First food shots ever. 35L. C+C welcome.

I don't know why, but I had never taken photographs of food before. I recently had a big victory in my life, and I celebrated with a huge haunch of meat. Ladies and Gentlemen, my victory steak:


1. I know I clipped the plate off here

great set! love it man

background in the first is clunky... simplify... lose the spots, cord, coffeemaker, etc.

Same with the cooking shot, the background is not helping...but i love the look and the smoke

Third shot (with beer) has cluttered background... food photography you want the food to really stand out... There's more light on the background than there is on the food.

The last two are your strongest. Cool perspective. The last one is the best... truly focuses on the food...

Food looks wonderful. The image quality looks fantastic... that lens seems to be pretty sweet!!

What.......are ya crazy?? Just the steak all by itself?

Where's the spud and salad? Ya gotta have a spud with a steak!

IMHO, anybody who know enough about cooking to cook with cast iron - instead of that thin, teflon crap, has got their act together. It looks like a well-seasoned skillet! Good job!

Made me hungry. Nice shots.

Mikelangelo wrote in post #15920255
background in the first is clunky... simplify... lose the spots, cord, coffeemaker, etc.

Same with the cooking shot, the background is not helping...but i love the look and the smoke

Third shot (with beer) has cluttered background... food photography you want the food to really stand out... There's more light on the background than there is on the food.

The last two are your strongest. Cool perspective. The last one is the best... truly focuses on the food...

Food looks wonderful. The image quality looks fantastic... that lens seems to be pretty sweet!!

Thanks for the C+C. I honestly didn't even think about the background. The only one I Really took a lot of time to set up was the last one -- it is my favorite as well.

Picture North Carolina wrote in post #15920973
IMHO, anybody who know enough about cooking to cook with cast iron - instead of that thin, teflon crap, has got their act together. It looks like a well-seasoned skillet! Good job!

I pretty much cook 90% of everything in a cast iron pan. Steak comes out the best though. Season, salt, sear in butter, flip = perfect steak every time.

Picture North Carolina wrote in post #15920973
IMHO, anybody who know enough about cooking to cook with cast iron - instead of that thin, teflon crap, has got their act together. It looks like a well-seasoned skillet! Good job!

They make something to cook in besides cast iron?

Last two are best. A lil more DOF in #4 would have helped a ton imo. #5 works well B/W.

Last photo is really fantastic - love it

Gerald-NC wrote in post #15930944
Last two are best. A lil more DOF in #4 would have helped a ton imo. #5 works well B/W.

chrissjohn wrote in post #16027031
Last photo is really fantastic - love it

Thanks you guys, the last one is my favorite as well.