Taking Photos of Food
Oct 2nd 2008greenbucksAround the Metro & Food and Dining & Food Friday & For Information & Philippines & Photos & Urban Living
Taking food photos is a bit tricky.
I admit this is what I need to work on, taking food photos. I have never quite made myself good at this. It is all trial and error of course, which makes me frustrated at times but I am willing to work on it.
This got me thinking about how to take better photos of food.
I think one of the things that make food photos look good is the way it was prepared. Food styling is an art in itself, I believe.
Another thing that makes food photos look good is the lighting. There are restaurants that have good lighting one would think they got maxim lighting stuff.
Let’s take a look at these two food photos that show how lighting make the food look better. These were not altered in any way except by cropping and putting my blog’s name on it:
Arni Sto Fornou or slow roasted leg of lamb served with potatoes and lemon au jus from Cyma in TriNoma during the Bloggers Spot Pass Food Tour last summer
This spread from Mamou in Serendra was for our perusal. I took photos here because the lighting was better than the one where the food were for taking photos. This reminds me that I have not written a post about this leg of the Bloggers Spot Pass Food Tour in Serendra, my bad. I have a post for the Spot Pass Bonifacio High Street Bloggers Food Tour restaurants though for the same blogger event
There are also restaurants with bad lighting that no matter how delicious the food is, and how well it looks, and how wonderfully it was presented, the photos do not do justice to the finished product and that is a sad thing.
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I posted early because I have work tomorrow and may not be able to put my link.
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8 Responses to “Taking Photos of Food”
G_mirage on 03 Oct 2008 at 4:58 am 1I’m early too Teacher Julie, kya Im first to comment! yay! What you said about food photography is true…the lamb looks delish!!! I envy food bloggers in Pinas kasi you always have this event, ko lng yata food blogger dito lol..anyway happy FF and weekend too! 😉
Jenn on 03 Oct 2008 at 11:08 am 2Wow.. those are really great photos. Even I have a hard time taking food pictures, kaya madalas macro shots ako kasi, feel ko mas gamay ko yun. Pero I really need to learn how to photograph the whole dish and not just an angle of it.
My FF entries are served here and here. Happy weekends!
maiylah on 03 Oct 2008 at 4:25 pm 3wonderful shots, T. Julie! i love taking shots of food (hehe, obvious ‘ata) … and yes, the light is important, as well as the food presentation. i would like to add that the angle/perspective is important, too (like in your second shot).
taking pictures is sort of like trial and error for me, too … that’s why am glad digital cameras were invented (easy erasures). lol. 😉
appreciate your playing again, T. Julie!
happy weekend!
greenbucks on 23 Oct 2008 at 9:40 am 4G, yes, the bloggers are “spoiled” here when it comes to events. Almost every month there is a party sponsored by big companies endorsing food and beauty products. The bloggers are beginning to be called “new media” which means they get paid to attend and write about these events, whether positive or negative.
Go lang ng go in blogging about food 🙂
greenbucks on 23 Oct 2008 at 9:51 am 5I agree Jenn, ako din macro shot lang palagi. I know there is more to the food than just taking a macro shot, di ko lang alam kung pano, hehehe…
greenbucks on 23 Oct 2008 at 9:53 am 6Maiylah, your food photos are so nice. Do you use special lights for these? Kasi pati background mo iba, especially that noodle photo 🙂
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Yuka @ How to make Sushi on 27 Dec 2009 at 12:49 pm 8Cool! Always love trying new things, this’ll be the next thing cooking!Thanks!Yuka