It’s amazing that another year has gone by and it’s time for the annual Sawtooth Botanical Garden Tour again. With all the rain and recent sun I’m sure the gardens will as spectacular as ever. One thing I really appreciate about this tour is the combination of flower and vegetables garden that are chosen to be on the tour each year. Read about this year’s gardens in this week’s Idaho Mountain Express Newspaper.
© Paulette Phlipot
© Paulette Phlipot
© Paulette Phlipot
I was off to the Sawtooth Botanical Garden today to get some produce photos for a magazine story. I am fascinated by gardens, especially when I get to see what and how others choose to grow. So needless to say I loved my time in the peaceful gardens today. Above is one of the several new interpretative signs in the gardens. Yes, you may have noticed this is my photography on the Allotment Gardens sign.
Start looking for some new food photos featuring Terra Resort’s, Cascade Restaurant located in Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa. Here on LIVE WELL JACKSON HOLE is the Duck Confit, one of the many tasty creations I just recently photographed for their advertising. Chef Kevin Humphreys and I first worked together about two years ago as he had two recipes featured in A Taste of Wyoming: Favorite Recipes from the Cowboy State. Once again he was a complete joy to work with. With a smile on his face he just kept bringing one beautiful plate out after another and then well, just let me “play” as I call it. It was a bit saddening when the dessert came out because I knew our shoot was about to wrap up.
Be sure to check out their menu. I think you’ll find that Chef Kevin Humphreys has put together some remarkable combinations using local and regional ingredients.
©Paulette Phlipot
©Paulette Phlipot
©Paulette Phlipot
©Paulette Phlipot
BackCountry Bistro is now open for the season! Combine this beautiful food with the amazing backdrop of the Sawtooth mountains and ahhh… you may never want to go home. They are serving dinner Thursday – Sunday. Reservations are appreciated. Be sure to check out their new website: www.backcountrybistro.com
It was another fantastic weekend of great food, wine & talented Chefs here in Sun Valley for the annual Sun Valley Food & Wine Festival! It was an honor to have my photo grace the cover as this is one of my favorite images of scallops.
Sorry I have removed the slideshow of my images from the Sun Valley Food & Wine Festival due to the copyright infringement issue at hand right now (info below).
This is an updated post as of 06/18/09.
And YES as many of you know this is MY image. Unfortunately the above image was uploaded to FLICKR by someone else and amazingly has their name as the photo credit on it! Yes, very insulting! Hmm… I am glad they like my photo so well that they would like to put their name on it, but a perfect example of copyright infringement (confusion about the origin of goods) by placing a misleading photo credit on someone else’s photograph. This individual has not purchased any usage rights to my photo. They received it from a 3rd party whom had received very limited & specific rights/permission to use it, which did not include and/or cover giving permission to a 3rd party to use it in any way shape or format. This transaction went on without my knowledge. I would never allow a photographer to purchase usage rights to my photography so that they can promote their photography. (What photographer in their right mind would?) This photographer felt it was OK to post this photo on THEIR personal photo sharing site of FLICKR alongside the photos that they took at the Sun Valley Food & Wine Festival 2009. They felt that I wrongly accused them of an infringement since they were given the photo from someone else, (mind you a person who has no authority of approving & or granting permission or usage rights to any of my images). To make things worse this photographer proceeded to place a photo credit on the bottom right hand corner of MY image. Yes, it says this person’s name + photography on the bottom right hand corner of the image. And when I called it to their attention they proceeded to tell me that they do not think they misled anyone to believe that they were claiming it was their photography. Hmmm… and no, there was absolutely no mention of my name and or copyright associated with the image ANYWHERE on this person’s FLICKR site (Not that this would even make it legal for him to be using/posting my photo!) . Yes, you’ve understood correctly, my image (the image above) with someone else’s photo credit was placed in downloadable format on the photo sharing website of FLICKR under another photographers account . YIKES!!! And a good lesson to not believe everything you see on FLICKR, just because someone put’s their name on a photo does not mean that it’s their photo. I know this illegal usage & incorrect photo credit has effected many people (mainly those affiliated with A Taste of Wyoming for which this photo was originally created) and has also jeopardized the authenticity of this photo so please do know that I am in the process of getting this resolved ASAP and I in NO way condoned this. I called this “mistake” to the attention of all parties involved in the infringement immediately upon discovering it. Unfortunately it took several emails & phone calls to the above mentioned parties & FLICKR. I also had to post a comment (pointing out the infringement and misleading photo credit) underneath this photo on FLICKR before the image was finally removed. Thanks to all of you that have contacted me about it after viewing it on FLICKR. I am so glad that so many people know my photography so well that they instantly noticed when someone else tried to take claim of my imagery.
In honor of celebrating the first year of A Taste of Wyoming, by Pamela Sinclair I thought it was a perfect time to introduce you to Pam Sinclair and her great website. If you ever wondered how A Taste of Wyoming came about then this will hopefully help answer all those questions.
THE QUESTIONS BELOW ARE PULLED FROM PAMELA SINCLAIR’S SITE: www.pamsinclair.com
When was your book released? The book was released on April 1, 2008 and 7,500 copies were printed. Due to the book’s popularity, another 5,000 copies were printed before its first birthday!
How did you get the idea to do the book? I love to cook and collect cookbooks. So, when I went shopping for a Wyoming cookbook, I couldn’t find one that was dedicated solely to Wyoming, and that is when I conceived the idea to create a uniquely beautiful, user-friendly cookbook.
How long did it take you to do the book? From the conception of my idea to the date it was published – 2 1/2 years.
How did you find a publisher? I was lucky because there was a niche to be filled with a Wyoming cookbook like the one I envisioned. An acquaintance recommended I pitch my proposal to the publications director at Farcountry Press in Montana, so I did!
Where did you get the recipes for the book? I wanted to feature signature recipes from a variety of distinctive places around the state to create a collage of the different types of traditional and gourmet cuisine Wyoming has to offer. Initially, I wrote letters to chefs, innkeepers, and lodge owners to solicit recipes, and then I traveled around the state, pounding the pavement off and on for a year. Most everyone I invited to participate in the book said yes, to include a few popular politicians. I included several of my own signature recipes, too.
Are you a Wyoming native? No, I’m what the locals call an “outsider” because I have only lived in Wyoming for ten years. My husband (John) and I moved here for his job as a petroleum engineer. We expected to live here about two years, and then transfer to a city. However, after being here a couple of months, we knew this would be our home for as long as we live. I grew up in southwest Missouri and among several other places, I have lived in Chicago and San Francisco. Moving to the vast, open space in beautiful Wyoming was like discovering heaven on earth.
The photos in your book are beautiful! How did you find the photographer? Paulette Phlipot is an extraordinary photographer and working with her on the photo shoot was the most enjoyable aspect of doing the book. Paulette’s name was given to me by a chef with whom she worked in Jackson. Although it was the publisher’s decision, I highly recommended Paulette after I viewed her amazing portfolio and visited with her on the telephone. For more information about Paulette, visit her website at: http://p3images.com/main.php
For further questions and comments about A Taste of Wyoming, please feel free to contact the author Pamela Sinclair by email: pamsinclair@bresnan.net
Here’s one of the many great reviews that the book has received.
Midwest Book Review
Sometimes cookbooks can be as much fun to simply browse through as they are inspiringly instructive to prepare meals from. Such is the case for Pamela Sinclair’s compendium of Cowboy State recipes and Paulette Phlipot’s full page, full color photographs that comprise “A Taste Of Wyoming.” Of special note is the ‘Guidelines for Recipes’ which is for the benefit of the novice high altitude kitchen cook and baker. The recipes are organized into sections devoted to Breakfast & Brunch; Appetizers & Snacks; Salads & Sides; Soups & Stews; Main Courses; Desserts & Sweet Treats. The photography is as spectacular as the dishes are enticing. Contributed by some of the best chefs from some of the finest dining establishments Wyoming has to offer, the recipes range from Blue Ribbon Caramel Cinnamon Rolls; Pancetta-Wrapped Chicken Livers; Winter Root Vegetable Hash; and Blue Corn Tortilla Soup; to Bison Tenderloin with Blue Cheese Sauce; Roast Duck Breast with Apple and Sun-Dried Cranberry Chutney; Sea Scallops with Frizzled Spinach, Carrots, and Citrus Beurre Blanc; and Sour Cream Cherry Pie. “A Taste Of Wyoming” is a truly elegant, gourmet quality, kitchen cook friendly, culinary collection that would grace any personal, professional, or community library cookbook collection.
This photo reminds me a lot of what I feel like right now… flowing with excitement and anticipation. The annual gathering of International Association of Culinary Professionals produced another great motivating week. As much as I love email and cyber communication it sure was nice to be able to have face to face meetings. By the way if you think you’ve seen this chicken before you probably have – it was an out take for the SV Guides Chefs and recipe story for Chicken Senegalese. You will soon see it in the new ad for the Roosevelt Grille – Ketchum, Idaho.
©Paulette Phlipot
When I first saw this window setting on a little rustic cabin I immediately wanted to embrace it with my camera. Actually who wouldn’t – the weathered wood, the copper, the flowers AND the clouds, wow! Little did I know at the time that it would make such a powerful cover image for HABITAT.
