Food Photography
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I own a small design agency in Northumberland and have been asked by one of my clients to get some prices for a new book he is going to publish. It’s full of recipes and will be illustrated with mouth watering shots of the meals themselves, which is where you guys come in.
Although I can find my way around a camera for simple product shots, I realise that food photography can get a bit specialised, and as between 30 and 50 different shots will be needed, I don’t have the time to do it either.
So, can anyone recommend a good (prefereably cheap!) photographer with experience of shooting food, who is based in North East England.
Cheers.
Although I can find my way around a camera for simple product shots, I realise that food photography can get a bit specialised, and as between 30 and 50 different shots will be needed, I don’t have the time to do it either.
So, can anyone recommend a good (prefereably cheap!) photographer with experience of shooting food, who is based in North East England.
Cheers.
ideo said:
Can anyone recommend a good (prefereably cheap!) photographer with experience of shooting food, who is based in North East England.
Cheers.
Food photography is a specialised field. It's not a case of take a pic of that Steak etc. A lot of the food is sprayed with a substance to make it glisten and hold it's shape. Try googling for food photography, not a job I would be confident doing
Dave
the photography... 
that looks handsome Simpo. Where do you live again ?
simpo two said:
Just a snack. I'd make a (proper) meal of it but unfortunately I'm south-east not north-east
Hmm.
The mash looks a little lumpy and the broccoli a bit over done. And personally I've never been a fan of black omlettes.
But apart from that - not a bad try.
On the other hand,, if it looks OK to everyone else maybe I should get my monitor recalibrated ...
The lucky thing was that it came out looking just like steak with saute potatoes! Who was it who bought a camera with a "food" preset?
Aha, it was the man himself - www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=122907&f=109&h=0 Worryingly I found that by remembering what the picture of his dinner was of
>> Edited by docevi1 on Thursday 22 September 22:17
Aha, it was the man himself - www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=122907&f=109&h=0 Worryingly I found that by remembering what the picture of his dinner was of
>> Edited by docevi1 on Thursday 22 September 22:17
ideo said:
So, can anyone recommend a good (prefereably cheap!) photographer
Sorry, the words good and cheap don't compute. The correct phrase is "You can have it good, fast or cheap, pick any two"
I just did a search here: www.the-aop.org/fhome.htm
They will all be very good here but none of them cheap.... also none showing up in the North East.
[quote=docevi1]Who was it who bought a camera with a "food" preset?
Aha, Detective Docevil I presume?! I actually preferred the 300 to the 410 so sold the latter to my accountant's father and went back to a 300. So the steak photo was taken WITHOUT the aid of 'Cuisine mode'. This will come as a shock to marketing departments across the world, but it's true
Aha, Detective Docevil I presume?! I actually preferred the 300 to the 410 so sold the latter to my accountant's father and went back to a 300. So the steak photo was taken WITHOUT the aid of 'Cuisine mode'. This will come as a shock to marketing departments across the world, but it's true
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