Light is Short
This is the view from the window of my condo. I have an entire wall that is almost completely covered with windows (minus a few feet of drywall at the bottom) so [...]
Food Photography Behind-the-Scenes: Pasta on a Fork
I was up pretty late last night working on the last bits of my new book, and this is one of the images I created. The setup and Photoshop editing is [...]
Banana Bread with Cherries and Hazelnuts
I had some bananas that had been sitting on my counter for a few days and were über ripe, so I decided to make banana bread. I also had some fresh cherries [...]
Food Photography: Blocking Light for Proper Exposure
When I photograph food the one thing I don't want to do is blow-out/over-expose/clip any large areas of the frame. When you overexpose the highlights in a photograph you are pushing those [...]
Food Photography: Backlight vs. Available Light
For this post I thought I'd show the difference between using back-lighting versus using overhead available (in this case, tungsten) light. I photographed the image on the left and used a back-light setup (here's a link to the behind-the-scenes). Then, I switched off the PocketWizard so the light didn't fire, changed the exposure on my camera and used the overhead light in my living room (just normal, boring light-bulbs in a light on the ceiling).
Food Photography Behind the Scenes: Flash Setup
Yesterday I photographed this delicious green curry with chicken and jasmine rice dish, and decided to use a flash setup instead of the usual strobe/softbox or diffused sunlight setup I normally use. [...]
Behind the Scenes: Halibut Food Setup
Here's a quick behind-the-scenes of yesterday's halibut photo. I quickly snapped this BTS image with my iPhone before I cleaned up the scene, and yesterday someone asked to see it. I used [...]
