[Theme] The yummy thread...(food photography)

[Akira]

#2: Another birthday cake.

Untitled by Joergen Ramskov, on Flickr

The LEGO figures make it even more traditionally Swedish!

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Akira: A little correction, Lego is Danish, not Swedish. Their headquarter is around 1 hour drive from where I live

[Akira]

Akira: A little correction, Lego is Danish, not Swedish. Their headquarter is around 1 hour drive from where I live

Jørgen, sorry for my confusion!  This kind of confusion sometimes happens. 

[BW]

The only thing that is more danish than Lego is the "danish". Especially in this thread

[Akira]

The only thing that is more danish than Lego is the "danish". Especially in this thread

Børge、I don't really see any danish (bread) here in this thread.  Do I miss something?

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Jørgen, sorry for my confusion!  This kind of confusion sometimes happens. 

No worries at all Akira, I just thought you'd want to know. It's not like I would fare better if I had to comment on something @ Japan, quite the opposite I'm afraid.

[rosko]

Back from France where my internet connection was rather erratic, hence my silence...So I have changed the operator, hopefully the situation will improve next time I am going there.

I would like to congratulate all contributors of this thread : high quality pictures and very yummy subjects !

Please, keep in mind that is a thread of photographic interest (a section of sudio photography) so, don't hesitate to share technical information. 

Below, another Paella (for about 20 people).

Df+zoom Sigma Art 24-105mm f/4 Handheld.
# @32mm
# 400 isos
# f/5.6
# 1/13 sec, but with VR on.

Cheers, Francis.

[afx]

@Frank: Glad you like it!

From another wine&food event:




From a Café opening party:

The logo http://images.afximages.com/photos/i-RMPB5jm/0/L/i-RMPB5jm-L.jpgcake:


Mini cakes


cheeers
afx

[rosko]

For my girlfriend birthday yesterday night :

Seafood rizotto in progress...

Df+Zeiss 35mm f/2 + flash SB900.

 

[Mike G]

Definitely looks a bit yummy!

[rosko]

It was indeed, Mike ! My girlfriend really enjoyed it...

Thanks for your kind words.

[Frank Fremerey]

Here are some snapshots that show but one thing: Light is most important in food photography!

[rosko]

Very colorful shots, Frank, with details like the pattern on beetroot slices !

I noticed you use close up framing which makes the watcher ''entering the dish'' and I think is a good way. I like it.

I recently made two ''fars bretons'' (breton= from Brittany) : one with prunes an rum, another with raspberries and vanilla extract...

Perfect with a ''Vendanges tardives '' (late harvest) which was a nectar !

Still with the Df+Zeiss 35mm f/2 ZF2, and SB900.

[Frank Fremerey]

Francis: In the first of two I like the idea of cutting one piece of each and creating a form parallel.

If I might say so, the light distribution is uneven and the BG is distracting, a second I prepare a little edit for you.

More subtle is the following: Try to adjoin with the perfect griping position, m,ake the person feel she or he can just grab (and wants to grab). It is all about walking round the subject and finding the right height and distance.

The old shots I showed above are not about design, they are only about lighting. Lighting should make the structures pop out to give the viewer "a mouth feeling" of the subject. Let them feel the texture...

[Frank Fremerey]

Very quick & dirty....

are you left handed?

For a right handed person #1 looks much more inviting, for a left handed person #2 & I did some tonality plus cropping to make it more appealing in my eyes.

What do you think?