Posts for: yorkiebyte
May 21, 2017 12:51:51 #
wolkodoff1 wrote:
Those are great shots, actually much better than what many of the restaurants have on file! Thanks for the tips, I had tried exploring those a little on my last trip, but with your post have a firmer direction. Thanks again.
May 21, 2017 11:45:30 #
wolkodoff1 wrote:
It seems no matter how hard I try, I can't duplicate the hero photos that restaurants have of their food. I use a Canon SX60HS, a pretty good bridge camera. I suspect that in these staged photos the light sources are arranged just so to make it optimal and just walking into a restaurant, especially at night limits the ability to shoot these types of photos well. Any advice or ideas are appreciated.
These images are all in my kitchen - south facing indirect lighting, no soft boxes, no flash at all - usually the White Balance needs played with - the ISO may go up to 1600 at times but who cares....these images are viewed online - not printed.
So my point is - with even my old P7000 Nikon P&S, I have made fairly decent food pics at restaurants and home (home is easier, obviously!). Maybe not "Saveur" magazine quality, but with a bit of practice with camera stability and maybe moving your dish for better light in a restaurant (most restaurants love the fact that you are taking pics of their food - a great compliment!) you can achieve delicious looking food images without all the boring studio equipment! Also - don't be afraid to use a lens at f 2.0 to F 5.6 ... shallow DOF is fun for food!!!
Ciao!
May 16, 2017 14:30:47 #
sailorsmom wrote:
Good shots, yorkiebyte! They look yummy!
Thank you! You encourage me to do more!!
May 16, 2017 14:26:28 #
Thank you very much! I appreciate your outlook, flathead27ford!! 
May 14, 2017 12:43:30 #
Since I no longer shoot professionally, I have fun with older used lenses and older Digital SLRs...... (although the dragonfly was produced with a used 50mm 1.8G DX lens - bought used).
I only have one lens that was purchased new in the last 15 years - A Sigma 30mm F 1.4 DC DN Contemporary purchased a few months ago for my Olympus E - M10. The Focal length is perfect for me as I like 50mm on my DX Nikons. So, equivalent 60mm and 75mm respectively.
I only have one lens that was purchased new in the last 15 years - A Sigma 30mm F 1.4 DC DN Contemporary purchased a few months ago for my Olympus E - M10. The Focal length is perfect for me as I like 50mm on my DX Nikons. So, equivalent 60mm and 75mm respectively.
Mar 31, 2017 08:31:24 #
Bridgeport IPA , one of my fav-o-rite IPA's BridgePort Brewing Co. Portland Ore. ;-)
Mar 26, 2017 15:56:03 #
I have an OMD M10, not the II version. My menu in #1 under Picture Mode shows Monochrome as well as Custom. I have no Idea as to whether I have an early or late version camera - I bought it last year as a Refurbished from Olympus.
Love this camera by the way and I'm a diehard Nikon user!!
Love this camera by the way and I'm a diehard Nikon user!!
Mar 26, 2017 15:49:39 #
Hello, My name is Michael, although you will see I post under yorkiebyte (yes, I have two Yorkies!). I'm originally from Oregon but now live in Arizona. I have photographed with cameras since the early '60s at the age of around 7 or 8 - a Kodak Brownie Starmite.
I have worked in and owned Photo businesses - commercial as well as wedding/portrait/fashion. I have worked darkrooms in color and B&W as well as negative and transparency development.
Lately, I have enjoyed gleaning knowledge from watching the forum and hope in some way that I can be of service to someone, somehow, at sometime!
Thank you all!
I have worked in and owned Photo businesses - commercial as well as wedding/portrait/fashion. I have worked darkrooms in color and B&W as well as negative and transparency development.
Lately, I have enjoyed gleaning knowledge from watching the forum and hope in some way that I can be of service to someone, somehow, at sometime!
Thank you all!