Beatrice Peltre

Having Beatrice Peltre, (a food blogger, cookbook author, food stylist and photographer), on the ranch, made for an interesting six days. In addition to intense photography, food styling, and set design lessons, she was curious about everything on the ranch.

I had heard of Bea a couple years back and started to follow her food blog, La Tartine Gourmand, and she was good – really good. Making delicious, beautiful food has kept me employed for most of my adult life, but I knew nothing of food photography. I would set my camera on automatic and hope for the best – if I was lucky – there might be a shot. I needed some help.

The connections were made and Beatrice arrived on the ranch a few weeks later. She was joyful, passionate about her work and honest. We hit it off right away.

We worked diligently, but allowed ourselves outdoor timeouts.  “Stop, I want to take a picture of that. Stop, stop I want to take a picture of that”, Bea would say, while on our adventure breaks. She quickly connected that we were not ranchers that raised meat, but we were ranchers that were environmental stewards of the land and that buffalo meat was a by-product of caring for the land.

I prepared real food for our food shots, which meant that we ate a lot of Buffalo.  Even Dan complained – no more Buffalo! We escaped to town that night for fish dinner at Tally’s Silver Spoon.

Beatrice’s posting on her blog last week was a re-cap of her time at the ranch, and includes beautiful photographs. It’s definitely worth a read. Her new cookbook is also available and is a must have!

It is still unknown if I am capable of taking successful pictures without Beas’s help. But the camera and magic lens are on order… Wish me luck, and thanks Bea.

Click here for Beatrice’s story.