I read an [article] on food photography earlier this week. The condensed version of the articles goes something like this; most food wants to be eaten, not photographed, and therefore looks rubbish when photographed. The advice was firstly to undercook the food, let it go cold, photograph low and close up on a non-fussy background, use natural diffused light, custom colour balance and finally to use a shallow depth of field. This shot uses most of those techniques, and although I can see I will be able to improve on this, it is my first attempt at food photography. The final point of the article is to know when not to shoot food at all, and with anemic looking cheese as a subject, this is probably one of them. More to follow this weekend with folk to cook for.
Archive for the ‘Practice’ Category
27th March
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
25th March
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
24th March 2008
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Sunset over the Isle of Arran from the mainland, Scotland.
Goodbye beautiful Arran, until next time.
The [Caledonian MacBrayne] ferry to Ardrossan.
23rd March 2008
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Beinn Tarsuinn ridge and Goatfell from Meall Biorach, Arran, Scotand
Towards Meall Donn from Meall Biorach, Arran, Scotand
The Scottish island of Arran is the near perfect landscape photography location. Being one of the southerly Scottish islands, the weather is often more stable then the more northerly west coast islands/mainland. The main benefit though, is the size of the island; its possible to shoot/walk in the early morning light on the east coast of the island then drive over The String to the west coast for the late afternoon light. This combined with a hill range rivaling Skye’s cullin ridge in drama, plus many glens, waterfalls and standing stones, makes Arran a great place to find accessible photo opportunities without having to walk all day for one shot.
22nd March 2008
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Holy Island and Clauchlands Point from Merklands Point, Arran, Scotland
Cir Mhor from Glen Rosa, Arran, Scotland
I am starting to realise that to get any better at landscape photography, that the next level requires a big increase in the investment in not only time and effort, but also in (counter-intuitive) anti-social behavior. To get the magical shots means pre-visualising a shot, then going back to the location in ideal lighting (sunrise/sunset) at least once. On this trip this Easter trip, this would mean being on the hill at 4.30am, and therefore quickly using up any accrued brownie points with the already very patient other half!
21st March 2008
Friday, March 21st, 2008
20th March
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
19th March
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Lake overflow and log, Delamere Forest.
I did to Delamere forest expecting to find much I wanted to photograph, but once I looked a little closer, there were a lot of little natural details worth hunting out.
