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| Posted: Fri Jun 8th, 2012 14:53 |
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moonlight1811
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Robert wrote: Wanting the arrangement that way is fine, it just makes the photography side more difficult. Oh. So I didn't necessarily arrange it wrong...I just made it harder on myself. Good to know lol I have a "Photography Wish List" and an extra flash is on it. I just need to save the money first! =] A spray bottle with water?! Then I can't eat it when I'm done taking pictures! :P I wouldn't want to waste the tasty food I've made.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 8th, 2012 15:28 |
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Robert
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moonlight1811 wrote:A spray bottle with water?! Then I can't eat it when I'm done taking pictures! :P I wouldn't want to waste the tasty food I've made. It's never stopped me yet! 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 8th, 2012 17:13 |
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Eric
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Food photography can be the most challenging subject. Light is very important but don't use direct flash. Bounce it, or diffuse it ..better still use natural daylight. Shoot in front of a window with reflectors to even out the light. Strong side lighting can be effective in showing texture. Get the right, stress right WB for the product. Perfect WB may not be best for the food to look appetising (cooked meat must be more red than blue to look 'right') Make sure you have contrast between the food, it's plate and background. Rather than using f32 get in close and use dof to focus attention on an area of the meal. Have some props....knives and forks, flower poise, knapkin, condiments, etc. use them to add more contrast to the set. Food deteorates rapidly, when sat under lights or warm rooms. Be prepared to cook up several dishes! We once cooked 15 bowls of rice for a 2 hour pack shoot of Uncle Bens rice....arranging the grains of rice to look perfect!!? To make things glisten, brush with veg oil...we even used glycerol one time....which made the product ....err ....in edible afterwards.  There are lots of tricks that can be employed to make food larger than life. It's all a question of looking at what makes the prepared meal look good...then try to make the camera see it like that too. I once had to experiment with different organic solvents to get the right combustion flame colour /intensity of a flamb© meal. Trust me ....no one ate those meals afterwards. 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 8th, 2012 17:45 |
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jk
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My image looks distinctly dark after posting to the forum! It doesnt look so dark on the same laptop before posting. Yes I did adjust the colourspace to sRGB so it showed correctly on web. I'll see if I process through Photoshop and save for web makes any difference.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 8th, 2012 17:56 |
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Robert
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I noticed that JK, I wondered if you had been afflicted as I was the other day. My answer was to do a Shift+Command+4 screen capture of the original and post that. I am sure it's in the forum processing because the output from Lightroom is fine. I think every now and then it garbles a setting during the compression process.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12th, 2012 09:12 |
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ttreppa
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Melissa, I've been doing some food photography for a local restaurant. I bounce the flash off of the ceiling. I do a little color enhancement (curves) and sharpening. The restaurant uses the photos on their menu. To do this the printer or who they have do the layout, crops the photos so that only the plate and the food are displayed. It works out very nice for a menu. Terry Treppa
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25th, 2012 21:08 |
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moonlight1811
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ttreppa wrote: Melissa, Sorry! I didn't see your post until now for some reason. How do you bounce a flash off the ceiling? Trying to imagine that but not sure how that would be done.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26th, 2012 02:05 |
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Robert
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Many flashgun heads can be turned sideways or tilt up, this is so you can bounce the light off a wall or ceiling. You loose a little power but it diffuses the light and reduces the harsh effect of the flash. Beware of coloured ceilings or walls, white is best.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26th, 2012 18:26 |
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Doug
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This video is worth a watch, it shows one or two of the tricks which are used in food photography LINK
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