02 / A PRACTICAL WORKFLOWSTART WITH YOUR PHOTO
01Connect the grain pattern to the offered board
Record the actual board model or inventory item, dimensions and documented material. Photograph the empty face nearly square to the camera with the full outline visible. Keep unique grain and knots connected to the actual piece when it is sold individually. For representative stock, describe natural variation rather than making every board appear identical.
John Boos distinguishes edge-grain and end-grain construction. Your gallery should show the construction of your own board, not borrow a checkerboard pattern for a different product. State wood species or treatment from reliable maker information; an image alone cannot authenticate them. Record whether the product is a cutting board, serving board or another offer with different documented use.
Give thickness, grooves and underside their own views
Take a real low-angle edge frame with enough surrounding board to locate it, then an underside view. Show a juice groove, handle, foot or reversible side where present. Keep the light broad enough to reveal the surface without making oiled wood look dry or a matte finish unusually glossy. Note any preparation actually performed before the session.
Measure the real width, length and thickness and state whether a handle is included in the length. Add a separate food-styled view only after the empty factual set. Keep food, knives and bowls explicitly excluded unless supplied. A staged chopping action is not evidence of knife resistance, hygiene or product approval for every food-contact use.
Explore a kitchen scene without changing the grain
Choose one actual board photograph for a Fayvoro scene candidate. Request a plain kitchen surface with the whole board visible and no food covering its details. Keep the actual grain, edge and underside photographs outside the attempt. This is not a wood-identification or material-testing workflow.
Check the grain orientation, patch layout, knots, groove, handle and corner radius. Reject an image that turns edge grain into end grain or adds feet to a flat board. Do not let a scene imply dimensions or a food-safety claim you have not substantiated. The factual empty-board set remains the useful buying reference.
