The biggest complaint from anyone just starting out in photography is the shock when they realize how much money all this equipment is. The struggle is real people, and this adds up very fast. If you are just starting out, buying used gear can be a great option for you. If you are trying to…
The Best Equipment and Software for Photographing Food
The Best Equipment For Food Photos page just got updated for 2017 with lots of new gear, and lots of my favorites for food photos with a table of contents to find gear fast. I’ve included Nikon gear for all those Nikon lovers and have a section on mirrorless / micro four thirds cameras…
Camera modes – what do they mean? AV, TV, P, etc.
There’s many food bloggers out there who always shoot in one of the “automatic” camera modes. I get told this in class all the time. I’m going to break down each of the modes here so you can understand what the camera is doing in each one. Different cameras might not have all these modes…
Why You Might Need To Adjust Your Camera’s LCD and How
To get the right exposure you have to learn to interpret your camera’s LCD. Your camera’s LCD is not going to look exactly like your monitor when viewing the same image. In fact some camera LCD’s are shockingly different from what your digital file will look like. The image above is of the set of…
A Discussion on Nikon Cameras
To continue our camera discussion we are going to talk about Nikon cameras today. I’ll discuss the ones that I think should be considered for shooting food with two scenarios in mind – a food set up on a table and then possibly shooting an action shot with a chef in the kitchen. This image…
A Discussion on Canon Cameras
So last week I posted on Facebook the question – What would you like to learn about? We had several responses and emails. Several folks wanted to know more about DSLR cameras. So I did some research on some of the hot DSLR cameras out there. I will break this down into two posts, Canon…
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