food, photography and my creative life
So often I see post after post in food blogging forums or hangouts on where to get food photography props. Where?? Where are they hiding? The truth is, it’s not a big mystery. They’re everywhere you look. Anything can be repurposed for a food photo. And it doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact, I wrote a whole post on food photography props on a
Today is the start of a three part series on restaurant food photography. I’ve been asked a few times to offer up some tips on how to take solid photos in restaurants where it feels like you have very little control over the surroundings, lights and food presentetion. It’s something I’ve wanted to write about for a while. Lately, however, it seems there’s been a
A few Saturdays ago, the power went out. I had just made a big cup of very hot tea and had planned on sitting down to work for most of the day. Our power rarely goes out and when it does, it’s usually for just a minute or two. I cursed under my breath for having left unsaved Photoshop and Illustrator files on my computer
Today I thought I’d spend some time introducing you to the very basics of post processing food photographs. I think it’s very important, especially for beginners, to know that very, very few of the food photographs you see in magazines and on droolworthy blogs came out of the camera looking that way. Very few. I’d venture to say none. When you’re first starting out, you
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