Art & Photography
Coffee with My New Camera
I recently purchased the Olympus Stylus FE-280. There are several reasons for my choice: size, cost, and a fun feature called "cuisine" mode. I wanted something I could throw in my purse and use easily, although I do envy those will SLRs. The real selling point was the "cuisine" function, which is basically a macro option that is supposed to work well for food photography. This is my first food shot with the camera, at a coffee shop in San Francisco.
By Michelle Alderson | October 5, 2007 in Art & Photography
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Etsy Find: Single Pear
This clean, colorful print on canvas artwork from Nancy Veltri, a textile/surface designer, is a wonderful compliment to any kitchen, or room for that matter. Measuring 8" x 8", "Single Pear" is just one of her many designs available at a reasonable price.
"Single Pear" l $21 at moderarteveryday.com
By Michelle Alderson | April 5, 2007 in Art & Photography
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Etsy Find: Food Photography for Sweet Tooths
Pop Pictures' photography art recalls a nostalgic time when kitchens in the past actually had wallpapers that are used as backdrops to these food still lifes. [via AT: The Kitchen]
link: Pop Pictures at Etsy
By Robert | January 31, 2007 in Art & Photography
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Food and Wine Magazine Announces Photo Contest Winners
Food and Wine Magazine just announced its first ever Food Photo Contest winners and best runners-up. These 25 photos are a visual feast reminding us that food is a multi-sensory experience.
Related Links:
Shoot First, Eat Later - Tips on taking the perfect food photo
Five Food Photographer Finds on Flickr
Five Quick Tips to Shooting Food Photographs
By Robert | November 9, 2006 in Art & Photography
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I'll Take the BLT ... in Sterling Silver, Please
Jewelry designer, Carrie Weston, teamed up with The Grateful Palate, to create this 5-piece BLT ring set. Available sterling silver and 14k multi-color gold. Weston also has designed a layered hamburger ring set too. [via Cool Hunting]
Sterling Silver BLT Ring | $150 at The Grateful Palate
By Robert | October 20, 2006 in Art & Photography
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5 Great Food Photography Finds at Flickr
Photo-sharing site, Flickr, provides me with endless hours of surfing through a great variety of photos. Look long and hard enough and Flickr becomes a great inspirational resource of images for anything you're interested in. Try these tags for instance - cupcakes, sushi, paris restaurants, and red-fruit-food. See? It's quite amazing.
Meanwhile, here are 5 cool links to some amazing food photography I've found on Flickr recently.
- Dapan's Album is filled with desserts
- SpeedM calls his set Delicious, and it's truly mouthwatering
- Experience exotic Malaysian foods with Rasa Malaysia
- Marion's Gastronomique Album is a photo study of dishes from Germany's Gastronomique Restaurant and is simply beautiful
- I'm especially envious of rrichard's Food Set because he eats so well
5 Quick Tips to Shooting Great Food Photographs
By Robert | October 19, 2006 in Art & Photography
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5 Quick Tips to Shooting Great Food Photographs
Over the past few months, I've been experimenting with taking more food photographs and learning the secrets of what it takes to capture a great food photo. My first source of inspiration is Heidi Swanson's photography featured on her blog, 101 Cookbooks. Her photographs are minimally composed and beautifully colored, and I couldn't help but be inspired to learn more about photographing food. After studying online and going out to take pictures, here's 5 important tips I've learned that's given me the best results.
- Shoot macro - Use the macro setting on your camera to get the shallowest depth of field you can. It's the one great secret to cool looking food photographs.
- Don't use a flash - Turn your flash off. Period. Use whatever natural lighting you have to shoot your pictures.
- Minimize clutter in the background - the caveat to this is to find a way to include the ambience of the setting you are in, whether in a restaurant or a friend's kitchen.
- Expect to adjust your color balance after shooting - use Photoshop or even something simple like Picasa's editing tools to take out the orange or blue color cast you may get from shooting indoors with incandescent or flourescent lighting.
- Burn film - an seasoned photographer once told me the only way to become a better photographer was to take more pictures. Before digital photography, this meant to "burn film". Go out and shoot, shoot, and shoot some more.
My reading sources for food photo tips came from Heidi's Food Photography Tips, chef Benjamin Christie's Creating Edible Food Photos, and Digital Photography's "How to Make Mouth Watering Food Photographs".
Heidi's photography is also featured in her book: Cook 1.0: A Fresh Approach to the Vegetarian Kitchen
Next Up: Our favorite food albums at Flickr
By Robert | October 16, 2006 in Art & Photography
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