Food Photography for Amour de Sucre | Gilbert Brand Photographer

This food photography shoot for Amour de Sucre was one of my favorite shoots to date! Ashley, owner and baker at Amour de Sucre Bakery, needed some photos of her delicious donuts and fruit parfaits for her website and social media.  She brought her desserts over to me and I was in food stylist heaven as I used pretty kitchenware, linens, and extra ingredients to set up different shots that would show the close up details and textures of the donuts and parfaits, as well as give a behind-the-scenes-in-Ashley’s-kitchen vibe.

Ashley is an alumni of Le Cordon Bleu in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Baking was a tradition that brought people together in her family, so Ashley’s love for baking started at a young age.  Based in Mesa, Ashley creates beautiful wedding cakes along with several other delicious desserts, like macarons, cookies, cupcakes and more recently, donuts and parfaits like the ones in these pictures.

As a detail oriented person, photographing Ashley’s desserts made me fall in love with food photography even more.  The whole time I was examining the food closely and having thoughts run through my head like, “Which side of this donut looks the most appetizing? I better make sure that side is facing my camera,” or “I should use a variety of sizes of glasses for the fruit parfaits to create interesting levels when they are photographed in a group,” or “I need to scatter a few more sprinkles on this area of the cutting board to make this scene look more natural.”

Of course, I have to admit that one of my favorite parts of this shoot was getting to taste these delectable desserts afterwards!  The donuts and parfaits were absolutely delicious, as I’m sure everything is that Ashley makes!  Some of my favorite photos from the shoot are below, but don’t forget to check out all the amazing custom baked goods that Ashley creates at AmourDeSucre.com.