Fifth Collection

Sashimi tuna with soy and sesame. Avocado cream with wasabi, spaghetti made with kohlrabi, coriander, and on top an ice cold tomato sauce apart. It is always a pleasure to work with talented Bryan Francisco. 25 years old headchef at restaurant TreeTop in Vejle, Denmark.
I wanted to compliment the delicate flavours and Bryan's beautiful plating in a beautiful picture, letting the food speak for itself.

One of my family’s weekend brunch favorites is this savory hash. Butternut squash, zucchini, chorizo, onions and mushroom variety together make this dish rich in flavors and comforting. Of course with fresh eggs cracked into the hash just minutes before its done adds a wow factor. We like to dip toasted bread slices into the yolks while scoop up some of the hash at the same time. This is what weekend living is all about.

A very delicious chocolate cake with macarons, photographed with natural light. Fantastic production by Cake Designer Sophia Fox .

This photo was made at lunch time while cooking a salad. Vegetables were washed and left to drain off on the table. After a while, they became really vivid and natural and I had the wish to capture every single colour,a droplet of water thanks to which salad seemed so fresh.

This photo depicts some leftover cake I made for my 30th birthday last month. it was a step I wanted to keep in memory.. in the photo I am playing with the tones of dark green & grey adding a highlight from the radiant colour of orange slices combined with white details. Because growing older might feel dark sometimes but you always live to discover more and more of these sparkling moments in life!

This was shot at the opening of Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak in Southern California. I used slight backlighting from the restaurant’s large windows to cast soft shadows coming down from the top of the frame. I thought the soft shadows on the white tablecloth and round dish helped emphasize this trio of Pacific seafood. Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. 1/60 second, f/8, ISO 3200.

This was a collaboration between me and another very talented photographer: Kaela Speicher Photography. My collaborator does mostly portraits and wanted to give food a try. She set up the lighting and we worked on the composition and styling together. I love to cook and was in the mood for lamb chops with fresh rosemary rubbed with garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil - it was delicious and made for a beautiful photo. Next time maybe I will get to take pictures of the finished product before I get hungry and eat them!

I was practising my styling skills for a project I was employed for, I had to style some pancakes. I put the pancakes on my favourite plate which I made by my self during ceramics lessons. I love to play with colours when I'm styling my food and use natural light for my photography. On that picture I wonted to created a feeling of summer family breakfast.

A simple grapefruit transcends mere citrus when brushed with Manuka honey, sprinkled with a dash of cinnamon, and broiled to perfection.

This was one of my first ever recipes that I created and shot and was inspired by a cosy dinner party at one of my favourite restaurants in Bristol, Bell's Diner. The combination of plums and cherries with a light sorbet was forever echoing in my ears that I had to create my own masterpiece. It's an easy choice for a late summer dessert.

Styleshots - in this case together with one of the most popular german speaking food blogs www.cookingcatrin.at - are one of the main issues of Carletto Photography. The blue naked cake in the Picture was surrounded by Styling like flowers and other decor of cookingCatrin, all colored in shades of blue.

Everybody loves sweets. This shot should honor a simple little pastry and elevated it like a king. Maybe checkmate.

This is my husband's banana nut bread baked with walnuts and coconut oil, it's best enjoyed warm with honey butter. We love using coconut oil in this recipe, it compliments the walnuts and natural sweetness of the bananas.
This treat pairs perfectly with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

Soy sauce and green onion are the best mates of fresh fish in Chinese cooking philosophy. This shot is the last step in my recipe and I'm so glad to see this moment could be captured.

Soft Poached Egg, Lemon-Chive Crème Frâiche. American Osetra Caviar. The Egg Caviar is one of Melisse’s (Chef Josiah Citrin) classic dishes since they opened in 1999. This was shot on location for Zagat’s feature, "Melisse Through the Years, Dish by Dish” by Lesley Balla. Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM. 1/125 second, f/3.5, ISO 800.