Level 5 photography
Still life- food
Group Critique 1
My feedback was mainly to improve my food styling for example when I did my chicken shoots I should spread olive oil on top of chicken so then it will look browner and some shine and possibly put herbs on it to add more colour. Richard has said I need to practice shooting with glass as it is very hard to photograph as lights can reflect in the wrong way and cause reflections on glass. In the group crit Richard has shown the class how to use curves properly on photoshop which was helpful because I didn't know I had to use the colour pickers can enhance certain areas of the image.
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Still life. Food. Shoot 5
Level 5 photography
Still Life- food
Shoot 5
Still Life- food
Shoot 5
To improve this I would chop the carrots different which could be diced or grated and before doing the shoot I could clean the vegetables and make sure I put in the knife I used in the image so that the images look real and looks as if I am actually preparing a meal. If I do this again I would work on the presentation on the chicken which could be glazing it with olive olive so then chicken will look browner and sprinkle herbs on it to add colour and texture and not just rely the randomly addings into the image of the vegetables to add colour.
Still Life. Food. shoot 4
Level 5 photography
Still Life- food
shoot 4
Still Life- food
shoot 4
I loved the set up but think I was working with very poor lighting as the glasses were getting dull lighting and I had no clue on how to control the reflection on glass and silver but I have made an attempt and will like to continue shooting with cakes, mouses and hot chocolates as there is lots of colours and textures made.
Still life food. shoot 3
Level 5 photography
Still life- food
Shoot 3
Here I did a breakfast set up to be different to my other scenes in past blog post for food. I think it was very succesful as it is not seen to be over crowded, only improvement needed is that I need some action in these shoots such as the eggs could be dunked with toast or a spoon been dunked in and taken out so that the yolk is dribbled off the spoon and the biscuits could be seen as they been tasted so napkin could be covered with a trial of crumbs and biscuit split in half.
Still life- food
Shoot 3
Here I did a breakfast set up to be different to my other scenes in past blog post for food. I think it was very succesful as it is not seen to be over crowded, only improvement needed is that I need some action in these shoots such as the eggs could be dunked with toast or a spoon been dunked in and taken out so that the yolk is dribbled off the spoon and the biscuits could be seen as they been tasted so napkin could be covered with a trial of crumbs and biscuit split in half.
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Still life food. Camilla Camtrambone
Level 5 photography
Still life- Food
Camilla Camtrambone
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Camilla Catrambone has done a project about a family's portrait, but aimed to represent Camilla's family through objects they have owned and arranged on a marble surface and shot from above. The idea behind these portraits is that a person can be represented through objects that remind you of them or a memory on how they used to be for example second image I would think it will be about the photographers grandma and is a memory on what she gets when visits and Loves tea and bake biscuits. These portraits are about describing a person's personality
To achieve this conceptual portrait I would do about my grandma as she has a hobby of cooking and displays her table very tidy and presentable for her guests to feel like home and comfortable to share there days and a chance for her to use her fancy favourite tea sets and napkins.
Still life- Food
Camilla Camtrambone
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Camilla Catrambone has done a project about a family's portrait, but aimed to represent Camilla's family through objects they have owned and arranged on a marble surface and shot from above. The idea behind these portraits is that a person can be represented through objects that remind you of them or a memory on how they used to be for example second image I would think it will be about the photographers grandma and is a memory on what she gets when visits and Loves tea and bake biscuits. These portraits are about describing a person's personality
To achieve this conceptual portrait I would do about my grandma as she has a hobby of cooking and displays her table very tidy and presentable for her guests to feel like home and comfortable to share there days and a chance for her to use her fancy favourite tea sets and napkins.
Still life food. David Loftus
Level 5 photography
Still life- Food
David Loftus
Still life- Food
David Loftus
David Loftus photographs for the books of Jamie Oliver, Rachel Koo, Gennaro Contaldo, Elizabeth David and April Bloomfield. David has also shot fashion, portraits, landscapes and reportage for red magazine, Traveller, Soho House, Collette Dinnigan, Indian Hicks and Pippa Middleton.
David's tips on succeeding in taking mouth watering food images is that it is important to photograph the stylist prepared the food and placed at an angle and shot from that angle.
Food images should tell a story by considering busy hands chopping, fists kneading dough, someone stealing a bite or the remains of the food being taken e.g. crumbs, a sign that someone has been eating and enjoyed the taste or a story where it is showing you the preparation of the food being made.
Should set the scene by choosing the right colour background can enhance a one dimensional food photo. David carries a selection of stained wooden boards and rich cotton cloths to shoot lots of colour combinations of dishes.
Food photography tips
1. use neutral backgrounds to bring out textures in food
2. Shoot often and capture the mess as cooking is messy
3. Take action shots using slow shutter speed to portray energy
4. Use macro lenses to capture close ups
5. Get creative, find an interesting angle even if it means shooting from height or leaning against something.
Still life food. what is food photography
Level 5 photography
Still life-Food
What is food photography
Food photography is a still life specialization of commercial photography to produce attractive photographs of food for a variety of uses including magazines, cook books, menus, advertisements and packaging. food photographs tends to be composed in a manner where people sit and look and eat the food, laid out on a table setting and shot from an overhead perspective. Tight close up shots on selective focus on object is the trend right now. Moving in close to the food and focusing on the most important elements while everything else goes slightly out of focus helps to draw viewers eyes to the element you most want them to be impressed by. Usually high angles pointing down towards the food work well or at an eaters point of view or you want to show off more of the surrounding decor and props.
Telephoto lenses are used to zoom in tight and background out of focus. A telephoto lens is designed for taking photographs of subjects as moderate to far distances, they are a long focus lens. They are commonly used when photographing sports events, wildlife and in any other circumstances to get close to the subject.
Short Telephoto Lenses 85mm- 135mm- Ideal for shooting portraits and candid shots, quite close to the subjects or objects but don't want to intrude too much
Medium Telephoto Lenses 135mm- 300mm- popular with sports and action as can get quite close such as standing on the sidelines and used for fast moving subjects
Super Telephoto Lenses 300mm- used for professional wildlife and nature as well as sports.
A short focal length lens like 50mm to shoot in a crisp images look even in low light. Lenses with focal lengths less than 50mm are referred to as wide angles because have a wider angle of view. Lenses with focal lengths greater than 50mm are known as telephotos.
Still life-Food
What is food photography
Food photography is a still life specialization of commercial photography to produce attractive photographs of food for a variety of uses including magazines, cook books, menus, advertisements and packaging. food photographs tends to be composed in a manner where people sit and look and eat the food, laid out on a table setting and shot from an overhead perspective. Tight close up shots on selective focus on object is the trend right now. Moving in close to the food and focusing on the most important elements while everything else goes slightly out of focus helps to draw viewers eyes to the element you most want them to be impressed by. Usually high angles pointing down towards the food work well or at an eaters point of view or you want to show off more of the surrounding decor and props.
Telephoto lenses are used to zoom in tight and background out of focus. A telephoto lens is designed for taking photographs of subjects as moderate to far distances, they are a long focus lens. They are commonly used when photographing sports events, wildlife and in any other circumstances to get close to the subject.
Short Telephoto Lenses 85mm- 135mm- Ideal for shooting portraits and candid shots, quite close to the subjects or objects but don't want to intrude too much
Medium Telephoto Lenses 135mm- 300mm- popular with sports and action as can get quite close such as standing on the sidelines and used for fast moving subjects
Super Telephoto Lenses 300mm- used for professional wildlife and nature as well as sports.
A short focal length lens like 50mm to shoot in a crisp images look even in low light. Lenses with focal lengths less than 50mm are referred to as wide angles because have a wider angle of view. Lenses with focal lengths greater than 50mm are known as telephotos.
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