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Anyone got tips for FOOD photography?
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Hi,
I’ve to photograph some food shots for a new receipe book. Anyone care to share any general tips on this type of thing? I’m mainly an outdoors photographer….. (Sports, Wildlife).
I’ve got Canon gear, 2 580 flashes and a wireless controller.
Any tips, or example web sites most welcome!
Merv.
Thats a gig I’d love, its going to be quite a challenge as food is trickey to say the least. So I’m looking forward to seeing the replies on this one.
Like Fintan, this is something I’d love to do myself! The current trend is for food to be photographed pretty much as it is without all of the artificial styling that used to be done a few years ago. Like Fintan, this is something I’d love to do myself! Most of the modern cook books feature food shots that are shot very stylishly with minimal depth of field and that look very light and airy (if that explanation makes any sense!). The WWW is full of excellent resources on food photography but one of my favourites, which shows what you can do with “amateur” equipment, is http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/09/15/food_photos.html
mervifwdc wrote:
Hi,
I’ve to photograph some food shots for a new receipe book. Anyone care to share any general tips on this type of thing? I’m mainly an outdoors photographer….. (Sports, Wildlife).
I’ve got Canon gear, 2 580 flashes and a wireless controller.
Any tips, or example web sites most welcome!
Merv.
..Try not to eat the food until after you’ve photographed it. :lol:
What type of food are you shooting?
Is it food ingredients, raw food, cooked, solids, liquids, etc?It’s for a recipe / cook book, so it’s going to be a little of ingrediants, but mainly finished dishes. All sorts – soups, starters, mains, deserts.
Thanks for the link above!
Merv.
Here are some tips for food styling:
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/09/15/food_photos.html
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001451.html
Watch out for bad reflections on cutlery and glassware.
Dark coloured drinks can appear too dark when photographed.
eg. If using CocaCola, dilute it bigtime (can’t remember the recommended amount).
Use Ribena instead of Red Wine.Hi Merv,
I’m coming originally from the Catering Industy and I love good food and the way it is presented… I would check out some Jamie Oliver cooking books and try to shoot in some sort of traditional kitchen environment, old kitchen tools as requisites…
You need good light to make the food look fresh and I would consider to invest in a lens baby for the job!!! :wink:
Can wait to see the results!!Markus
Evening folks.
Have just stumbled across the following link, which may be of interest to you!
http://www.photojojo.com/content/tips/food-photography-tips-and-tricks/
Take it easy,
Dave.Thanks Folks! Keep it all coming.
The photography for the book will all be done around easter time, so I’ll be practicing from now to then on whatever my poor wife is cooking (well, until I get banished from the kitchen!)
Merv.
Some great advice also at http://jpiblog.blogspot.com/ – you need to scroll down about half way to the entry for Friday, January 27, 2006. Makes for interesting reading, especially the bits on lighting and “posing” food. There’s another site out there which has some excellent information which I came across about a year ago. Trouble is, I never saved the link as a shortcut and now I can’t find it again! If and when I do, I’ll post it here.
Found it!!! Pretty much all you want to know about food photography by a food photographer – take a look here: http://www.foodportfolio.com/blog/index.html There’s a great article there comprising some 40 images illustrating how a shot is developed from the first image right up to the finished image, along with a running commentary – http://www.foodportfolio.com/blog/food_photography/food_photo_process.html
If you visit the Guardian Unlimited web site at http://observer.guardian.co.uk/seedsofchange ,they have been running a food photography competition for a couple of years now and you may get some alternative ways to photograph food, Also Nigel Slater and Donna Hay’s cook books are unusual in their approach
Thorsten wrote:
Found it!!! … along with a running commentary – http://www.foodportfolio.com/blog/food_photography/food_photo_process.html
Well worth finding as well I’d say Thorsten. Great link. Had no interest in food photography, but now that I’m reading the ‘running commentary’ I’m thinking about what food I could photograph – as opposed to eat! – when I get home :D
Take it easy,
Dave.I remember reading an article by one of the ‘foodies’ who recommended photographing roast chickens raw, with the roasting effect created by a mix of sugar syrup mixed with worcester sauce/ gravy. Steam effect was created using a waft of cigarette smoke.
Never tried this myself but might be worth it…
Regards,
Puckpics
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