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Food Photography...C&C Please

 
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Nov 05, 2008 09:09 |  #1

Another round of food photography taken for a local college... This time, some kitchen candids were taken as well... All food was taken with the 24-105 f/4L, and the kitchen shots were taken with ambient light only and the 50 f/1.4. C&C Please!

1. Caprese Tower

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2. Smoked Grilled Pork Tenderloin Skewer
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3. Individual Thanksgiving Dinner
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4. Deconstructed Beet Salad
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5. Gazpacho Salad
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6. I liked the feel of this... food ready for presentation with the staff OOF in back. I love the 50 1.4 Bokeh.
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7. Me: "Can you give me some flames?" / Him: "2 Cups of Bourbon should do the trick!"
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8. Here's how they used the previous shots we did... for the menu board outside the restaurant. Hopefully they'll be as happy with these!
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Nov 05, 2008 09:33 |  #2

wow congratulations much better i have to say! theres some really nice images there now! well done!


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Nov 05, 2008 10:06 as a reply to  @ macobee's post |  #3

Very nice, but because of the white serving dishes, I think that a light "studio gray" neutral background might have been more effective.

While this isn't food, I think that it shows that a graduated light neutral gray background can help to add depth to an image and also improve separation between the foreground and background.


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I like the duotone treatment that you did for the kitchen shots.

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Nov 05, 2008 10:08 as a reply to  @ Bill Boehme's post |  #4

Lovely series.I lkie them all except for the individual turkey dinner.the turkey, to me, should be turned over and nestled in the serving platter?

REALLY like that first kitchen photo.


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Nov 05, 2008 10:14 as a reply to  @ Flo's post |  #5

Love all of these - makes me hungry! :p Can't remember the last time I had a meal that decorated!

I agree about the background color though - you do lose some of the dishes into the background, but even then, it isn't bad at all.

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Nov 05, 2008 10:37 |  #6

macobee wrote in post #6628042 (external link)
wow congratulations much better i have to say! theres some really nice images there now! well done!

Thank you very much! :)

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Very nice, but because of the white serving dishes, I think that a light "studio gray" neutral background might have been more effective.

I like the duotone treatment that you did for the kitchen shots.

Thanks! And yes, wow, your gradient gray background looks AWESOME. I'll need to try this next time for them! Thanks for the tip!

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Lovely series.I lkie them all except for the individual turkey dinner.the turkey, to me, should be turned over and nestled in the serving platter?

REALLY like that first kitchen photo.

Funny thing about the turkey, is that it's a cornish hen ;)
But I agree...there was something somewhat crude with it's "pose."


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Nov 05, 2008 10:46 |  #7

I got here too late to comment about the background color.

I would like to see more depth of field in some of them.

But they really are fine the way they are. Actually they are well done!



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Nov 05, 2008 10:49 as a reply to  @ acchildress's post |  #8

I actually knew it was a cornish.seeing as the title was individual..lol.just was thinking turkey when I saw the Thanksgiving;) And yes, the pose does look rather barbaric?


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Nov 05, 2008 10:56 |  #9

Love your shots mate, its a pity they have absolutely NO IDEA what to do with them! That board they use to post the shots on is Gawd awful! Sorry...maybe don't tell them that. hehe.

I just thought it is such a waste of great photography..


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Nov 05, 2008 11:42 |  #10

Flo wrote in post #6628425 (external link)
I actually knew it was a cornish.seeing as the title was individual..lol.just was thinking turkey when I saw the Thanksgiving;) And yes, the pose does look rather barbaric?

I figured you knew, just was giving you a hard time. If it was an actual turkey, that would be a hell of a lot of carrots and mashed potatoes! :D


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Nov 05, 2008 11:45 |  #11

TekHouse wrote in post #6628466 (external link)
Love your shots mate, its a pity they have absolutely NO IDEA what to do with them! That board they use to post the shots on is Gawd awful! Sorry...maybe don't tell them that. hehe.

I just thought it is such a waste of great photography..

Thanks for the compliment!

...and I TOTALLY understand what you mean about the board. But to each his own, I suppose... :confused:


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Nov 05, 2008 12:32 as a reply to  @ PMatthes's post |  #12

Flo wrote in post #6628192 (external link)
should be turned over and nestled in the serving platter?.

Buns up, kneeling? :lol:




  
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Nov 05, 2008 13:29 |  #13

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Buns up, kneeling? :lol:

LOL... Turkey style :p


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