A Smart Way To Edit Your Photos
Welcome back to Food Photography (weekly) Challenge! You can read here why I did not hosted this challenge for the past few weeks. You all know that I am an avid Adobe Photoshop user. That’s the software I have used for the last ten years and I guess I am too comfortable using it to try to learn something new. However, I recently discovered software that is really easy to use and offers great diversity when it comes to artistic editing. It’s called Smart Photo Editor. I used a trial version for a bit to explore its possibilities and I wrote about it in A Smart Way to...
Read MoreHow to Turn Ordinary Food Photos Into Extraordinary
You style your photo carefully, you take your time to set the camera and you pay close attention to where the light is coming from – and then you trigger the camera. Everything should be perfect, right? However, once you download the photo to your computer you realize something is missing. What is missing if your straight out of camera (SOOC) photo is nice, exposure is right, white balance is correct, and composition is lovely? You know something is missing but you cannot tell what? I had that problem too until I figured out what was missing! The mood! I realized that my...
Read MoreFood Photography: Tips on Different Food Photo Styles
To be truthful, I don’t do much entertaining anymore – and my normal fare is grabbing yoghurt and a banana – or whipping up an omelet. My food photography has been on the commercial level working with Jack Daniels, The World BBQ Association out of Switzerland, the Epicurean Society in Ireland along with the Clare Food Circle on the west coast, SABA the South African BBQ Association and the food industry in Estonia. I have worked for a dear friend that was a former White House staffer – that now has his own popcorn and chocolate business. Those have been some of my most memorable...
Read MoreFood Photography: Gina’s Plan of Attack
My name is Gina and first let me say Thank You to Mira for asking me to guest post today. I am so honored to be here. Now I am the first to admit, I am no expert. I have just been very fortunate that there are so many wonderful ladies like Tiffany from June Makes Six & Danelle from Danelle M. Photography, that have been so kind to share with me some fantastic tips on how to improve my food photography. I spend a lot of time pouring over food photos from magazines & of course- there is a never-ending supply of inspiration from Pinterest. I get a lot of my inspiration from these...
Read MoreFood Photography: Coffee Splash
A year ago I wrote about Andric, a commercial photographer who creates pure art. However, that post for some reason has not been imported from my old blog at www.miracrisp.com to this one. For those of you who are not familiar with Andric’s work, I will tell you that he’s a photography genius. What is so special about Andric? Andric applies his rigorous aesthetic to everything he shoots. I read the interview he gave some time ago and here are my favorite parts. Andric says: “Everything in the shot is a choice. If there’s a lamppost on location and I do not remove it,...
Read MoreWould You Like Your Fries With Some Hair Spray?
Welcome to another Food Photography Thursday! I also like to call this day Weekly Photo Stew simply because Thursdays have become my weekly stew – only a stew in photos. I write my food posts throwing in bits and pieces of everything, even some food. If you are reading this post that probably means you are interested in food photography. Not just that, you have probably researched food photography tips and tricks and have seen some awesome You Tube videos. Perhaps you are also addicted to food channels or you scan every cookbook you come across in a local book store. Don’t...
Read MoreFood Photography: Creating the Mood
After I watched an interview with food and travel photographer Penny de los Santos last week, I knew I wanted to write a post on creating different moods with food photography. Although I enjoy looking at perfect food photos that almost always lack some personality, I also love food photography in travel magazines (think of National Geographic). Unlike carefully arranged food photos, those ‘street’ photos usually tell a story and evoke emotion. If you don’t know what I mean, here’s an example of a carefully arranged shot (by one of Penny’s...
Read MoreBasic Food Photography Tips
Hi and welcome to Weekly Photo Stew! Today I have a few basic and quick tips for food photography lovers! Here they are: 1. Time your food session. If you are cooking meals that you plan on photographing before eating, timing is important because you don’t want to make everyone wait on you. Plan to cook early enough to have enough time to capture a few shots before you invite everyone to the table. I learned that scheduling cooking time 30-45 minutes early helps a lot. For this week’s Weekly Photo Stew, I knew I wanted the shots of the food before cooking and after cooking so I...
Read More5 Tips to Improving Your Food Photos
Food photography is the most delicious type of photography; everyone knows that, right? Everyone loves it too! However, have you ever made a perfect cake that you wanted to share with everyone you know and yet you couldn’t really do it because your food photos did not do the justice to your cake. You took the photo but it was dull, unappealing, and did not really look as delicious… Well, the thing is that if you cook delicious food and you blog about it, you will want to capture it beautifully. To do that, here’s a few things you can do… Linking up to This and That...
Read MoreFood Photography: Keeping It Pretty
Welcome to the second Weekly Photo Stew! I’d like to thank all of you who shared your food photos with us last week via Weekly Photo Stew linky party. Today, I will share a photo of a rich tomato soup with you. I had something else prepared for today but let’s say it wasn’t meant to be. I experienced a major computer issue the other day and lost all of my stuff. Without going into details I will say that my 8-months old laptop was burnt and hard drive is destroyed. What can I say? I have to learn from this and backup EVERYTHING constantly. I wrote Why You Always Need a Backup Plan a...
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