The Keys To Great Pizza Photography If you dabble as food photographer, sooner or later, someone is going to ask you to photograph pizza. I’ve probably have shot pizza for over ten different clients over the years and from that experience, I’ve developed an understanding of what it takes to make a great pizza photo….
Parfait Food Photography Critique I shot this food photography of this Parfait just this last week. While I have to say that I’m very happy with the overall results, I usually find it useful to critique my own photo after the fact, and think of what I might of done differently. Here’s what I cam…
Food Photography – texture vs mood Food Photography is all about the details. You want to create shape and texture, but you can’t go so far as to ruin the mood of the image. There is usually a “mood” you’re trying to create. You’re trying to communicate that the food you’re shooting is in a…
Strawberries Dipped in Chocolate Here’s a recent food photo I did of strawberries, dipped in chocolate. The food stylist did a really good job and the texture of the chocolate is perfect. I love the was the light wraps about each berry and the way the light side of one contrasts so beautifully with the…
Nine things that make a food photo look natural I’ve studied food photography for a long time now and I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out just what it was that made a food photo look natural or look fake. It seems like I can tell a mile away which photos were…
Sexy Food Photography Lighting Technique There’s something pretty sexy about the lighting of the chocolate on top of that brownie. It’s kind of hard to put your finger on, but there isn’t much denying it. Can you figure it out? It’s the fact that the highlight doesn’t have a hard edge. It just sort of…
Three ways food photographers blow out the backgrounds, giving their food photos that “light and airy” feel One question that I get asked all the time is “how do you get that “light & airy” background” look? I’m assuming that all food photographers have their own individual ways of doing things, but let me give…
The Ultimate Food Photography Lighting Resource I consider myself a bit of an authority on the subject of food photography lighting, but I also realize that I’m not the only one that understands the subject. My type of lighting may seem a bit unusual to most people and may not be right for everyone, so…
Yogurt Food Photography Critique and Behind the Scenes I tried to put together another image critique and I had some behind the scenes photos too, so I included them. I would think that a novice food photographer would be curious to see what a food shoot looks like and to see a little of what…
In food photography, how do you make shadows disappear? I’m assuming that you mean cast shadows, and the answer to your question is, “you don’t”. If there is light, there is shadow. It’s a fact of life. Sure, some shadows have softer edges than others and some shadows are darker than others. That’s probably something…
