazilian artist 'Speto'...

Food prep?

Well, this month has been the busiest month this year so far... my monthly turnaround has gone beyond anything you can imagine. Just hoping that it doesn't bounce back into my face the next month or so. Whatever, I have had, as I mentioned, quite a busy month and one of the new 'exiting' clients was Tefal, with their two 'new way's of cooking yourself a healthy meal' machines... The Tefal ActiFry, which is in fact a small an yet very useful kinda hot-air-oven and which does in fact 'fry' your Fench fries without having to soak them in a litre or two of oil first! It even makes a very good home made forrest-fruit-jam, again of course in this case, without using any oil at all!
That was really fantastic, but they also introduced a new 'steam-cooker' called the 'Vita-cuisine'....
And to be able to understand what you can do with such an amazing apliance, a recipe bookled is needed and that's where Passion for Food and HAL158 come in... fasten your seatbelts, because these recipes were not made by Passion for food but by a selected group of 'home-cookers'... following the first recipe of 'steam-cooked-lasagna' brought us this.... (please do not laugh out loud)...
We were not convinced that this was the way to cook your undoubtedly incredible healthy home made and home steamed chicken-bean-tomato lasagne... but we did have fun preparing it.... In the booklet you will find an other picture of course... It'll be something more like this ...

All is well that ends well... we did make six very tasty and no doubt healthy vita-meals with the help of this new machine, the 'Vita-Cuisine' ...

Swiss cheese at Parkheuvel

Last week I was asked to make photo's at Parkheuvel, the well known two Michelin star restaurant in Rotterdam. Eric van Loo, the patron cuisinier was asked to make a six course lunch with Swiss Cheese in each course. I was lucky enough not only to make the photos (see Say Cheese@Parkheuvel) but I also had the pleasure of eating these wonderful creations, accompanied by some very good champagne. Man I really do love food-photography!

Unplugged...

Well we moved all my stuff to ROTTERDAM! Thank God it's a lot bigger than my previous studio, but I promised my wife to start throwing "things" away seriously this time! There is still a lot of work to be done, kitchen is still unplugged (in doubt on how to arrange sink & stove ;-) but the basic division is made, so things are getting into shape.

The one thing that is not unplugged right now is my email since I bought a Vodafone Mobile Connect USB-stick, of which they claim that you can be online everywhere... no wires attached... so that means I'm 'unplugged' again I guess?...

Empty Space...

You are looking at 140 square meters of empty space, already looking a bit white(ish). In between a lot of work I'm trying to get my new studio ready for action. Still a lot to do though like painting the floor and getting my kitchen ready for installation. Not to mention all the packing of my crockery, cutlery, old and new wooden boards, planks and so on... During Easter I will be carrying heavy boxes instead of easter eggs... to my new adress: Delftseplein 36W, 3013AA ROTTERDAM.

Back to the Future!

No, this is not an example of 'new photography' of mine... it's my announcement of my return to ROTTERDAM... Yes! I'm going to move my studio back to the city I left four years ago. I have had a good time in Roosendaal but something in the back of my mind kept telling me to go back to Rotterdam, I simply missed the 'buzz' of the city that I had been working in for sixteen previous years. I hope to be able to move within two months from now, there is still quite some paintwork to be done since it was part of the Central Postoffice in Rotterdam and work is piling up right now after a relative slow start this year. My new studio will be right in the middle of Rotterdam, next to Central Station, and the building is filled with 'creatives-only'. I'm convinced that I'm gonna love it there. I'll keep you posted.

Men in white suits...

Happy New Year to you all out there... I started 2009 in a special white suit... For The Greenery I had to make a series of photos in a tomato greenhouse. We were amazed by the safety (or health?) regulations as we were completely wrapped in plastic, rubber, and this crazy white overall.  Outside it was freezing minus 10, inside plus 24! I'm the bunny on the right by the way...

If ever in doubt...

... on what to do with your veggies and bread ... here are some suggestions! Check for more detals the photo-albums "Vikorn Delight" and "Coeur de Boeuf"...

The Ultimate...

...Land Rover...

Need some cooling down...

I've been 'collecting data' for the last few months! At least that's how it feels right now! Business is booming this year and there's hardly any time for rest. Let alone doing something with all the work I've been busy with (like posting new work!). I started with High Definition Video, making a safety film for 'Port of Rotterdam' and some instruction video's. I'm currently filming the total rebuild of the interior of a new warehouse for 'Prenatal', last week I made my first 'Blue screen' recordings, and there's a lot more to come! Besides the 'new business' of HDV my photography keeps on going like mad, so no complaints on my side...except for the fact that I'm 'in need for some cooling down' maybe?... ;-)

Power sandwich!

After... or maybe better, before driving a muscle car like the Porsche below try one of these! Egg Benedict! on a bed of spinage on toast, topped off with D&L sauce and some black pepper... a powerfull combination indeed!

Cayman for Kids

...well, this is what it was all about... Porsche is celebrating their 60th anniversary (as is my favourite Land-Rover by the way...) and Innberg came up with a plan to combine this celebration with raising money for a good cause, the make-a-wish foundation If you would like to drive this 'striped-pyjama's' for a day then join the club and become a sponsor for this project.You can check it all out on the special website Cayman for Kids . We already had our share of fun with this fantastic car...just by photographing this unique species!

If you can't decide on the color...

In between all the food photography I do I've been doing some 'photography-for-the-good-cause', and it was this car in 'striped PJ's'...                I'll explain the 'how and what' later because it's officially not to be published in full yet... So consider this as a 'sneak preview'.

Red or Green?

Sometimes red is a better color, sometimes green

These 'Sweethearts' are called 'Sweet Sensation', new on the market and allready claiming to be 'the fruit of tomorrow'... The cabbages below are a little less presumptiuous... but still trying hard to show off their pear shaped bodies...