Occasionally, (quite often really) I'm asked to photograph things well outside my known specialties, and unless it's a head shot, or wedding I'm often game. This time a client originally hired me to shoot a location, but as often happens, they added a few elements, and before I knew it, we had three shoots in one day. The well known chef insisted that the actual food be photographed which provided some logistical challenges. It might surprise many that the food you see in photos for advertising is rarely edible to anything but exotic bacteria. This presented a huge challenge as food photography is a notoriously fussy endeavor. Fortunately, the chef I worked with was very good at presentation, and we pulled it off in a working restaurant during lunch! Obviously, this required a bit of prep. I setup a model studio a few days before, and worked out the lighting ratios, angles etc. The food was just one aspect of the shoot, and it was difficult to concentrate with plate after plate arriving to tempt me, but once I'm working I rarely break to eat until the work is done. Once in the creative mode, its all about getting results. Thankfully, they fed me a fantastic meal that night before I started desolving my own body. Attached are a few of the outtakes. Three food groups are represented; salad, sandwich, and chocolate.
Occasionally, (quite often really) I'm asked to photograph things well outside my known specialties, and unless it's a head shot, or wedding I'm often game. This time a client originally hired me to shoot a location, but as often happens, they added a few elements, and before I knew it, we had three shoots in one day. The well known chef insisted that the actual food be photographed which provided some logistical challenges. It might surprise many that the food you see in photos for advertising is rarely edible to anything but exotic bacteria. This presented a huge challenge as food photography is a notoriously fussy endeavor. Fortunately, the chef I worked with was very good at presentation, and we pulled it off in a working restaurant during lunch! Obviously, this required a bit of prep. I setup a model studio a few days before, and worked out the lighting ratios, angles etc. The food was just one aspect of the shoot, and it was difficult to concentrate with plate after plate arriving to tempt me, but once I'm working I rarely break to eat until the work is done. Once in the creative mode, its all about getting results. Thankfully, they fed me a fantastic meal that night before I started desolving my own body. Attached are a few of the outtakes. Three food groups are represented; salad, sandwich, and chocolate.
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