Michael W. Rutherford

Food Photographer, Michael W. Rutherford
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Michael W. RutherfordRutherford Studios is located in Nashville, Tennessee near the airport.
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Michael W. Rutherford is our photographer specializing in food and location photography projects with people.He has traveled worldwide shooting several books and projects for different agencies across the world.He has won several national and international awards for his work as well.

April Meeting: Michael Rutherford
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We are very fortunate to have as our featured speaker Michael W. Rutherford.

cinnamon colls hero copy copy.jpgOn April 3rd Michael will discuss many aspects of his photographic life.He will talk about his work over the years telling us some of the stories behind the images you will see along with how he went about getting the shot.Since Michael started out with film like many of us he will talk about his experiences transitioning from a comfortable life of shooting with film to the new unknown world of digital and having to learn new ways of getting the final image from capture to print.

cowboy 1on white.jpgMichael is one of the few photographers who is equally at home on horseback documenting cowboys in the American West, photographing corporate executives and music stars or creating culinary art in his mid-century studio in Nashville.

final lion.jpgHe began his career in photography immediately upon graduating from Southern Illinois University.With a degree in commercial photography, he headed to the Chicago area and began photographing International Harvester Farm Equipment in the vast wheat fields of the northern Midwest.

Mike re-located to Nashville in 1981 along with his wife and two sons.In a few short years he amassed an enviable portfolio, not to mention every award given in his trade.He founded Rutherford Studio in Nashville in 1983 and continued building a wide-ranging client base, while at the same time developing a photography style of his own.

toshiba fireplace42hp84 chapel.jpgMike's work is a blend of technical excellence and photographic art.A master of lighting, as well as styling, he has embraced every new trend and technique and continues to do so with a seamless transition into the modern world of digital photography.

From the Highlands of Scotland and the emerald fields of Ireland to Russia, China, Israel, Egypt and Central America, his stunning location photography is an artist's study in lifestyles, beauty and culture.Mike has also covered the length and breadth of the United States, from the Oval Office of President Ronald Reagan to cattle drives in Montana.
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Mike has numerous other books to his credit, half of which are cookbooks.Coming soon to his book collection will be a book on "Scotland" and "Real Life Cowboys".

You can visit Michaels web site at http://www.rutherfordphotography.com/ and see some of his work.
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04/03 - Mike Rutherford

Food Photographer, Michael W. Rutherford
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Michael W. Rutherford
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Michael W. RutherfordMichael W. Rutherford is one of the few photographers who is equally at home on horseback documenting cowboys in the American West, photographing corporate executives and music stars or creating culinary art in his mid-century studio in Nashville.

He began his career in photography immediately upon graduating from Southern Illinois University.With a degree in commercial photography he headed to the Chicago area and began photographing International Harvester Farm Equipment in the vast wheat fields of the northern Midwest.

Mike re-located to Nashville in 1981 along with his wife and two sons.In a few short years he amassed an enviable portfolio not to mention, every award given in his trade.He founded Rutherford Studio in Nashville in 1983 and continued building a wide-ranging client base, while at the same time developing a photography style of his own.

Mike's work is a blend of technical excellence and photographic art.A master of lighting, as well as styling, he has embraced every new trend and technique and continues to do so with a seamless transition into the modern world of digital photography.

From the Highlands of Scotland and the emerald fields of Ireland to Russia, China, Israel, Egypt and Central America, his stunning location photography is an artist's study in lifestyles, beauty and culture.Mike has also covered the length and breadth of the United States, from the Oval Office of President Ronald Reagan to cattle drives in Montana.
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Mike has numerous other books to his credit, half of which are cookbooks.Coming soon to his book collection will be a book on "Scotland" and "Real Life Cowboys".

Food Photographer, Michael W. Rutherford

Food Photographer, Michael W. RutherfordWelcome to the Food Photography webpage of Michael W. Rutherford.Michael is based out of Nashville, Tennessee coming from the northern Illinois area and is a nationally known food photographer.Noted for his beautiful photographic techniques ranging from the look of Rembrandt to the ever so popular high-key lighting of today.He specializes in supplying dramatically lit food images for advertising, packaging, editorial and many cookbook projects.He has been ask to do his magic for their food photography projects by many ad agencies, graphic design firms, grocery stores, restaurants and food suppliers.In his food photography studio as well as locations around the globe.

Michael has a large 13,000 square foot food photography studio.His food photography studio has a very large fully equipped restaurant styled kitchen.He also has one of the largest prop and background selections available in house as well as a prepping station by his food photography bay.Not to mention hundreds of shooting surfaces to photograph his images.As a food photographer the equipment is almost as important as the style.Rutherford Studios goal is to keep its digital camera and equipment "state of the art" and has three full time food photographers and can run up to four bays at a time.Michael uses all Sinar Leaf Capture systems in the large studio format as well as medium format and 35mm.With in-house computer specialists at his side fulltime.But Michael still prefers to shoot as in the days of film to do as much of the look in camera for his clients.Especially after 25 years of learning food photography techniques before going digital.He believes in as much in camera work as he does post production.In postproduction work…some looks just can't be mimicked.
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Mike Rutherford - Commercial Photographer - Advertising
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04/03 - Mike Rutherford

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April Meeting: Michael Rutherford
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We are very fortunate to have as our featured speaker Michael W. Rutherford.

cinnamon colls hero copy copy.jpgOn April 3rd Michael will discuss many aspects of his photographic life.He will talk about his work over the years telling us some of the stories behind the images you will see along with how he went about getting the shot.Since Michael started out with film like many of us he will talk about his experiences transitioning from a comfortable life of shooting with film to the new unknown world of digital and having to learn new ways of getting the final image from capture to print.

cowboy 1on white.jpgMichael is one of the few photographers who is equally at home on horseback documenting cowboys in the American West, photographing corporate executives and music stars or creating culinary art in his mid-century studio in Nashville.

final lion.jpgHe began his career in photography immediately upon graduating from Southern Illinois University.With a degree in commercial photography, he headed to the Chicago area and began photographing International Harvester Farm Equipment in the vast wheat fields of the northern Midwest.

Mike re-located to Nashville in 1981 along with his wife and two sons.In a few short years he amassed an enviable portfolio, not to mention every award given in his trade.He founded Rutherford Studio in Nashville in 1983 and continued building a wide-ranging client base, while at the same time developing a photography style of his own.

toshiba fireplace42hp84 chapel.jpgMike's work is a blend of technical excellence and photographic art.A master of lighting, as well as styling, he has embraced every new trend and technique and continues to do so with a seamless transition into the modern world of digital photography.

From the Highlands of Scotland and the emerald fields of Ireland to Russia, China, Israel, Egypt and Central America, his stunning location photography is an artist's study in lifestyles, beauty and culture.Mike has also covered the length and breadth of the United States, from the Oval Office of President Ronald Reagan to cattle drives in Montana.
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Mike has numerous other books to his credit, half of which are cookbooks.Coming soon to his book collection will be a book on "Scotland" and "Real Life Cowboys".

You can visit Michaels web site at http://www.rutherfordphotography.com/ and see some of his work.