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Buddy, love the B&W shots. They have a nice film grain look to them.
GREAT STUFF! Beautiful lighting and composition! Where is this place? Discount for GAS members?
Our restaurant and cafe is going through a reorganization and publications campaign. So... this is my first foray into food photography. Food is a lot like high fashion models and best when it is young and fresh. This is a lot of fun, but much more difficult than I expected. We'll be completing two brochures and a cookbook. Enjoy!...
I also got to see exhibition of Julia Margaret Cameron's works, for the third time that day. Before that I've only read and see her works in books and etc. To see many of her works all together at the same place it was a treat for me. Amazing how those prints survived over a century+ Entrance to "Julia Margaret Cameron" Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. by setpower1, on Flickr
Our restaurant and cafe is going through a reorganization and publications campaign. So... this is my first foray into food photography. Food is a lot like high fashion models and best when it is young and fresh. This is a lot of fun, but much more difficult than I expected. We'll be completing two brochures and a cookbook. Enjoy!
I get the impression that food photography is very difficult, often requiring maximum depths of field. I like most of these, but I find the cupcake ones a little busy. Did you try closing in on a single cupcake? I am reminded of what I read about the challenge of photographing models of spacecraft to make them appear huge. What was needed was extreme depth of field which required, amongst other things, unusually small apertures, neutral filters and long exposures so the entire model, front to back, was in sharp focus.
I get the impression that food photography is very difficult, often requiring maximum depths of field. I like most of these, but I find the cupcake ones a little busy. Did you try closing in on a single cupcake?I am reminded of what I read about the challenge of photographing models of spacecraft to make them appear huge. What was needed was extreme depth of field which required, amongst other things, unusually small apertures, neutral filters and long exposures so the entire model, front to back, was in sharp focus.
Thanks for the suggestions. Yea.. we played with a lot of variables and approaches. Ironically, the creative director wanted the exact opposite of what you're mentioning. She requested a very minimum depth of field, wide apertures, with only the foremost food item in focus and the rest out of focus and lost in the bokeh. Over two sessions so far, I've taken dozens of shots of food items in many combinations - singles, doubles, alone, with other items... you name it. I only posted a few recents images. Yes, very difficult indeed. Back to the drawing board as many more photo sessions await me. Oh... and then the graphics department may just use part of a photo and inevitably mess with cropping and photo editing in post production!
I like this the best - a haunting image.
