I've been trying to make it a point to photograph regular food that I eat on an everyday basis. Purely to sharpen my photography experience.
Just when I think a picture is perfect , time goes by, I look at it again only to realize it was a horrible picture! I sometimes get frustrated and think that I should wake up and be a professional photographer when in fact professionals have worked many many years to perfect their art . I have only been passionately shooting for maybe a year. Things take time.
So, to make sure that I am constantly taking pictures for me to learn from I am shooting what I eat.
Here are a few photos that I've taken recently
and here is what I had for lunch today : Chicken and sausage fajita on sourdough
I started sauteing peppers, onions, and tomatoes from the garden . Chopped up a smoked sausage and shaved smoked chicken breast lunch meat added to the mixture to get a golden seared color . Placed on sourdough bread topped with sharp cheddar and swiss cheese. I place the open faced sandwich in a 450 deg. oven until bubbly and brown, closed it up and served with a side of sweet potato chips.
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Back to photography, I've been focusing mainly on staging, lighting and over all color and composition of each photo. I feel like with each photo it's slightly better . Opinions?
Your layouts are awesome! I have struggled a lot with layout of my pictures, not really feeling like I have the right props to make it look professional. Yours look effortless, professional, and YUMMY!
ReplyDeleteI always feel that everyone looks at art differently. A photo that you think isn't so good is probably beautiful to someone else! (and sadly it can go the other way too) As for my own photographs I also wonder about everyone's monitor setting being different, making my photos seem washed out or too dark to someone else while it's perfect on mine? Anyways, I just ate lunch and your food photographs still made me hungry! You must be doing something right :)
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