Friday, July 2, 2010
Hello once again we are back on photography. yay! Guess what, the topic today is on food photography. You might be thinking, are there even any techniques about food photography? Don't we just take the photo of any food that looks nice and taste good?(thats what I thought food photography was when I was sec one) Well, you are wrong then, there are techniques such as the correct lightings and BOKEH.
1) Lightings :))
My senior told me to treat the food you’re photographing as you would any other still life subject and ensure that it is well lit. Indeed, one of the best places to photograph food is by a window where there is plenty of natural light – perhaps supported with flash bounced off a ceiling or wall to give more balanced lighting that cuts out the shadows. This daylight helps to keep the food looking much more natural. In layman terms, it means that the lighting for the photo had to look natural and balance.
My analysis: This photo below shows how a lighting is used. The picture (yummy) is taken from a window outside the building as the water vapour can been seen at the bottom of the photo. However, when the camera had its back facing the natural sunlight, bounce flash had to be used to create natural lighting so that the picture will look good. Furthermore, the picture is very sharp, hence we could tell that the shutter speed is very fast so as what I had shown before higher shutter speed will cause photo to be darker. Therefore lots of lighting is important for such photos.
2) Bokeh :P
Bokeh is kind of a macro feature where the important feature of the photo is made sharp the background blur. Really focusing in upon just one part of the dish can be an effective way of highlighting the different elements of it. As the food does not look appetizing for long, we have to make sure that the photo is taken fast before the food cools down and looks yucky. I remember on a photo assignment last time, I did not have enough time to prepare and decorate the food so I went down low, closer to the food, so that all the distractions in the background would be blur and the part of the dish is focused well. Yay:P
My analysis: There is probably a lot of distractions in the background as this photographer had to line up the cakes in one row to block the background and if u had noticed the first cake looks the nicest, biggest and most important the sharpest. The bokeh used is good way to cancel off all distractions and make the food more appetizing and appealing.
Btw, I like cakes :P
& Jason Cher signed off @ 7:03 PM
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