Food Photography: Take a Bite! February 3, 2010
Posted by Nicole : Food, Photography, Tips & Tricks , trackback
Canon 7D, Canon 24-105 ƒ/4L IS lens, 1/30th sec @ƒ/4, ISO 100
When it comes to food photography crisp, clean images are always nice, but sometimes it’s good to mess it up a bit. Get some crumbs on the plate, use that fork/spoon/knife and make the image look like it’s being enjoyed. There are ways to do this and still make the image look tasty.
I am very particular about the styling in my images, so the placement of every crumb, garnish, or droplet was placed there either on purpose or was left in place because I noticed it and liked the way it looked. My ultimate goal is to make the image look like it wasn’t on purpose, but still look tasty enough to eat.
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Wow. I like everything about this. I love how the line of the fork draws you right to the first ready-to-eat bite. The colors are really nice as well. Great shot.
Also, in honor of yesterdays Photofocus. I wanted to say thanks again for all the time and effort that you put into your craft, it shows. I really try to apply what you teach in these posts, and when I do, my shots are better because of the information that I have gotten. Not great, but better :)
Great tips. Can’t wait to try them out. I just posted some food photography on my blog yesterday! Funny………and yummy.
The photo is great. The only change I would try is to not have the fork resting on the plate, but elevated so it looks like your taking the bite.
I agree with Gordon. Other than that, it looks great.
Good tips. Sometimes food photography is too clean. This has a nice lifestyle look.
I have to admit, I struggle with always expecting my food photo shots to be spotless, but I truly do like seeing other people’s pics that include crumbs and such.
I’m new to photography and have been learning on my own, but I’m really glad I stumbled upon this blog.
:)
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