The Best Eggnog Ever
December 12th, 2011
You can tell I don’t have a legal department. They would frown on making a claim like “Best”. I do believe I can prove it, with your help. Before we go to court, please take just a moment and hear me out. If you think my position has any merit what so ever, then I [...]
Mama Post’s Top Secret Graham Cracker Brownie Recipe
November 10th, 2011
These Brownies are very easy to make; so easy that I used to make them when I was a kid. My mom, God rest her soul, took her secret recipe with her. It was not until several years after her passing, and no small amount of therapy, that I realized that her best recipes came [...]
Featured LiveBooks Site
September 30th, 2011
Our website was recently chosen as the featured site at LiveBooks. Follow this link to read the article.
Crabs…Why Did It Have To Be Crabs
March 15th, 2011
I wanted to do another splash shot for the folio. The challenge of course is to find a different thing or way to do the splash. I was thinking that seafood’s natural link with water would make it a perfect subject. And I love the color of fresh shellfish. I started looking for the best seafood sources in [...]
First Party – Fresh Studio
January 19th, 2011
We recently survived an unusual confluence of universal forces here at the studio. My son was about to ship out to his new post in Germany… He was temporarily leaving his wife and daughter Adia behind…And we had a bunch of friends and family who had yet to meet the new princess… [...]
Life Lessons Worth Sharing
August 27th, 2010
Life may or may not imitate art, but a recent attempt to create a little art taught me a lot about life. My rep asked me to do a new splash shot, and this is what I visualized. Lots of color and unusual shapes to make unusual splashes. The toughest part was getting all of the [...]
Two Day Food Shoot
July 11th, 2010
We had two killer days of food shooting a killer crew and produced some killer work. We were fortunate enough to get three of the best stylists in the biz. Paige Fletcher has styled for stills, film as well as doing recipe development for many nationally known companies. Paige is the definition of “Foodie”. She [...]
New Staff Arrives at APPI
July 11th, 2010
We are happy to announce our newest staff member. At a sprite 6lb 11oz, Adia Sulwen Margaret Post joined the team on May 30th. Her name was carefully picked to describe her personality. Adia (Swahili for “Gift of God”) Sulwen (Gaelic for “Bright as the Sun”) Margaret (my mother’s name means “Compulsive Shopper”) Post. Proud [...]
Aromatique
April 18th, 2010
Earlier this month I was shooting in Heber Springs Arkansas for Aromatique. I travel there twice a year to shoot the next season’s catalog. Originally they shipped mass quantities of all their product to my studio, but for the past two years we’ve been traveling to their offices to shoot. They are so kind [...]
Friends and Family Build
April 18th, 2010
Earlier in 2010 we started a build with “Friends and Families of St. Marks and Hockaday Students” for the Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity. This is the second year I’ve worked on this particular build and the third year the sponsoring organization has built in the neighborhood. Our task as core volunteers is to supervise, [...]