The question I get asked every day in my Food Photography Club Facebook group, is what is the best lens for food photography? The thing is, there is never just one perfect lens for any photography discipline. You need to have several lens options, otherwise, all your shots will start looking the same, and you’ll…
6 More Food Photography Composition Ideas You Can Use To Improve Your Photos
In our last two blog posts, we talked about the Rule of Thirds, and then the Golden Triangle for ways to compose your food photos. If the two previous composition rules are still throwing you, don’t worry. There’s lots of other options for your food photography composition. Today, we are going to talk about 6…
Food Photography Composition Using The Golden Triangle
Continuing our conversation about composition with food photography, today we are looking at composition using the Golden Triangle. If you’ve taken any art classes that studied the classics, then you’ve heard of the Golden Triangle. Now, there’s an awful lot to the Golden Triangle. Seriously, there are golden ratios, some call it the sublime triangle,…
Food Photography Composition Using The Rule Of Thirds
I often ask the members of my free Facebook group what are they struggling with right now with their food photography. Each time I ask this question, different things come up for everyone, but there usually is a theme by the time you see all the comments. This time, several folks said they were struggling…
The Ultimate Photography Bundle
Ever wonder what the secret is to capturing clear, beautiful photos? It’s not really a secret, even though it can feel that way when you scroll through Instagram and compare your lackluster shots to a friend’s work of art. Even though you’re really proud of what’s in front of your lens, what shows up…
Fun Free Quick Win Photography Assessment
As you know, I focus on food photography here on this blog and not much else. The reality is that if you want to do food photography for a living, you will have to get comfortable photographing other things, like people. Portraiture is an entirely different world than our non-moving food world. Most times, you…
Behind The Scenes of the Farmers Market Veggies Shoot
This is the kind of beauty I get to photograph when working with my favorite food stylist, Alise Arato and favorite prop stylist, Amy Paliwoda. This is the behind the scenes of our Farmers Market food shoot. I try to test with Alise and Amy as often as we can. With our busy schedules, it’s hard sometimes….
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Professional Food Photographer?
We are bombarded with images every day, all day long. We see something like 20,000 images a day, about 5000 of those are ads– in just one day! Now with the digital era, there are thousands of people picking up cameras, or just their phones, taking pictures and sharing them all over the world. And…
What Is The Best Camera When On A Budget For Food Photography?
Updated January 4th. There are 1000’s of digital cameras now. It’s completely overwhelming when you are trying to figure out what is the best camera to buy for food photography when you are on a budget. The good news is, there are tons of excellent cameras to choose from in different price ranges and if…
The Most Popular Foodie Documentaries
Continuing our conversation in our last post about the most popular Food Movies, this post is all about the most popular foodie documentaries.
I actually love documentaries about food. Don’t get me started about how I feel about the Standard American Diet and how the FDA has really just become a large marketing firm at our expense for big Ag and big Pharma companies.
There’s a few kinds of foodie documentaries here…
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