In today’s episode, we talk to a photographer who has worked with McDonald’s, Burger King, Domino’s and many other well known food companies. She has been a judge on Top Chef too. She loves to teach and has been photographing since she was 8 years old.
Cables have been plugged. Mics have been tested. Recorder is now on, noise cancelling headphone on my ears. We are ready to go.
We did our first food photography interview back in 2010, since then we interviewed more than 25 food photography and styling artists.
And starting this month, we are bringing another season of food photography and styling interviews. This season, in addition to learning from established artists, Read the rest of this entry →
Being a food photographer, I am hungry for beautiful food photos – photos that inspire me and instigate me to create strong photos. On a regular basis, friends and readers send me a tweet about a blog they like or a photo that moved them.
Some of these blogs are photographically strong, others are great blogs in general. Some of these photographs are beautiful and once in a while there are some photos that are just crime against photography.
Let’s discuss all of this in more detail…
In just last one year, many food photography and styling books that have been published. With food photography hobby on the rise, there are more resources than ever to teach you how to improve food photography. In this post, we look at books that will be released in near future and some that have been released in recent years.
In a previous post I mentioned that I will be starting a photo-a-day project and asked you if you would like to participate. There was some great discussion in the comments section and on the facebook page.
Some of you said that you would like to participate in the challenge, others shared their past experiences and raised good questions.
When I did my first photo-a-day project, it was challenging. I started with a 30-day trial and decided that I would pursue the full length project. As the time went on and as I tried to take a photo every day, I started seeing photographs everywhere.
We’ve been having a discussion this question recently,
… what quality is essential to improve you photography?
And we’ve got a lot of different response. Some have said, its practice. Others have said vision. Still others have said basics are essential to improve photography. All of you have given many different answers.
Few days back, we started a discussion on food photography page and asked:
“What is the only thing/quality required to improve your photography?
What do you think? In your opinion, what is one quality that is absolutely needed for improving your photography?
Take a look at some of the answers by going to this post.
Share your opinion in the comments section below.
Recently I posted this photo and shared my food photography process. And Robert Orsa replicated it. His idea was to use same composition, same camera angle, same styling and just change one element – background.
That made me think. What if there was a group project where everyone could participate. Yes! You. The bulb went on.
I have been wanting to create a canvas print for our home since quite some time. So this holiday season, I went ahead and ordered a canvas print from our trip to the Tetons.
Printing photos is complicated. It’s not as simple as just picking up and ordering online. I learned that there are few things that you should remember before ordering prints. Here are 5 important tips:
The process of taking a food photo of a subject is always evolving. At times I sketch few ideas in advance, at other times the final image appears organically without preparing for it in advance.
Often we get questions from readers for food photography interviews asking “how many photos do you take for one good one” or “how do you plan for your food photos” or something in these lines. In this post, I share experience from my recent photo shoot and specifically the thought process once creative juices start flowing.
If you’ve been around you know that I am a big fan of photographer David duChemin. He is the best selling author of Within the Frame, and several other books.
He is giving away a FREE eBook here. There is no email signup or any opt-in either. The book is titled Craft & Vision and has absolutely amazing information on photography.
Here’s what the content looks like…
Thank You and Thank you Food Bloggers
About two years ago all I had, was a camera and some food photos that I had taken at home and in my encounters with restaurants. LFP started with a hope to share what I was learning about food photography and our passion for the art…
The other day I was looking back and so much has changed since we first wrote the about page for LFP. Both of our jobs have dramatically changed and LFP has grown… a lot. The biggest agents that caused this growth is you. So to you and all readers we just want to say…
Winter….ah winter… it’s almost here… Snow and bone chilling wind. Just thinking about the sub-zero temperatures and cold brings chills. I am not looking forward to this winter.
For a food photographer working with natural light, winter brings shorter days, less natural light and dull and gloomy days. Who needs winter here? But then, who can fight with mother nature? Not me. On both counts.
So now that winter is almost here, how should you as a food photographer prepare for winter?
In last several months, we have interviewed many many food photography and food styling experts. Each of these 60 min interviews are full with lot of great lessons from these experts. With about 25 interviews of about 60 min each, we have 25 hours worth of food photography tutorials for free… right here on this blog. Here are some details…
