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[@JawadMarrak]

You have a beautiful soul m’am, thank you for all the good vibes and top notch content you make available for us. Thank you

[@Todd_Kuhns]

All due respect to the lighting, exposure and such but the food styling is the true magic of food photography. Truly an art and amazing to watch someone who is good at it.

[@TheBiteShot]

Absolutely!

[@sukhdeepsinghvirdi..5339]

@@TheBiteShot 👀👀👀👀😊😊

[@ijyoyo]

Outstanding. Never has it occurred to me to work with a. food stylists! Even on a smaller scale! Great video.

[@jjorgetome]

And suddenly I find a video of you on youtube. And so increased my interest in food photography. With each video more and more knowledge. And if that wasn't enough, you generously introduce us to brilliant people who, like you, share your knowledge. It was like that with Suzy Eaton, Donna Crous, Lauren ... I am from Brazil and here things are absurdly rolled up, devalued and selfishly hidden. So someone like you is an incredible find. Thank you for your generosity girl. A lot of health and long life. Thanks again

[@michaelricks1618]

Brilliant and very informative. Great to see you back, Joanie, and I really appreciate your friend so generously giving her time, expertise - and great sense of humour!

[@TheBiteShot]

She's amazing! Thanks for watching

[@reeseb8520]

Thanks for inviting Suzy to share her experiences and knowledge. I'm fascinated by the way stylists come up with creative solutions so everything looks good for the camera. 👏

[@TheBiteShot]

Right!?! Pure magic what they do!

[@bikecommuter24]

Excellent. I like how Suzy commented on working with the Chef's and making them feel part of the production, many Chefs at the higher level create art with their food and many take great pride in it. As a former Culinary Student myself I can appreciate working with food be it as a chef, food stylist or food photographer they all know food does not like to cooperate or give you the time you need it makes you go by its schedule. FYI I say former Culinary Student, I enjoyed the classes and learning the techniques, I got good grades but my heart kept telling it was not my calling. Still love the whole food making process even if is it just making a nice salad or a pizza. Thanks for the video.

[@maf3695]

Great tips. As I’m starting out in photography. I was asked to collaborate with a local clothing boutique. I shot two (2) fashion shows, put on by the boutique. An anniversary celebration and a photo session of clothing modeled for their webpage. Everything was going well until I was being requested through the boutique. The boutique was demanding 40% booking fee from me. Mind you we were both starting our new venture separately. Not make this any longer. I didn’t get any of those leads, I took a break from shooting photos or making videos for about 10-11 months. Until a couple of weeks where I started a series called “ NO NICHE JUST PHOTOGRAPHY “

[@JillianSnabilie]

I just googled thanksgiving ad Walmart & Walmart Christmas food ad, and I found the original advertisements with her styling! It looks so good, well done!

[@TheBiteShot]

I'm totally captivated by her skills!

[@KellieHarley]

Ah I love Suzy! I’m so gals you had her on!

[@dianajeffra6181]

Thank you so much for talking about this!

[@techsavvydaddy5616]

Very Cool Joanie, thank you both for sharing. Excellent insight.

[@arthurmorgan5937]

I am about to go to see a local viewing of the Vancouver Mountain Film Festival but THIS video is on the top of the list of things to do tomorrow morning!

[@arthurmorgan5937]

Video was worth waiting for! Thank you.

[@emilylawrence5234]

Can you do a critique of your subscribers food photography photos, and give tips to help them improve?

[@gretam9115]

Thank you Joanie. Really helpful video.

[@robertad242]

I immediately went to Suzy's website and then IG and I found out she was following me!! Of course I followed her, amaaaazing work Suzy!😍

[@TheBiteShot]

That's awesome!! Great people following great people!

[@fanetterickert8152]

So interesting, thank you Joanie! I shot my first shoot with a stylist a couple of months ago, it was fun!

[@TheBiteShot]

So awesome! I'm sure you created some awesome images

[@fanetterickert8152]

@@TheBiteShot They were okay ;) The shot list was weird to start with... we had to work with cotton candy, gummy worms, hawaiian shaved ice. It was fun though. :)

[@milagrosfiguereo744]

Jajajajajajaja, a super fun anecdote !! Great work!

[@jody1622]

Thanks ALOT!

[@ChrisMills-AmbientSpace]

That was great! Thanks!

[@jcsinclair]

Greats tips and great interview. Thanks 👏

[@acerrubrum5749]

Two awesome, talented women, thank you.

[@morri1989]

Huge informations here, thanks ladies! :)

[@briefcasemanx]

I love this!

[@KenHollowayshow]

Thanks for the great video. I need to find a great food stylist in Denver when I get ready to shoot for the new restaurant, so this was very helpful information (and fun). BTW, I still prefer the old lighting.

[@TheBiteShot]

Awesome! Have fun! And I did go back to the old lighting..wondering why it now looks different...hmmmmm...maybe it's the closer crop that I'm doing. Oy!

[@KenHollowayshow]

@@TheBiteShot Maybe what's throwing me off is all the black. I'm used to you wearing more colorful tops, as well as your earlier studio (more natural light?). I have to admit, no matter how amazing my food is, or how great my photography skills develop--what's going to make the difference between the photos being great versus stop you in your tracks spectacular is having a talented food stylist. Thanks again for sharing.

[@Noealz]

that ham does look delish~

[@xiomaramartinez3183]

Thank you so much for this channel! i’ve recently discover the wonderfull world of foodstyling! I did my third shot yesterday and i always look your channel for any tips and tricks that might save the day and you always do! Do you have an instagram account?

[@johnlochness]

That was interesting.

[@issaaccc6132]

This was really helpful for how I could improve relationships with my partners!

[@vincentnussbaumer3749]

Awesome video! Is your friend's name really Eaton? That's so cool! 😋

[@TheBiteShot]

Suzy Eaton

[@saldzdz3504]

I love you 😘can you give me a arabic translation ♥️

[@Robert-ko6wr]

Stay out of trouble? What's the fun in that? Doesn't sound like you got a lot of rest and relaxation during your month away from KZbin. Sounds like you didn't slow down to savor the aroma of baked cookies a bit. Hope I'm mistaken. Back to enjoying your videos and your energy once again! Cheers!

[@sukhdeepsinghvirdi..5339]

👀👀👀👀👀👀😊😊

[@o.aldenproductions.9858]

But.. ...did she really give credit to her assistant?!!🤷🏼‍♀️. What’s the assistant’s name??

[@matteogolin5231]

How coincidental her last name is Eaton lol!

[@TheBiteShot]

Right!?!

[@katiem5989]

First

[@JulianaPalmaVegan]

Joanie, I normally really love your videos...but too bad the whole video is about cutting and solving problems with dead animals...specially with that first picture of the poor bird killed. As a vegan, I always pass by some contents that you share about meat (because you are not vegan so of course you don't have to only post vegan things) but even then I can always identify and skipe them easily. But this time it was too sad that I came here expecting something with tips and help on how to become a better food stylist, but it turned out to be more than half of the video only about stories of dead animals :/ please think about it next time. Thank you very much, and sorry if it sounds rude to say this, because english is not my first language. Anyways, I really admire you as a person and professional, and I hopr you bring more good work here for us! Thank you so much!

[@reeseb8520]

In fairness to Joanie and her guest, this is not a vegan or vegetarian food channel. By choosing to watch her videos you accept the risk of seeing food images that don't align with your vegan principles. I'm a vegetarian so I don't say this to offend you. We have to accept responsibility for what we choose to watch, especially if the content producer is transparent about the type of content they offer.