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Tag Archives: food
Class Demo: Food
Thursday (4/20) I did a demo of food photography for the Lighting Class. In a class lecture on the previous Tuesday we discussed plated vs. studio food issues and advertising vs editorial style shooting and I showed them a number of examples. The … Continue reading
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Another Demo for the Lighting Class: Food
This week we shot a demo using “plated” food in the lighting class; again it was shot “cold,” i.e. not knowing what the subject would be until it appeared in the studio. “Plated” is the generic label for real food … Continue reading
Sometimes the Bear…
Among outdoorsmen there is an old saying… “Sometimes you eat the bear… sometimes the bear eats you.” It is not too much of a stretch to apply that to the commercial photography niche of food photography. If you are doing … Continue reading
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Happy Valentines Day… Now Get to Work
Well, the last week was a busy one on with some “interesting” food shooting and some interesting classroom stuff. The food part has pictures so I’ll make you wait for that, and a little Valentines Day message at the end. … Continue reading
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The Process of Shooting a Cover Food Shot
San Diego — Some of you older folks may remember a singer named Jim Croce. I, of course, am much too young but remember my Grandmother loved him… And if I can get you to believe THAT then we REALLY … Continue reading
Food, Rocks, and Fall Foliage
To borrow from Spock (the Vulcan not the Doctor), it had been an “interesting” week. The good news was that on Monday and Wednesday I shot food with Cynthia. Then I capped it off when I left Friday with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Hills, food, food photography, landscape, Mt. Whitney, photography
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Food Photography Workshop at Brooks
On Saturday September 28th, Brooks held a food photography workshop in Santa Barbara. It was a full day workshop with presentations, demos, and even a hands-on shooting session. The lead instructor was Photographer and Brooks faculty member Bill Robbins, assisted … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Robbins, Brooks, Claire Stancer, food, food photography, food styling, photography
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Photo-Compositing in the Commercial World
San Diego — In the last post I showed a sample of compositing in order to adjust composition and lighting in a commercial shot. I was asked if that was “kosher” since the shot was altered. Well the answer is, it … Continue reading
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Tagged chldren, commercial, compositing, food, image editing, photography, Photoshop, post production
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Travels with Rocinante 