[Oscar]

August 22, 2010 at 3:39 pm

8 sites, man thats a lot of work. With istockphoto its important to become exclusive to make it worth while. Too true that not every thing sells but that kind of keeps it interesting. Although the price of a picture is far greater on getty I find that there is a lot more money to be made on istock.

[Oscar]

August 22, 2010 at 11:10 am

Chicken yakatori! a nice modern style food shot but difficult with the smoke which is making the focus a little soft. I like it and its certainly pretty usable as a stock image.

[Oscar]

August 22, 2010 at 10:59 am

Although this is an old post it really is worth while looking at istockphoto. It takes a while to build up a good selling portfolio but when you get to around 1000 files the money becomes pretty good as well as giving you a shot at contributing to getty.

[Oscar]

November 20, 2009 at 2:41 pm

Hi John, dead right must embed in future

[Oscar]

November 20, 2009 at 9:29 am

Heat distortion is making the focus soft, I see your point on the toasting but making it too dark would take away from the contrast good points all the same.

[Oscar]

November 19, 2009 at 11:28 pm

and one more

[Oscar]

November 19, 2009 at 11:21 pm

I agree about the cutting off of food parts, also your isolation might be a little grey for stock, which site are you with? nice images all the same

[Oscar]

November 19, 2009 at 11:16 pm

nice bright and fresh, I like the second one the best

[Oscar]

October 6, 2008 at 11:02 pm

Hey thank, you but the exposure is a bit off not enough detail in the dark areas.

[Oscar]

July 24, 2008 at 3:22 pm

Your right, way to much going on but it is more of an experiment and a bit of fun.. Thanks for the comments

[Oscar]

July 18, 2008 at 11:57 am

I like number 2 the most, it makes you want to eat it. This is only a small thing but the avocado in the front might need a little work. How is your recipe writing to go along with the pics?

[Oscar]

July 1, 2008 at 10:33 pm

Good looking ribs but I love to see a bit of fire on a grill

[Oscar]

June 27, 2008 at 1:37 pm

many thanks for the comments, very good point on the black but would to much fire be extreme?
Shar the fire is a small candle waved behind the pepper with a 30 sec shutter speed, I clamped the pepper and sprayed it with a glycerin water mix, a black sheet acted as the background.

[Oscar]

June 25, 2008 at 11:02 am

Hi Thorsten,
Many thanks for the comments, in regard to the website that is very much a food styling comment as must photographers can not style food very well. Of course the photography is the key element but I have worked with a number of photographers with food shots that simply had not got a clue about food and the resulting images were very poor, the pics were technically great but the food looked wrong. However I agree that the wording needs revising to make this more clear and apologies if this was misunderstood.
In regard to the lighting sunlight is great but can be restrictive, more so in winter, also must kitchens use fluorescent lighting which is not great for food. That’s were a portable studio system comes in. Normal flash kills the food but will a studio flash system act differantly?

[Oscar]

June 23, 2008 at 2:12 pm

I was trying to decide if eggs are better close up or not so I put a few together for comparisons. I think close up works as the white tends to keep the focus soft.