It is not surprising that after years working as a baker and pastry chef, my photographic interests have evolved into shooting food.  Food photography is a still life specialization of commercial photography, aimed at producing attractive photographs of food for use in advertisements, packaging, menus or cookbooks. Professional food photography is a collaborative effort, usually involving an art director, a photographer, a food stylist, a prop stylist and their assistants (Manna, Lou; Moss, Bill.  Digital Food Photography, 2005).