In mid August, I was contracted to do a food shoot for Baleen Restaurant at the Hotel Portofino in Redondo Beach, CA. The challenge with this shoot was to properly light and capture 10+ separate dishes in <8 hours. If you have ever been involved with a professional food shoot, you might know that there are a lot of variables in a food shoot including the location, the ambient lighting, the temperature, the client’s expectations, the chef and his/her food, number of people involved and many other factors. Continue Reading…
With the addition of a 1.5 stop light contol mesh over my back deck, I decided to take some equipment out of the studio and into the world of controlled sunlight. With the help of a few reflectors and backdrops, some interesting food shots were achieved. I am not thrilled with the compositions here, but it was a fun test. I just wish I had more hands to be able to cook more dishes for this test.
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On a photo shoot for the Cap Juluca Resort in Anguilla, British West Indies, I was asked to take a few quick shots of some menu items while I was sitting at dinner. The trip was to shoot the photogrphy for their website that I was designing, www.capjuluca.com, and shooting the photography for by day.
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Although not tasked with any specific food shooting at this event (I was mostly there to shoot the people), I did manage to snap off a few interesting food shots from the variety of chefs and exhibits at the event.
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