Photography by Amber Schoniwitz

It’s here, it’s HERE! Introducing Scrumptious & Styled: A Complete Guide to Food Photography, Styling & Making Your Food Come to Life! I have absolutely poured my heart and soul into this project (yes over 100 pages and 250 color photographs worth) over the past few months and I cannot wait to share it with you and for you to be inspired to become a food photographer.

A good friend and I always say, “We have two rules: food should be tasty and beautiful”…and I might add healthy too!  To me, food is more than just a means of daily survival, although important. Food tells about life, food brings people together, food nourishes our hearts and our stomachs.

But how do you present this beautiful moment that you see in front of you and capture it for your audience to see?  Well, that friends is where Scrumptious & Styled comes into play.

After writing and photographing my first print cookbook, All American Paleo Table, earlier this year, I was a bit worn out of cooking…and cleaning dishes, but so inspired when it came to food photography.  It took me a while to realize why I loved food photography so much, then one day it finally hit me.

Living with an auto-immune disease that is so consuming, type 1 diabetes, at times can be very difficult.  However, I must say I am thankful for this disease.  It opened doors for me that I never even could have imagined—it shaped my life, shaped my passions and shaped my heart. It is because in that moment of styling a dish, creating a scene, capturing beauty, editing photos and sharing them with the world, I forget about living with a disease that is so life changing and consuming. It took me away from the reality of life and for just a moment, listening to the shutter of the camera, I found joy.

People started asking me where I learned photography, and truth be told, I am completely self taught, but I work at it each and every day, I practice endlessly!  I am no expert but I am someone with a passion and willing to share the knowledge, however limited it may be, and the joy it brings me to take photos. So if you are someone with a passion, but no clue where to start, this book is for you!

It’s for the everyday person.
It’s for the person who wants to capture beauty.
It’s for the person who wants to develop new passions.

Scrumptious & Styled brings simplicity and vibrancy to understanding food photography.  If you are anything like me and sometimes all the technical stuff worries you, this book is for you because I explain it all in simple terms with plenty of real life illustrations and circumstances.

I wanted to give you every possible detail so that you have the tools to become the best.  So, I have even included a very detailed photoshoot checklist that takes you through each and every step of the photoshoot so that your result is truly beautiful!

My hope is to inspire you—to light your creativity and spark your passions. My hope is to show you that food photography can be an art, that you can be an artist. My hope is that through your photography, you bring joy to someone’s day.

I hope you enjoy Scrumptious & Styled as much as I enjoyed creating it for you!  My encouragement to you is to find beauty in the everyday moments, capture that beauty and don’t ever let a day go by that you are not pursuing your passions!

Download your copy here!

As a special treat for you all, enter the code “scrumptiouseats” at checkout to save 25%.  Coupon expires Friday (08/07/15) at midnight.  Scrumptious & Styled is also available in the iBooks store.