Food Photography Portfolio

 

slideshow by Mark M. Hancock / DFWmark.com, photos © The Beaumont Enterprise or The Dallas Morning News

Food photography portfolio by Mark M. Hancock for The Beaumont Enterprise or The Dallas Morning News.

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Christmas Day Memories 2022

A fresh poinsettia rests on the kitchen table

on Christmas Day.
(Mark M. Hancock / DFWmark.com)

A Louis Jadot chardonnay cork remains amid the peels

of apples and oranges on Christmas Morning. They all

went into a slow cooker with lean beef, dried cherries

and seasonal spices. 

A centerpiece rests on the kitchen bar on Christmas Day. 

Appetizers greet guests on Christmas Day. Offerings
include sweet gherkin pickles, olive medley, assorted
cheese cubes, dried apricots, assorted nuts, mandarin

orange slices and garlic-parmesan pita chips.

Memories from our warm house in Frisco on a cold Christmas Day 2022.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Mark M. Hancock, GRI, MRP, AHWD
REALTOR, New Home certified
214-862-7212
DFWmark.com

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Short Ribs and Peppers

Fayrouz made beautiful short ribs with mini peppers in a Dutch oven. This is before she added red wine and braised. 

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Instagram Posts - August 2018

video, photos and SoundStripe by Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com

This is the recap of the Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/mark.m.hancock.

This is the recap of the August 2018 Instagram feed. This month includes colorful candy, toys, nature, various military uniforms, a pet rock in Indiana, a bottle of Iraqi Arak in Rochester Hills, Michigan along with ever-evolving food. All photos made with an iPhone and includes an original SoundStripe music composition.

Instagram Posts - July 2018

video, photos and SoundStripe by Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com

This is the recap of the Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/mark.m.hancock.

This is the recap of the July 2018 Instagram feed. This month included our patriotic Independence Day yard decorations, images from a trip to Rochester Hills, Michigan (near Detroit) along with tasty food and lots of summertime flowers. All photos made with an iPhone and includes an original SoundStripe music composition.

Instagram Posts - June 2018

video, photos and SoundStripe by Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com

This is the recap of the June 2018 Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/mark.m.hancock.

This month included images from two trips to Rochester Hills, Michigan (near Detroit) along with even more tasty food. All photos made with an iPhone and includes an original SoundStripe music composition.

Instagram Posts - May 2018

video, photos and SoundStripe by Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com

This is the recap of the May 2018 Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/mark.m.hancock.

This month included some images from warm San Diego, California and rainy spring days in Detroit, Michigan along with lots of tasty food. All photos made with an iPhone.

Easter lunch 2012

Photos © Mark M. Hancock / DFWmark.com

Desert includes petite samples of creme brulee, lemon tarts, fruit tarts and strawberry Napoleons during Easter lunch at our home in Plano on Sunday, April 8, 2012.


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The Hancock family and Michael Ainsworth have Easter lunch at our place in Plano on Sunday, April 8, 2012.

Christmas Eve dinner

Various specialty cheeses await guests during Christmas Eve dinner at our home in Plano on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.


Photos Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com


Appetizing dips included Mark's guacamole, onion dip and salsa during Christmas Eve dinner at our home.


Appetizers are available for guests during Christmas Eve dinner at our home in Plano


Various specialty cheeses had a little action during Christmas Eve dinner in Plano.


Smoked chicken, barbecue sauce and smoked brisket are some of the meat choices during Christmas Eve dinner at our home.


Corn salad and mango salad are among the dinner choices during Christmas Eve dinner in Plano.



Deserts included a chocolate mousse Yule log, fruit tart, pecan tart and pineapple upside-down cake during Christmas Eve dinner at our home.






Desert included a chocolate mousse Yule log during Christmas Eve dinner at our home in Plano.

Got a new scanner

Photos Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com

I got a new Plustek OpticFilm 7600I SE film scanner. This is the first test scan of a slide from Jan. 10, 1994. Now, I can start scanning all my old negatives and slides from the 1990s and beyond. I've been using one as an editor for the last three years, and it makes outstanding scans. I've posted various kinds of film for comparison.

If you're looking for other holiday options (or tax write offs) for the photojournalist in your life, check out the The PJ Candy Store section of this blog.


Will Hancock, my nephew, waits patiently for Christmas dinner on Dec. 25, 1992. He will graduate from Texas A&M this year. The image was made on T-Max B&W negative film.


My brother Richard kisses his son, Jonathan Hancock, at my sister's home in Plano in 1992. The image was made on Kodak Infrared film.

Christmas Eve at our home

Fayrouz Hancock prepares a Christmas Eve feast for our family at our home in Plano on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.


photos © Mark M. Hancock / DFWmark.com


Michelle Moe and William Hancock unwrap gifts from relatives.


Fayrouz talks to her in-laws Suellen and John Moline on Christmas Eve.


Deviled eggs made by Cindy Hancock, tiger shrimp and other appetizers await the family on Christmas Eve in Plano.




Mark's handmade guacamole and tiger shrimp await Santa (if he shows up quickly).




The Moline family of Plano poses for a portrait.




William Hancock and Michelle Moe try to sneak a kiss when they think nobody is looking.


The deserts were a big hit with our family. It included Suellen's Harvest Pie, Fayrouz's pineapple upside down cake, several flavors of Richard's fudge, a fruit tart, pecan tart, a seven-rum fruitcake from Wisconsin, and more.




A fruit tart, and a seven-rum fruitcake from Wisconsin await anyone with some room left in their belly after Christmas Eve dinner at our home in Plano on Christmas Eve.

Fayrouz's festive food

© Mark M. Hancock / DFWmark.com

Fayrouz offers corn and pepper salad over cracked wheat for lunch at our home in Plano on Sunday, May 16, 2010.

Bistro B restaurant review

Bistro B offers Salt and Pepper Toasted Squid at the Vietnamese restaurant in Dallas on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010.


photos © Mark M. Hancock and The Dallas Morning News


A happy Buddha statue greets guests at Bistro B restaurant.


Bistro B offers various spring rolls at the restaurant in Dallas.




Bistro B offers many flavored smoothies with tapioca at the restaurant.


Multinational guests eat lunch at Bistro B restaurant.


Bistro B offers Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup at the restaurant in Dallas.




Please read, "Restaurant review: Bistro B" by Mark Vamos

DFW's best taqueria

photos © Mark M. Hancock and The Dallas Morning News

Taqueria El Si Hay offers Al Pastor in flour tortillas (left) and Barbacoa in corn tortillas (right) at the taqueria in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.


Taqueria El Si Hay offers Al Pastor in flour tortillas (left) and Barbacoa in corn tortillas (right) at the taqueria. There is one bench on the side of the stand, however most people eat in their cars or take the food home.


Taqueria El Si Hay offers Al Pastor in flour tortillas (left) and Barbacoa in corn tortillas (right) with spicy salsas in Dallas.



Taqueria El Si Hay offers a variety of Tex-Mex favorites at the tiny taqueria. The taqueria was selected as the 5th-best in DFW from readers and restaurant critics.


Taqueria El Si Hay offers Barbacoa in corn tortillas at the taqueria in Dallas. Tacos are often judged by the quality and combination of the meat, cilantro and onions.



Please read, "Best in DFW: Best Taquerias" by Leslie Brenner / The Dallas Morning News

GrapeFest Peoples Choice

© Mark M. Hancock / DFWmark.com

Wine glasses await judges during the 23rd annual GrapeFest in Grapevine on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The event featured the 2009 People's Choice Wine Tasting Classic.


Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau board member Luann Chapman Gatts wears a weekend's worth of People's Choice pretty colors um rock bands armbands during the 23rd annual GrapeFest in Grapevine.



After many gargles sips of wine, I remembered documented that we brought our own snakes um snacks palette cleansers to use between wine gulps samples during the People's Choice Wine Tasting Classic.



Suellen Moline of Plain Old Plano makes fishy faces um walks sideways umm... does some verbby thing during the cage match GrapeFest Wine Tasting Classic.


Wheeee!


After swigging sampling everything select um (some winey-sounding noun with an "s" goes here), John, Suellen and Fayrouz balance against a table um munch on snacks confer to determine which wine had alcohol um rules the world should win the People's Choice Wine Tasting Classic at GrapeFest in Grapevine.

Please also see:
Historic Grapevine
GrapeFest flame worker
GrapeFest blacksmith
GrapeFest sculptor

La Poblanita tries to maintain prices

photos © Mark M. Hancock and Al Dia

Mauricio Puente measures flour at La Poblanita Panaderia Mexicana in Plano on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Bakery owner Danny Graves said the cost of flour has gone from $9.50 per bag to a high of $27 per bag.


Aaron Meza prepares dough at La Poblanita Panaderia Mexicana. To keep customers, Graves absorbed the cost increases.



Fresh bread awaits customers at La Poblanita Panaderia Mexicana y Cafe in Dallas.


Different bakery goods await customers at La Poblanita Panaderia Mexicana y Cafe.



Maria Garduno prepares bakery goods at La Poblanita Panaderia Mexicana y Cafe.


Mauricio Puente (left) and Aaron Meza (right) prepare cookie dough at La Poblanita Panaderia Mexicana in Plano.



Maria Garduno prepares coffee for customers at La Poblanita Panaderia Mexicana y Cafe in Dallas.



Sweet treats await customers at La Poblanita Panaderia Mexicana y Cafe in Dallas.