Chicago Restaurant Photography | Tammy Green

Goat Cheese Enchiladas @ Jack Rabbit

2008-09-15T01:00:00Z

These enchiladas were the visual and taste highlight of our meal in Jack Rabbit in Lincoln Square.

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Pad Thai @ Star of Siam

2008-09-12T22:00:00Z

Menu Pages used this photo of pad thai taken at Taste of Chicago, 2007

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More Cupcakes

2008-09-12T18:00:00Z

Kona @ Powerhouse Bar & Grill

2008-09-11T23:00:00Z

Menu Pages recently used this photo to illustrate a story about the viability of Powerhouse.

Polenta Upsidedown Cake @ Avec

2008-09-05T11:00:00Z

Peaches and crème fraîche top a lovely cake.

I like shooting dishes with available light to preserve the shades of white -- notice the distinction between the white plate and the crème fraîche. There's also enough light to make the reds of the peaches and yellow of the polenta pop. It looks good enough to eat.

Avec :: Slideshow

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

Scrambled Eggs @ Lumes Pancake House

2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

Web Ecoist used this in their article on 20 Vegan meal recipes that don't suck.

This is a nice photo of scrambled egg whites. Usually breakfast doesn't look too great without a decent amount of caffeine and incredible plating, but I liked the way this turned out.

House Salad @ Ai Japanese Sushi Restaurant and Lounge

2008-09-02T17:00:00Z

The house salad tasted as good as it looked!

I like the mirrored effect in this photo. It's actually two bowls of house salad, but the depth of field was set very shallow to render the second bowl softly out-of-focus, referred to as bokeh. It makes the bowl in the foreground pop. I don't normally like shooting bowls of food, but the placement of bowls at an angle creates visual interest.

Ai Japanese Restaurant and Lounge :: Slideshow

2008-09-01T02:30:00Z

Margarita @ Frontera Grill

2008-08-31T03:00:00Z

Cvillian used this photo in a story about a $100 margarita.

This is a lovely photo that was taken outdoors at Frontera Grill. Rick Bayless and crew know how to make an outstanding margarita -- they pay attention to both presentation and quality. I particularly like the reflection of the trees on the surface of the drink.

Hub 51 :: Slideshow

2008-08-25T16:00:00Z

Amuse Bouche @ Schwa

2008-08-24T19:00:00Z

Delicacies await on top of faux ice cubes.

It was incredibly difficult to shoot in Schwa without a flash. I don't use flash for my restaurant photos because I don't want to disturb the other diners and I find it washes out delicate morsels served on white flatware. A friend had a cellphone with powerful back-lighting and that that served as my main light source throughout the meal. All that was required was a little color-correction in Photoshop to make this meal look as good as it tasted!

Schwa :: Slideshow

2008-08-24T02:00:00Z

Glenn's Diner :: Slideshow

2008-08-23T03:00:00Z

Tavern on Rush :: Slideshow

2008-08-21T16:00:00Z