More French delicacies

Too much good food is just great. As promised, a couple more images that I took. I suppose you will have to see the better pictures at a later date, possibly in a book to be published.

Most of the photographers I know say they have no problem with taking good food photographs. I know it is an art as well as a science. To me, taking a very good picture of food needs quite a lot of thought as to the angle, lighting, shadow (do I want it or do I not!), background, arrangement, etc, etc. Well, I am still improving. Lots to learn, lots.

Tuna Bruchetta

Tuna ... oops forgot the name!

Apple ... opps forgot the name too.

Food Photography - sneak peak

Still shooting, but thought I will share this with you. What a beautiful creation. As always, easy to take beautiful stuff. This has yet to be edited.

Food, Food, Food

I was invited by Jaen, an ex-colleague, for dinner at her house on Boxing Day. Lots of good food, but just could not remember the names of these starters, main courses, and desserts.

Anyway, having these pictures on this blog just to touch on the subject of food photography.

As these unedited images taken by a point-and-shoot Panasonic Lumix LX3 shows, they still looks pretty good. So, why bother with professional work taken with professional DSLR's?

Too bad I did not bring the big camera to take shots for comparison. But I will somehow highlight where it would be better to have 2nd and 3rd sources of light so as to paint a better picture of the great dishes.

This looks plain 2 dimensional. Better to have some light at the side and the distracting over-exposed part removed with controlled lighting.

With the other camera, I will probably open up the lens so that those rolls at the rear are 'blurred' more.

If I had taken care to remove the dish in the backgroud, then this would be alright.

Again, could be improved with better lighting

better lighting?

Oops, just off target. My fault.