Food Photo 101 is back! Here is Nika’s next lesson, near and dear to my stomach… (Dark and delicious BBQ’d and smoked pork butt) I am sorry that the next class in this series has taken so long to produce.Today … Continue reading
Finally, I have my results from Lesson 5 of Food Photo 101! I have to first say that having weekend time makes a big difference, and I hope others following along took advantage of having natural light. This time of … Continue reading
We’re back, now that the holidays are over. And here’s the lesson, from Nika… Before I get into the core of this lesson, I wanted to let you all know about a change to this course. To allow people more … Continue reading
The holidays are over, and Food Photo 101 is starting up again. First thing up… Results from the Holiday Contest!!! I hope everyone had a great holiday and that you’re looking forward to a great 2008.As mentioned previously (FP101 Holiday … Continue reading
Lesson 4 starts pushing us down the path of thinking about the subject of our photos instead of how we’ve set up our things around the subject. Previous lessons were about settings on the camera and lighting, but this time … Continue reading
This is getting to be a lot of fun. Nika’s lessons are building on each other, and I already notice improvements in my photos. This week’s topic is Composition, which should start helping those of us that don’t quite put … Continue reading
This is the review post of the third week of our Food Photography 101 series, in Nika’s words. As was previously the case, several people contributed their results to the Food Photo 101 flickr pool. This week’s contributors were: Curt … Continue reading
Lesson 3 is all about depth of field (DOF). One thing I’ve noticed in looking at food photos is that really shallow DOF is used a LOT with food (sometimes too much, I think). However, it can be used to … Continue reading
After a well deserved holiday break, here were are at Lesson 3 of Food Photo 101! I peeked at Nika’s photos for this and had a good idea that we were going to do one of the topics I’ve really … Continue reading
One thing I realized I don’t think I’ve emphasized for Food Photo 101 is that this is an evolving instructional series. Nika and I talked about topics, but she’s coming up with the lesson organically and as she’s inspired. Because … Continue reading
Here we have Nika’s review of my work for Food Photo 101 Lesson 2, along with several others that are following along… This week we had quite a few people contribute their results to the Food Photo 101 flickr pool. … Continue reading
Lesson 2 was all about directing light. I was hoping to have some good morning light again, as the time change means that it’s too dark when I get home to have much light coming into the dining room. Unfortunately, … Continue reading