Doing dark and moody food photography with natural light is very challenging for a lot of folks. I'll show you how I did this shot and give you some tips on how to do this at home. There are always several challenges using natural light in the first place for any shot. The sun is constantly moving, so your exposure will change as a result of that. Then, if you are in an area like I am near the … [Read more...]
Behind The Scenes Of A Pesto Photo Shoot And Club Update!
We haven't done a behind the scenes post in a while - so here are the details of this yummy pesto and pasta photo shoot. I love testing with my friends and work colleagues whenever I can. Testing is vital for any and every photographer. I don't get to test as often as I should or want to. Testing means you take photographs just for yourself. Hopefully your testing goes well and then you can use … [Read more...]
Food Photography Lighting – Easy Artificial Side Light Part Two
If you saw my other post about food photography lighting, you'll remember that it covered shooting with an overhead set. This post is about shooting on a tabletop with the same artificial light. Shooting food with natural light can be quite difficult at times because the sun is always moving on us AND changing it's color temperature. Not to mention, the whole getting dark at 4:00 pm issue in … [Read more...]
Food Photography Lighting – Easy Artificial Side Lighting
Many people are intimidated by artificial food photography lighting, but it really can be easy and necessary when we start losing light early in the evening. If you are trying to shoot food and you're only able to use natural light, this getting dark early thing can be a real drag. This shot above was taken at 7pm with one light. Easy! Artificial Food Photography Lighting I tell all my … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes of a Breakfast Food Shoot
It's been very crazy and busy the last few weeks. I thought it would be fun to show some recent photo shoots and some behind the scenes shots. I had a very fun shoot with a good friend, chef and budding new food stylist, Sarah Simms Hendrix of La Femme Epicure. We tested several breakfast dishes. All the images were shot with natural light on a Canon 5d Mark II with a 24-105mm … [Read more...]
Behind the scenes of a food shoot – Angel Meringue Cake
Every month we do what we call "test" shoots for ourselves. These are images that we will use for self promotion, for our websites and well, really - its just a fun day to shoot food where we are the clients and we can do what ever we want! The "we" being Amy (prop stylist extraordinaire), Alise (food stylist extraordinaire) and myself. We figure out what day we are all free and then discuss what … [Read more...]