Food Photography / Wine and Cheese II
May 12, 2020 19:50:12 #
Thank you for all the comments and feedback on my first image.
Here is the second one, Hope you like it ...
Here is the second one, Hope you like it ...
May 12, 2020 19:54:45 #
May 12, 2020 20:47:50 #
Tito14 wrote:
Thank you for all the comments and feedback on my first image.
Here is the second one, Hope you like it ...
Here is the second one, Hope you like it ...
Tito,
Creative image. I would put on the right side out of camera view a white card to reflect some light coming from the left as a fill in. Now can I sip the wine and have some swiss cheese?
May 12, 2020 23:52:17 #
Another appealing still life, Ernesto. I enjoy watching you combine your passion for food with your enjoyment of photography and appreciate you sharing the result with us.
May 13, 2020 06:00:25 #
I think the arrangement of the objects is rather static. Three rows of two items each, lined up perpendicular to the camera - boring.
Try moving the glass forward and and slightly to the right, so that it covers part of the bottle, without obscuring the label. Opener and cork together on the right, grapes & cheese on the left, all items diagonally arranged, slightly overlapping each other.
I would light the scene with a large soft light from above and behind the subject, and reflect light with a large white card in front with a hole for the camera lens. The reflector should be wide enough to light the important part of the label, narrower on the right side of the lens to lend a little asymmetry to the lighting. Retouch the lens reflection in PP.
Try moving the glass forward and and slightly to the right, so that it covers part of the bottle, without obscuring the label. Opener and cork together on the right, grapes & cheese on the left, all items diagonally arranged, slightly overlapping each other.
I would light the scene with a large soft light from above and behind the subject, and reflect light with a large white card in front with a hole for the camera lens. The reflector should be wide enough to light the important part of the label, narrower on the right side of the lens to lend a little asymmetry to the lighting. Retouch the lens reflection in PP.
May 13, 2020 06:52:23 #
May 13, 2020 07:13:07 #
May 13, 2020 07:13:38 #
May 13, 2020 07:13:50 #
May 13, 2020 07:41:21 #
May 13, 2020 07:44:59 #
The wine and the bottle both look totally opaque, because there is no light coming from behind.
Remove the background card, replace it with a large softlight a couple of feet farther back. Then cut a piece of that background to a size just large enough to fill the frame. the light coming from around the sides and top of the background will put some light through the wine and bottle. A large white reflector card with a hole for the lens will light the front. Front light can be increased by pointing another light at the reflector card, making sure to not let it reflect in the subject.
Remove the background card, replace it with a large softlight a couple of feet farther back. Then cut a piece of that background to a size just large enough to fill the frame. the light coming from around the sides and top of the background will put some light through the wine and bottle. A large white reflector card with a hole for the lens will light the front. Front light can be increased by pointing another light at the reflector card, making sure to not let it reflect in the subject.
May 13, 2020 07:48:03 #
Try it again, and let us see the results. A nice thing about this type of work, is that redo's are easy, and every time you reshoot, the results improve.
May 13, 2020 07:51:57 #
May 13, 2020 08:09:15 #
Dik, thanks again for the comments gladly appreciate. It is a learning experience. I am waiting for a soft box this week. I will do another shot soon. Can you explain to me me the hole in the card board.
Thanks,
Ernesto
Thanks,
Ernesto
May 13, 2020 08:19:53 #
Dik wrote:
The wine and the bottle both look totally opaque, ... (show quote)
They shouldn't?
Looks good to me.
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