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Photographing FoodArticle Summary: I've been getting some emails and questions about shooting food recently and remembered that my chum Chris Reeve shot some really nice stuff for a book last year. I asked Chris if we could meet up and talk about some of his photographs and get some tips on lighting food.
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I've been getting some emails and questions about shooting food recently and remembered that my chum Chris Reeve shot some really nice stuff for a book last year. I asked Chris if we could meet up and talk about some of his photographs and get some tips on lighting food.
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I was particularly interested in the studio shots and when I met Chris he had already chosen a few images to talk about. He told me that all the food for the studio shots was cooked on site and photographed as quickly as possible. Nothing was added to [url=http://www.thehygienerevolution.com/hollister.php]www.thehygienerevolution.com/hollister.php[/url] the food to [url=http://www.sandvikfw.net/shopuk.php]hollister sale[/url] enhance either its look or [url=http://www.par5club.com/louboutin.php]louboutin[/url] colour as both Chris and chef Mark wanted everything to look as natural as possible.
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A beautiful shot of a dream pudding! This was taken with a DX 500 and brolly from the front side and a second 500 DX to back light the white tablecloth. Again the lighting Chris has created looks so natural.
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This is why the book took over a year to shoot, every shot had to be planned photographed and then honed until every detail looked right to both Chris and Mark. But talking to Chris it was one of the most demanding and enjoyable projects he's done for a while and he doesn't regret the time he gave to the book.
So Chris's top tips for food photography "use accessories like the Bowens Grid reflector and Honeycomb set, or the Snoot and Honeycomb, both are ideal tools to shoot food. They can both [url=http://www.corsodiesperanto.it/woolrich.php]woolrich outlet[/url] keep the light in small areas and are very easy [url=http://www.rtnagel.com/airjordan.php]jordan pas cher[/url] to control, small hand held reflectors and mirrors are also very useful".
You can see all of Chris's food and other photographs in the book:
"Posh Food for the Common Man" by BaumanHattonReeve
Published by Baumann Hatton Reeve available via Amazon.co.uk
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