A photo from my first food photography workshop last January
The other day, a friend told me that my food pictures here on the blog looked like I’d stolen them!
Now, obviously, the photos are mine and he knows that – he meant it as a compliment and I certainly took it as one!
I get asked a lot about how I go about taking my food pictures and the gear I use. The truth is, I don’t have a lot of camera equipment and what I do have isn’t top of the line. I’m mostly self-taught but I’ve had some mentoring from some great and generous photographers over the last few years.
So I was wondering… would people be interested in a series of spread out posts with some tips and tricks for shooting food that I’ve picked up or devised on my own along the way? Simple stuff that won’t break the bank?
Keep in mind, I’m not a professional and as I stated above, I’m mostly self-taught and I improvise a lot. I don’t know if my way is the right way but I seem to get good results. I promise to try and keep to things that are inexpensive to implement.
If so, what kinds of things would you want to read about? Gear? Props? Lighting? Styling? Something else I haven’t thought of?
Drop me a line in the comments and let me know if you like the idea or if you have a suggestion for a “Tips and Tricks” post.
I think whatever wisdom you could share would definitely help me in my own photos for my blog, food and otherwise. 🙂
I love good picture, and always interested to learn more:) I am using Sony, but Christmas is coming soon.. maybe Santa will bring me Nikon D90:)))
In your opinion which one would be other than Nikon good camera? By the way I love your photos.. nicely done!
I’ve always owned Canons. I don’t think you can really go wrong with a Canon or Nikon. They both have excellent lens technology and that is the most important thing to look for with a DSLR. It just comes down to personal preference after that!
Thank you Melissa! 🙂
I am a newbie to the food photography and blogging. I certainly love all the food photos in this blog and appreciated the fact a you are a self taught photographer. I would love to learn a bit a bout how you shoot the food under different lighting conditions, styling tips. etc. I owned a cannon rebel Ti and have to admit that did not go through the manual to try out different settings.
I’ll see what I can do in future posts to help answer some of your questions! Thanks for the suggestions.