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Reader Question: The Only Quality Required to Improve Your Photography

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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.

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12 2011

Group Project: Background Matters

Crackers Triscuits-19-2Recently 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.

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12 2011

Vegetable Cutlet: Food Photo Feedback

Vegetable CutletsTime for another food photo feedback. Help a fellow reader improve their photography. How would you improve this photo.

If you’d like to get feedback or critique on your food photos, please email me at neel[at]learnfoodphotography[dot]com

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04 2011

Avocado Photo: Food Photo Feedback

Avocado PhotoHere’s another feedback request. What do you think about this avocado photo? Continue reading to learn about the goal of this photo and then help a fellow reader by giving a honest and constructive feedback.

If you’d like to get feedback or critique on your food photos, please email me at neel[at]learnfoodphotography[dot]com

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03 2011

Karahi Chicken Photo: Food Photograph Feedback Request

Karahi Chicken

Time for another feedback request. This is a karahi (or kadhai) chicken photo, a traditional Indian recipe. Read more to learn what was the goal here and tell us how you would improve this photo? What would you do differently?

If you’d like to get feedback or critique on your food photos, please email me at neel[at]learnfoodphotography[dot]com

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03 2011

Strawberry Rice Pudding: Food Photo Critique Request

Strawberry Dessert in Glass

Feedback is important for growth. If you want to get better at something, it is important to practice and practice and practice. But with that, it is also important to get some feedback. Feedback helps you to understand different perspectives and helps you open your mind to new possibilities.

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02 2011

How Many Goals Did You Achieve This Year?

Goals This year is almost over. I started reviewing how this year went for me and if I achieved all my goals this year. This year, one of my primary goal was to grow the Food Photography Blog and attain a certain level of readership. We are nearing 10,000 monthly readers on this blog. On the other hand, I was a little short on number of outstanding photos that I should have taken this year.

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12 2010

Reader Question: What Would You Buy – Darkroom or Camera?

 Nikon D7000 - Lightroom

A reader sent an email with the following question –

Neel, I have a beginner DSLR and would like to upgrade to advanced DSLR. However, I am also thinking of buying a Mac (and Lightroom 3). I don’t have budget to buy both, what would you recommend I should buy first?

Jamie.

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09 2010

What Camera Do You Use?

Food Photography Cameras

People are just fascinated by gear. The cameras and the lenses and the lights and the filters. I am too.

What type of camera do you mostly use?

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If you use with Point and Shoot (P&S), in the comments below, tell us what camera do you use and do you like it? For shooting food, what challenges do you have with P&S? What questions do you have?

DSLR Users, why did you buy the camera you use? DSLRs can be complicated. What would you like to learn about your camera? Tell us in the comments below.

Share your questions with us in the comments.

Photo courtesy: by Derek K. Miller

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07 2010

Photographing Gooseberries – Food Photo Critique Request # 4

Bowl of freshly picked gooseberriesWhat do you think about this gooseberry photo? Here is another photograph that our reader Iza sent us for getting feedback and helping readers with developing a creative eye.

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07 2010

Food Photo Critique Request # 3 – Chicken Quesadillas

Chicken Quesadillas

This week’s food photo critique request comes from our long time reader Jenn from Jenncuisine. She has requested your feedback on her Chicken Quesadilla photo. How will you improve this quesadilla photo? What will you add? What will you remove?

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06 2010

Food Photo Critique Request #2 – Improve This Food Photo

Food Photo Critique 2Here’s another photo critique request from one of our readers – Barbara Harris. Tell us what do you think about this photo and what would you do differently to improve this photo?

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06 2010

Food Photo Critique Request – Help Your Fellow Reader

Veggie Pizza Every week many wonderful readers make writing this blog very rewarding. Either by sending an email asking a question or leaving a comment, you motivate me to write about food photography and styling and to share what I learn. Thank you all for doing that. It means a lot to us.

Last week we got an email from a reader in India who was shooting vegetarian pizza. In his email, he wanted to get some feedback from you (Yes! You.) on how to make this photo better. Here is the email from PCP.

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05 2010

Do You Have a Blog?

Sometime back, you shared your photography blogs with us. It has been few months since then and our readership has been growing rapidly. So thought it would be a good idea to ask all of you this:

What type of camera do you mostly use?

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If you have a photography blog, make sure you share it with us on our share your photography blog post.

If you have a food blog, in the comments below tell us about photos on your blog and what can we do to help you? When did you start?

If you do not, do you think you will start one? If not, share your thoughts.

Your turn – Do you have a blog?

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05 2010

Do You Post Your Food Photographs?

Do you take food photographs regularly? Where do you post your photos?

Your Blog or Flickr or URL

If you do post online, feel free to post your domain/URL in the comments below so we can visit!

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01 2010