Need photographing food tips!

[TucsonTRD]

My favorite is the second set, the image on the left. As you said, you don't have to include the entire dish.


You didn't ask for C&C, so I will keep that to myself. Besides, I'm an inexperienced amateur anyways. But I really like that close-up in the second set.


Braden

[Cozen]

Feel free to post C&C as I don

[freelanceshots]

So you used a softbox in the background and just a umbrella in the front? Was the umbrella in the front a white see through or did it have a black cover on it? Did the front umbrella have a strobe or a flash firing into it? What size strobes where you using if you used them? Use any gels to adjust or correct for WB?

[Cozen]

Freelance to answer your questions, yes, I used a 20x20 softbox in the back and a white shoot through umbrella in the front. I

[TucsonTRD]

Dave-


For me, the close-up in the third set doesn't look very appetizing. It is hard to see what it is. I think that is a dish that needs to be seen in it's entirety.


I'm not sure the full shots with the "accessories" (sauce bowl / chopsticks) properly show off the food. Perhaps for a billboard or poster type advertisement. But as a standard photo / magazine shot I think it takes away from the food. Again, I am not a professional with this stuff, I am just pointing out my own inexperienced opinions.


I would be quite please with these photos, especially given my novice abilities with flash. Well done.


Braden

[Cozen]

Fair enough Braden. I can see your point in that. If I didn

[freelanceshots]

The question is did you get hooked up with a lot of this food? Sushi is my favorite!