Had a great shoot today. We did four really nice fish shots, Here’s one…

Had yet another fun shoot with one of my favorite clients, shooting pies and muffins. I ended up giving my daughter and her college apartment full of girls a bunch of the leftover product. I get a text after I leave asking if the muffins were supposed to be green. (not the ones in the photo) Yes, I said, they’re pistachio flavored. Well, can’t blame her for asking what comes out of a food photography studio…
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Yet another fun food photography shoot with some portfolio potential… But you can be the judge.
The big challenge in shooting something like ham is dealing with the shiny surface. You want to make it look moist, but you don’t want big nasty highlights. Photoshop really helps, but good lighting is the key.
The real challenge in food photography is the lighting. Of course, the stylist might have a different opinion on that
), but as far as the photographer is concerned, it’s all about the lighting. The client often dictates the the composition, or at least the team does, but the lighting is usually up to the food photographer.
To me, food photography lighting is all about shape, texture, and sometimes mood. “Moody” lighting isn’t always a good thing either. The appropriate mood is the important thing. For example, dark moody photographic lighting and breakfast usually don’t go together too well, and the same with “fun foods” like hot dogs or ice cream.
Anyway… Here’s on of today’s shots that I really like:
It’s the first of a two day food photography shoot today and we kicked out three nice shots. Three shots a day is a really nice pace because you get to take your time and make all the adjustments you want to. Actually, that’s not correct either. You can’t make all the changes and improvements you’d like to because it
‘s still a team effort and the client makes the final decisions. But having said that, it’s still a good. thing…
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Here are two of the shots. We’re actually not finished with the third shot yet, but still, I know it will be good…
Yet another fun of shooting food photography! Got a bunch of great shots and had fun too.
) I still have to watch getting too moody with my food photography lighting though. Sometimes moody isn’t the way to go. Live and learn.
Here are a few more food photos from shoots both yesterday and today. We’ve been shooting outlined shots today, so it’s not all that impressive…
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