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Nov 09, 2012 03:41 |  #1

This morning I tried a couple of food shots at home. I tried with what I had, bread and eggs, for bread I used a 17-55 and no tripod, the eggs were taken with 35mm f2 and tripod. These are my really first attempts so I'd like to learn more and more about this kind of photography:

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Nov 09, 2012 05:44 |  #2

Lighting, as with any type of photography, is extremely important for food. Natural, soft window light is great for food photography. It seems that this is what you are using for your shots, at least for the bread (from the reflection on the table).

The shot of the bread is underexposed, but fortunately that is a rather easy mistake to fix. You could also have positioned yourself better, so that the lighter/darker sides of the bread were on the left and right (or vice versa) instead of top and bottom, just my personal preference.

The table on which you've placed the bread doesn't fit the subject, which is a rather rustic loaf of bread which appears home made. The glass surface just doesn't work at all with it. I would like to see it on an old wooden table or maybe on a tablecloth with a fitting pattern. The bread board is also a bit too "new" for my taste, it needs some scarring and "weathering", and is too small for the loaf; if you're going to have a prop in there, make it do something more than just keep the bread off the table. Make it work in your composition. The whole shot should have context, which in turn should be interesting. Right now your shot is telling me this: you made/bought a loaf of bread, wanted to take a photo of it, and put it on the nearest flat surface to hand on a bread board to keep the table clean.

The angle (this is a problem for both shots) is bad. You are taking the photo looking down at the food more or less from a person's eye level. Explore different perspectives, get right down and shoot the food straight on from the side, or top down, or even a little bit from above, but not from your regular eye level perspective.

You also have reflections in the glass, which do not add to the picture. Reflections can add to the shot in a lot of cases, but not messy reflections.

I won't cover the egg shot since I think you have enough information to go work with at the moment, and I hope to see more shots from you soon!


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Nov 09, 2012 07:04 |  #3

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Feb 22, 2013 10:18 as a reply to  @ PhotosGuy's post |  #4

I come back after a few months, during this tine I've tried food photography using the helpful hints and links you gave me.
Here are some shots, am I going better?

1-at home, natural light on the left and lamp (warm) on the right:

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2-at home, natural light behind me
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3-at the restaurant mixed lights
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Feb 22, 2013 19:05 |  #5

I have never tried food, but I want to. I think that one of the keys is to mask and color correct each piece of separate food separately. Lets face it, Food varies in color depending on where you buy it, how its cooked, what is in it, and the light, exposure, and white balance. None of it will reflect the same light as one see's it. You gotta CC it individually and adjust the hue on each food to really make any combination look "superb" and "tasty." Thats what I plan to do when I shoot some food. That's how every commercial food shot is produced.




  
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Feb 25, 2013 08:48 |  #6

StaticMedia wrote in post #15641806 (external link)
I have never tried food, but I want to.

You should, it is quite tasty and keeps me going through the long days. But be warned, it is very addicting. May cause your clothes to not fit and can lead to nasty smells in the bathroom.

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I think that one of the keys is to mask and color correct each piece of separate food separately. Lets face it, Food varies in color depending on where you buy it, how its cooked, what is in it, and the light, exposure, and white balance. None of it will reflect the same light as one see's it. You gotta CC it individually and adjust the hue on each food to really make any combination look "superb" and "tasty." Thats what I plan to do when I shoot some food. That's how every commercial food shot is produced.

I like your thought on masking each item and processing separately. I know commercial shoots sometimes go much further than this. Look at some fast food ads with a burger, drink, and fries in the same shot. Look at the perspective of the drink and the burger. Usually they will not match indicating they were shot completely separately and composed in post.Check out this link for some examples of what i'm talking about. (external link) Look at the cup of coffee next to the sandwiches. You can see into the top of the cup, but you can't see the top of the sandwich. Then the hash browns are another angle too.


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Feb 25, 2013 09:53 |  #7

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You should, it is quite tasty and keeps me going through the long days. But be warned, it is very addicting. May cause your clothes to not fit and can lead to nasty smells in the bathroom.

I like your thought on masking each item and processing separately. I know commercial shoots sometimes go much further than this. Look at some fast food ads with a burger, drink, and fries in the same shot. Look at the perspective of the drink and the burger. Usually they will not match indicating they were shot completely separately and composed in post.Check out this link for some examples of what i'm talking about. (external link) Look at the cup of coffee next to the sandwiches. You can see into the top of the cup, but you can't see the top of the sandwich. Then the hash browns are another angle too.

Lol indeed! Yeah I think they shoot them on white or even green and key it out? Also I've heard some of the fast food shots etc.. use rubber molded painted burgers etc.. or plaster.. Wouldint surprise me. Whatever "looks" good right? Crazy thing is...if you buy a fast food meal, put it in a box...leave it for a few years...it doesn't rot.... Talk about scary! poisonous horsemeat!




  
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Feb 25, 2013 19:53 |  #8

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I kinda like this shot, but the red cups are empty, and the crop is off...



  
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Feb 26, 2013 11:49 |  #9

I like the 3rd shot


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Mar 18, 2013 09:39 as a reply to  @ jdpence's post |  #10

couple more, advice always welcome:

1-at home, natural light

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2-using an homemade lightbox
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