Panna Cotta - Strobist Food Photography - C&C Please

I really like the Panna Cotta image. But I think the angle is a bit to much. And the strawberry has a blemish.

I would have wiped around the Creme Brulee to clean it up for the presentation. Top also needed to be torched or broiled more. And the mint garnish ... I am not a fan of garnishes that is not an actual ingredient in the dish, or garnishes you can't / don't want to eat like the green thing in the Panna Cotta. Lime? I'm nit picking on the garnishes. I'm a foodie.

PMatthes wrote in post #6234548
Re: the lighting - Really? I thought the lighting was done pretty well on every dish!

And the panna cotta was blueish purple. It was a blackberry / pomegranate flavored one. I really thought it was a great shot...

What he is getting at is that it is too evenly lit a bit like a product shot. Changing the lighting will create more shadows and more atmoshphere.

The 2nd shot could be a little closer.

Maybe the background is too dark. I feel like the photos themselves are not saturated enough to make the food pop out at you or shine because the dark background detracts from the food in my opinion.

bill boehme wrote in post #6240468
A neutral graduated background paper such as Flotone "Studio Gray" works nicely and is easy to light. It works best when used with a sweep.

A "sweep" ? What's that?

Pierre81385 wrote in post #6500095
Maybe the background is too dark. I feel like the photos themselves are not saturated enough to make the food pop out at you or shine because the dark background detracts from the food in my opinion.

We actually just shot another menu for them... this time we used white seamless. MUCH better, I think!

Round 2: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=595764

SwingBopper wrote in post #6505918
A "sweep" ? What's that?

Basically, a sweep is a curved support that the background paper rests on to transition from horizontal at the bottom edge to a swept up angle of about 45° to 60° at the top edge. A simple way to make one is to cut the curved profile pieces from thin plywood or even cardboard and then use a sheet of Formica to make the curved surface that the background paper rests against. The main idea in using a sweep is to get a very gradual transition from horizontal to vertical without having any sort of abrupt transition that would telegraph through the background -- the goal is to have the background look like a linear gradient that is light at the bottom and dark at the top.

A lot of information about backgrounds and ancillary things such as sweeps can be found in the lighting forum.

I thought they were good shots..The creme brulee is awesome.

The first one of the dessert in the martini glass, looks odd to me as its tilted, but the content obviously is not. it kind of makes you do a double take.