William Reavell

Excited to have a copy of a new book I worked on this year. Thanks to all those at Ryland Peters and  Small Publishers for producing another great looking book. A Gluten free savoury cookbook by Hannah Miles. Great recipes and Fantastic food styling by Bridget and Jack Sargeson. Thanks to all those who worked on the book. Great Art Direction and design from Iona Hoyle. Wonderful prop styling by Lisa Harrison. It was a a whirlwind of a project working very fast I love the pictures. More pictures of the book can be seen on the "editorial work" link of my website William Reavell Photography

Two books published last month which I have worked on, the first is "The Pie Book" a hearty book by Dorling Kindersley on Pies, savoury and sweet. Some lovely Pie recipes and yes I had to try most of them. This is the second book of  photographing the recipes of writer Caroline Bretherton, the first being the Allotment Cookbook, which I also enjoyed working on. Taking pictures of pies is essentially photographing big round things! Thankfully caroline's recipes had a good selection on classic and new, visually lovely. The publisher also had a clear vision of the look and style of the book. Dare I say "rustic", well, country kitchen might be a safer way of describing the overall look of the pictures. Thanks goes to Kathryn Wilding and those at DK for designing a great looking book. I took the opportunity to go a bit  "moody" with the lighting with inspirational Art direction shared By Nicky Collings and Kat Mead, who both perfectly pitched the pict...