Food Shots For College Class: Had to do a little Food Stock pictures here are a few...

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

Had to do a little Food Stock pictures here are a few

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Valenta Loc: Top of NZ

That extruded something looks revolting.

jak86094

All nice, but I think #2 is the best all around. Nice work.

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

jak86094 wrote:

All nice, but I think #2 is the best all around. Nice work.

I agree.
Pat

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

Thanks #2 is one of the two I flagged in Lightroom as my favorites

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Take the time to style the food, not just photograph it on the plate. That means arranging the filling to fit inside the bun, not spill out. And, I agree with Valenta, that proboscis of meat is distracting.
Watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIOF4vpm_sY&t=10s

for hints on how to style food for photography, not just drop it on a plate.

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Take the time to style the food, not just photograph it on the plate. That means arranging the filling to fit inside the bun, not spill out. And, I agree with Valenta, that proboscis of meat is distracting.
Watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIOF4vpm_sY&t=10s

for hints on how to style food for photography, not just drop it on a plate.

I know how they do food shots but this was about exposure and white balance. I was not worried about food being perfect because if you ordered this sandwich it would actually have even more meat and wanted semi accurate representation of the sandwich because the pics are actually going to be used on menu.

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Take the time to style the food, not just photograph it on the plate. That means arranging the filling to fit inside the bun, not spill out. And, I agree with Valenta, that proboscis of meat is distracting.
Watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIOF4vpm_sY&t=10s

for hints on how to style food for photography, not just drop it on a plate.

Actually after working in the food industry for years all the make believe pictures they do of food are really a detriment instead of a positive thing because food never looks like pictures when customers receive it and never will

illininitt

D+

TheStarvingArtist

I doesn't look very appetizing

Diocletian

You don't want 'artsy' photos...so no discenable depth of field. I used to have a client that did this type of photography. They shot 100% straight down; used reflected lighting and everything looked pretty much like plastic. Mmmm Yummy Not

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I agree with rgrenaderphoto. Food preparation is an art in itself and that is why the "black tie" restaurants charge more yet serve you less. They decorate the plates as works of art. Keep in mind your goal is to photograph food, not to make a tasty meal for Chef Ramsey to judge. Search the internet for the exclusive restaurants and look at the food displayed (photographed) on their websites.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

hangman45 wrote:

Had to do a little Food Stock pictures here are a few

It's still warm, I would have been only able to get off 2 shots (because I don't have my endoscope anymore). That should tell you that you succeeded!