If capsaicin is good for your health, then we here at Big Leo are ready for the biathlon. And with Andrew Purcell shooting (like in this Martha Stewart Living story), we’re guaranteed the Olympic gold. See you in Sochi!
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Drab to Mega Fab
There is nothing better than digging in with your fingers. Utensils are so stodgy. Carrie and Andrew Purcell were perfect for this shoot on finger food, because they are both just so hands on when it comes to cooking and capturing the magic. This is part of why their shoots have such a personal feel and individual style. In this shoot for the holiday issue of Sweet Paul Magazine, you can learn how to make Maple Bacon Popcorn. Goes well with just about anything. Especially a warm fire and to defrost those fingers.
Looking Back, Looking Forward
The past year was a whirlwind of new projects, new friends and new faces. Below is a sampling of the images that Big Leo artists helped produce in 2011, and it represents only a small fraction of the projects that we took on. We are so grateful to be able to collaborate with so many creative people and look forward to a whole new season of making the best images come to life. Thank you everyone who was a part of so many successful teams. Happy New Year to all of our friends, clients, families and all! May 2012 bring joy and prosperity to each and every one of us!
Truvia
In this week’s episode of ‘Keeping up with the Purcells,’ Andrew and Carrie are faced with their greatest challenge yet – there is no more sugar left in the world and all their recipes need to be rethought in a newer, healthier light. Enter Truvia. The seemingly daunting task was far easier than anyone could have thought as mastermind Carrie developed a whole new crop of recipes. And the verdict? Super sweet. And by sweet we mean gorgeous!
Kick it Root Down
Andrew Purcell goes back to his roots in this story from Food Network Magazine. Growing beets in the garden is just so easy – and there is nothing like the feeling of pulling up a giant beet out of the cool ground, washing off the dirt, tossing it in to the pot, and then that beautiful purple starts to seep into the water. In this article you can peel back the squares to find cooking tips – but I know that chef Mr. McGregor would pair these nicely with Peter Rabbit, if he could catch the varmint.
Hack the Salad Bar
I wonder if places like Whole Foods track the most popular salad ingredients that people choose, and keep an eye on how the salad bar fares as a profit center. There are a lot of ways that you can save money there – in this story from Food Network shot by and styled by Andrew and Carrie Purcell, you can see how different ingredients are more or less expensive compared to the produce on the shelf. Of course, you could always take it to the extreme, but I’m not sure how a salad composed entirely of bacon bits and sun-dried tomatoes would taste. For more ideas there is an extra chart from the NYT.
100 Degrees and Grilling
On June 9th and 10th, so far the hottest days of the summer, photographer Andrew Purcell joined a cast of culinary all-stars on the set of Martha Stewart’s Grilling Secrets of the Master Chefs which premieres Friday June 24th at 8pm on The Hallmark Channel.
Andrew and his team braved 100-degree heat and the intermittent threat of thunderstorms to capture these great behind the scenes moments of Martha and her guests: Emeril Lagasse, Bill Taibe, Public’s Brad Farmerie, America’s female grilling expert Elizabeth Karmel and more. Be sure to check out Martha’s blog for more behind the scenes fun before the show airs tonight. Whether it’s delicious smoky BBQ goodness or the irreplaceable experience of mingling among these super chefs, the heat is always worth it. And if you can’t stand the heat, well, you know.
Dog Days of Summer
The biggest downside to working with food photographers and stylists is that when you’re mad hungry, being surrounded by images of amazing food is a mild form of torture. Take these hot dogs, for example. Not just the the dogs themselves, but the idea of a weekend afternoon at the grill, under some shade trees, with a cold beer and hot dogs with pickles, relish, tomatoes, onion, mustard, and peperoncinos. Put that image into your head before lunch on a Tuesday, and you’ll see why Andrew Purcell again flaunts the Geneva Conventions’ rules against cruel and unusual punishment.
Meat Gilt
Gilt Groupe has been steadily expanding – Gilt City for local deals, Jetsetter for travel, and now their newest venture, Gilt Taste. The new site is chock full of the most amazing cuts of meat and hard-to-find culinary ingredients. This isn’t about getting a deal, it is about spending money to have the best of the best; they should know, they hired Ruth Reichl. So it only makes sense to bring on the best food shooters that money can buy. See: Andrew Purcell.
And the extravagance extends to food stylists as well – this spread of fine meats and olives was brought to life by Carrie Purcell. When it comes to the finer things in life, you can count on Big Leo artists for same day delivery. And free shipping!
Little Bo Peep
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can’t tell where to find them;
Andrew Purcell, with Sarah Cave,
With flowers and clothes they styled them.
It happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray
Into a meadow hard by,
There she espied them asleep side by side,
Looking at clouds in the sky.
Then Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke, she started to choke,
For the sheep, Andrew was eating.
(photographed for the April issue of Better Homes and Gardens)
