Life at the Table
March 29, 2009
Life at the Table // Is it too early for summer?
Our friend Jenn Clapp is a bit of a tableware nut. So much so, we enlisted her help when we first began developing the idea for Teroforma. Now an interior designer with a leading Boston architectural firm, we suspect she has thoughts about the perfect decanters and linens more often than she admits. This photo was submitted by Jenn in the spirit of longer days, warmer nights and summer color.
March 16, 2009
Life at the Table // Dinner in Malacca
This image was taken by Trey Ratcliff in the Chinese area of Malacca along the southern coast of Malaysia using HDR - a photography technique which, as he mentions, is a method by which an image or a series of images are manipulated in post-processing to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed. The image highlights a wonderful contrast between the simplicity of the family gathering together to eat dinner and the vivid color and apparent motion of the surroundings. To see the rest of Trey’s fantastic HDR work and to learn a bit more about the technique itself, we highly recommend visiting his website - stuckincustoms.com
February 20, 2009
Life at the Table // Timelapse
This timelapse was shot by architect James Leng - born in California and now based in Holland - during a get together with friends for a Turkish dinner. No word on how the food was, but the timelapse communicates a real honesty about the jumble of life that surrounds a great meal with friends. You can see some of James’ other camera work by checking him out on flickr.
November 11, 2008
Life at the Table // Life at the table
A friend of ours started this habit of reaching into his pocket during dinner, grabbing his camera and taking a quick overhead shot of the table at the height of mid-meal messiness. The first few times he did it, we just thought it was a bit odd. But seeing a bunch of his shots all together, it kind of caught on with us. These are some of our favorites from our own meals over the past year or so - and a couple thrown in from friends. We’ve started to collect them - the more beautiful, bizarre, energetic, unexpected, the better. If you have any you’d like to share, just shoot us an email at creative [at] teroforma.com with the picture and a short caption of where the picture was taken and we’ll post it. We warn you, it’s addictive.
Chicken and shrimp skewers with designer Anna Dabrowski in Berlin.
At home in Connecticut with a slightly styled braeburn and a triple cream from Normandy.
At brunch with friends in NYC.
At lunch with JP and Grace in Tangshan, China.
Dinner with friends in Berlin.
Just before getting on the train in Braga, Portugal.
A late lunch outside the Broadway Market in London.
Fresh, wonderfully perishable food from Borough Market in London.
A serious picnic in Oslo.
At lunch with Chockchai outside of Bangkok.
Anna Hellman is a co-founder of Teroforma.