Chicago Restaurant Photography | Tammy Green

Goat Cheese Enchiladas @ Jack Rabbit

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0600

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

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:00:00 -0600

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

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More Cupcakes

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0600

Kona @ Powerhouse Bar & Grill

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0600

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

Polenta Upsidedown Cake @ Avec

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:00:00 -0600

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

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:00:00 -0600

Scrambled Eggs @ Lumes Pancake House

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:00:00 -0600

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

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0600

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

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:30:00 -0600

Margarita @ Frontera Grill

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0600

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

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0600

Amuse Bouche @ Schwa

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0600

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

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0600

Glenn's Diner :: Slideshow

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0600

Tavern on Rush :: Slideshow

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0600