I’m not an accomplished food photographer by any means–just an amateur who would prefer to improve her shots and do justice to the beauty of food. I have an obsession with documenting my life, and that includes a desire to remember beautiful meals. I certainly do not want to recall a remarkable dessert , only to view a picture of it washed out by the flash of a lightbulb, for instance.
But even though I try to be careful and thoughtful in how I frame my food shots, I don’t feel qualified to share tips. I have, however, come across some great tips from:
Heidi at 101 Cookbooks on the technical aspects of food photography. Number one tip: DO NOT USE FLASH (I agree).
and
maki at “i was just really hungry” on taking pictures in restaurants, a very tricky locale indeed. I myself have come out of Michael Mina with only the disappointing shadows of his “trio” plates on my digital camera.
Enjoy the tips.
5 responses so far ↓
Melanie // July 22, 2006 at 8:41 pm
i love all the colors in that picture…
Eric // July 23, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Flash really is the enemy of food photography. Sadly, the lighting in my place is so not conducive to good food shots, thus I really have no choice. Perhaps when we someday move to another lightfilled condo I’ll have more improved shots (or buy a better DSLR!
C(h)ristine // July 24, 2006 at 10:02 am
Yes! And I just realized one of the reasons Paula Deen’s magazine comes off so weird to me…almost all the pictures in that magazine are taken with FLASH.
Susan // July 24, 2006 at 1:10 pm
You could totally be a professional food photographer; you do such a beautiful job with everything you shoot. You have a real talent!
C(h)ristine // August 12, 2006 at 7:22 pm
i found another wonderful site with great food photography tips: Benjamin Christie
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