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Elaina, who has been on several NAC courses and has become quite a photographer, dropped me a line:
"Mark, I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the last course at the NAC and am looking forward to the next one. I've volunteered to do some photography for a recipe book for my school, so any hints and tips you (or anyone else) can give me would be very welcome! Elaina"
There was a really interesting piece on Radio 4's Food Programme the other day about food photography. Paint instead of cream, pulling out mashed fish from fish fingers with tweezers and replacing it with beautiful flakes of cod. You can listen again here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s54dg
Meanwhile, for the rest of us, any tips for photographing food?
Here are some fantastic images and ideas from the readers of strobist.com, inspired by an assignment set by lighting guru David Hobby.
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/07/boot-camp-ii-assignment-2-results.html
Read the comments to see the controversy caused by the winner, and remind yourself that diversity of opinion is a GOOD THING!
But the big rules of thumb for food photography are: get onto the same level as the food, fill the frame, and light it from behind and above with a big, diffused light source. A window with net curtains or a thin white sheet might do the trick. Oh, and use a tripod. Don't kid yourself that you can get sharp images at 1/30!
Good luck. Send us your results!
"Mark, I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the last course at the NAC and am looking forward to the next one. I've volunteered to do some photography for a recipe book for my school, so any hints and tips you (or anyone else) can give me would be very welcome! Elaina"
There was a really interesting piece on Radio 4's Food Programme the other day about food photography. Paint instead of cream, pulling out mashed fish from fish fingers with tweezers and replacing it with beautiful flakes of cod. You can listen again here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s54dg
Meanwhile, for the rest of us, any tips for photographing food?
Here are some fantastic images and ideas from the readers of strobist.com, inspired by an assignment set by lighting guru David Hobby.
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/07/boot-camp-ii-assignment-2-results.html
Read the comments to see the controversy caused by the winner, and remind yourself that diversity of opinion is a GOOD THING!
But the big rules of thumb for food photography are: get onto the same level as the food, fill the frame, and light it from behind and above with a big, diffused light source. A window with net curtains or a thin white sheet might do the trick. Oh, and use a tripod. Don't kid yourself that you can get sharp images at 1/30!
Good luck. Send us your results!
