![a nest of spaghetti pasta are garnished on top with an oyster](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spaghetti-Auster-A-61-scaled.jpg)
Recipes
![a nest of spaghetti pasta are garnished on top with an oyster](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spaghetti-Auster-A-61-scaled.jpg)
![Desserts cut strawberries with sourcreme icecream spoon blue underground](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sauerrahmeis_erdbeeren_holunderbluete-376x500.jpg)
Berries and Desserts
![recipes](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Mövenpick-REZEPT-Joghurt-Ingwer-Skyr-028-1.jpg)
Mövenpick Recipes
![Cake Tarte Tartin with pans opened apricots lavender](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Tarte-tartin-Aprikose-A-021-650x475.jpg)
Cake Tarte Tatin
![rare t-bone steak dry aged steak with salt garlic and spring onions on a wooden tablet dark food photography](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dry-aged-beef-t-bone-22-376x500.jpg)
Meat – Dark Food Photography
![dark food photography of deep-fried Elderbossom on weathered Wood blossoms leafs](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Hollerkuecherl_bavarian_desert-390x500.jpg)
Elderflower Dark Food Photography
![food photography of a big wooden table with allot of dishes mediterranian food hummus meat sauces wine diner](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mediterrane_kueche-650x430.jpg)
Food Photography Mediterranean Kitchen
![dough hits flour flour expoldes high speed photography](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Teig-faellt-in-Mehl-Foodfotograf-muenchen-650x434.jpg)
Dough vs Flour – High Speed Photography
![eight beetroot in different colors on washed-out wood underground](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Rote_Beete_beetroot_still_life-380x500.jpg)
Vegitables out of the Garden
![A dorade and some shrimps seafood lie on two plates. everything is in grey colour.](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Dorade-und-Krevetten-012.jpg)
Seafood
![a loaf of bread with cracks lies on a dark cloth. The set is made of dark wood](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BROT-Sauerteigbrot-B-17.jpg)
Bread
![algal salad with pea creme old wood underground Japanese Food style](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Algensalat-10-360x500.jpg)
Japanese Food Style Project
![sandwich farmhouse rye bread with leberkaes salad cranberries horseradich on old weathered wooden board old knife alpine hut food styling](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Leberkaes_Bauernbrot-650x473.jpg)
Houdek Leberkäse Sandwich
Recipes
Kai, what about food shots that require cooking from a recipe?
In most cases the recipe photographs aren’t formulaic, they’re always a little bit like a trip to an unknown country. There are influences from different regions. It’s about trying out new things – improvising and going in different directions. It’s a real stimulant for everyone to achieve more out of the kitchen and the photography.
How do you mean that?
With recipe photos, many things are left open, there is no fixed layout. We can contribute a lot to the design. The images are made spontaneously; sometimes the original idea is thrown overboard. This also means great freedom.
How do you get there?
Recipes offer a developmental process that grows with the ideas of the team. Sometimes it’s the food stylist who has a great idea for prop styling. Sometimes I’ll arrange the ingredients on the plate. Whether or not the proportions fit or something works, you can see it immediately on the screen. And we can always think spontaneously and try something new – thanks to my huge props collection.