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How to Improve Your Food Photos – Interview with Christina Peters

Neel — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:42:05 +0000

In today’s episode, we talk to a photographer who has worked with McDonald’s, Burger King, Domino’s and many other well known food companies. She has been a judge on Top Chef too. She loves to teach and has been photographing since she was 8 years old.

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Launching Food Photography Podcast

Neel — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:30:56 +0000

Cables have been plugged. Mics have been tested. Recorder is now on, noise cancelling headphone on my ears. We are ready to go.

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Season 2 is coming soon…

Neel — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:52:48 +0000

We did our first food photography interview back in 2010, since then we interviewed more than 25 food photography and styling artists.

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7 Most Common Food Photography Crimes (and How to Save Yourself)

Neel — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:16:00 +0000

Being a food photographer, I am hungry for beautiful food photos – photos that inspire me and instigate me to create strong photos. On a regular basis, friends and readers send me a tweet about a blog they like or a photo that moved them.

Some of these blogs are photographically strong, others are great blogs in general. Some of these photographs are beautiful and once in a while there are some photos that are just crime against photography.

Let’s discuss all of this in more detail…

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11 (Mostly) New Food Photography and Styling Books

Neel — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:51:00 +0000

In just last one year, many food photography and styling books that have been published. With food photography hobby on the rise, there are more resources than ever to teach you how to improve food photography. In this post, we look at books that will be released in near future and some that have been released in recent years.

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How To Start Photo-a-Day Project This Year

Neel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:42:00 +0000

In a previous post I mentioned that I will be starting a photo-a-day project and asked you if you would like to participate. There was some great discussion in the comments section and on the facebook page.

Some of you said that you would like to participate in the challenge, others shared their past experiences and raised good questions.

My First Photo-a-Day Project

When I did my first photo-a-day project, it was challenging. I started with a 30-day trial and decided that I would pursue the full length project. As the time went on and as I tried to take a photo every day, I started seeing photographs everywhere.

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The Only Thing That Matters to Improve Your Photography

Neel — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:49:00 +0000

We’ve been having a discussion this question recently,

… what quality is essential to improve you photography?

And we’ve got a lot of different response. Some have said, its practice. Others have said vision. Still others have said basics are essential to improve photography. All of you have given many different answers.

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Reader Question: The Only Quality Required to Improve Your Photography

Neel — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:57:00 +0000

Few days back, we started a discussion on food photography page and asked:

“What is the only thing/quality required to improve your photography?

What do you think? In your opinion, what is one quality that is absolutely needed for improving your photography?

Take a look at some of the answers by going to this post.

Share your opinion in the comments section below.

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Group Project: Background Matters

Neel — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:02:00 +0000

Recently I posted this photo and shared my food photography process. And Robert Orsa replicated it. His idea was to use same composition, same camera angle, same styling and just change one element – background.

That made me think. What if there was a group project where everyone could participate. Yes! You. The bulb went on.

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5 Surefire Tips to Stunning Canvas Prints (and Easy Canvas Prints Review)

Neel — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:42:00 +0000

I have been wanting to create a canvas print for our home since quite some time. So this holiday season, I went ahead and ordered a canvas print from our trip to the Tetons.

Printing photos is complicated. It’s not as simple as just picking up and ordering online. I learned that there are few things that you should remember before ordering prints. Here are 5 important tips:

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My Food Photography Process at a Food Photo Shoot

Neel — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:45:00 +0000

The process of taking a food photo of a subject is always evolving. At times I sketch few ideas in advance, at other times the final image appears organically without preparing for it in advance.

Often we get questions from readers for food photography interviews asking “how many photos do you take for one good one” or “how do you plan for your food photos” or something in these lines. In this post, I share experience from my recent photo shoot and specifically the thought process once creative juices start flowing.

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FREE eBook by Yoda of Photography

Neel — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:20:07 +0000

If you’ve been around you know that I am a big fan of photographer David duChemin. He is the best selling author of Within the Frame, and several other books.

He is giving away a FREE eBook here. There is no email signup or any opt-in either. The book is titled Craft & Vision and has absolutely amazing information on photography.

Here’s what the content looks like…

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Thank You and Thank You Food Bloggers

Neel — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:10:13 +0000

Thank You and Thank you Food Bloggers

About two years ago all I had, was a camera and some food photos that I had taken at home and in my encounters with restaurants. LFP started with a hope to share what I was learning about food photography and our passion for the art…

The other day I was looking back and so much has changed since we first wrote the about page for LFP. Both of our jobs have dramatically changed and LFP has grown… a lot. The biggest agents that caused this growth is you. So to you and all readers we just want to say…

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How Should a Food Photographer Prepare for Winter?

Neel — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:08:00 +0000

Winter….ah winter… it’s almost here… Snow and bone chilling wind. Just thinking about the sub-zero temperatures and cold brings chills. I am not looking forward to this winter.

For a food photographer working with natural light, winter brings shorter days, less natural light and dull and gloomy days. Who needs winter here? But then, who can fight with mother nature? Not me. On both counts.

So now that winter is almost here, how should you as a food photographer prepare for winter?

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25 Food Photography Lessons You May Have Missed

Neel — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:22:00 +0000

In last several months, we have interviewed many many food photography and food styling experts. Each of these 60 min interviews are full with lot of great lessons from these experts. With about 25 interviews of about 60 min each, we have 25 hours worth of food photography tutorials for free… right here on this blog. Here are some details…

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10 Food Styling Tips to Making Any Food Photo Look Appealing

Neel — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:49:00 +0000

This is a guest post by celebrity food stylist Denise Vivaldo. If you would like to write for learn food photography, visit guest post page to learn more.

Sometime back we interviewed celebrity food stylist Denise Vivaldo and in that interview Denise explained how to approach restaurants and build your food photography/styling business. In today’s guest post, Denise shares 10 food styling tips from her more than 30 years of food styling experience.

10 Food Styling Tips to Better Food Photos

Undercook your food. As food cooks it looses moisture and shrinks as it cools. Cook food only long enough so that it no longer looks raw. You can always color too-light areas or apply heat with a kitchen torch or heat gun.
If you can afford it, buy two of what you’re shooting, i.e., chickens, pies.
Make sure your prep is meticulous. Go through product and get rid anything wilted, old or unsightly. Cut, chop and slice precisely.
When designing a plate, consider color (contrasting or complimentary), texture, and balance.
Create elevation and movement. Prop pieces up from the back to create definition. Make a hidden base under food to hold it in place using shortening, damp paper towels, cosmetic wedges, or even mashed potatoes.
Plan for the use of garnishes. Have appropriate herbs, lemon or limes, or extra ingredients to use if needed.
Know that cool food photographs better than hot food. You can make cool or room
temperature food can be made to look hot by adding moisture and shine with spraying with PAM, or with brushing oil. For highlights spray your food with PAM or water or brush with a little Karo syrup.
Use any available light. If needed, use a shiny sheet pan, a white cutting board, or a hand mirror as a reflector for added light.
Study food photographs you like. What do they have in common?
Less is more. Appreciate how the camera’s eye is different than your eye. You don’t need to have a sliced mushrooms in every square inch of your food to know that it contains sliced mushrooms; one or two will get your point across without making the image messy.

Add Your Tip

Add your advice on food styling below. Share at least one tip on how to make food photos better with food styling.

If you didn’t listen to one-hour class on how to build your food styling and photography business go to this food styling interview. This interview has some great tactical advise on how to approach restaurants and understand what they need.

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How to Work With Food Photography and Styling Clients: Interview with Denise Vivaldo

Neel — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:35:52 +0000

In this interview a celebrity food stylist teaches not only food styling, but also business of food styling and food photography. This interview will answer how to get clients and capture their expectations and keep them for lifelong.

About 60 mins of rich content from one of the top experts in food styling and photography industry.

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Find Your Vision

Neel — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:12:00 +0000

“Vision is Beginning and End of Photography” – David duChemin

Vision is everything in photography.

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Generate Photo Ideas For Your Portfolio

Neel — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:45:00 +0000

What are you going to shoot tomorrow? What about next week? Are you planning to create you own portfolio? Do you have enough ideas on what to include in the portfolio?

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Ask 4 Questions Before Post Processing Your Next Food Photo

Neel — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:55:00 +0000

How long does it take you to post process an image? Of that time, what amount of that time do you spend understanding your intention with the photograph?

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Learn How to Correct Color in Your Photos

Neel — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:45:42 +0000

We have talked about importance of color to move your readers emotionally and create a temptation for food.

But when the colors are not right, the desire for the food in your photo is lost. This post talks about adjusting and correcting the colors in your photographs.

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Learn the Darkroom

Neel — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:07:00 +0000

Post processing is almost as old as photography is. In film days, this was done in a darkroom with acids and fixers in a chemical bath.

Today those chemical baths and acids have been replaced by softwares like Lightroom, Aperture, GIMP and other post processing applications.

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Draw Your Histogram

Neel — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:14:00 +0000

Have you met a person who has said this, “The thing I love about photography has nothing to do with the camera or lens. It doesn’t even have to do with that one important question every photographer should ask…

Its not looking at so many amazing photos…

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Start Taming Light for Better Food Photos

Neel — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:57:00 +0000

Light makes it all happen. If you can control light, you can do magic.

In this post, we talk about modifying light using two commonly used tools.

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Day 21: Phew… A Much Needed Catch Up Day

Neel — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:11:00 +0000

I am glad that there is another catch up day. I don’t know what you feel about it but I surely needed this day badly.

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Day 20: Go Window Shopping At a Grocery Store and Improve Your Food Photography

Neel — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:11:00 +0000

Window shopping can teach you a lot about food photography.

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Day 19: Fill Right Colors in Your Food Photos

Neel — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:42:00 +0000

Do your food photos have right color? How do you decide which color would go with a red strawberry? Which photo works better in the photo above?

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Day 18: Create a Shot List for Your Photo Shoot

Neel — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:10:00 +0000

Shot list is an amazing tool for planning your photo shoots. Wedding photographers regularly use shot lists with their clients.

In this post, we look at how you can use this approach to get more photos.

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Day 17: Switch the Background of Your Food Photo

Neel — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:13:00 +0000

A supportive background strengthens a photograph.

In this post, we talk about choosing the right background for your food photo. I also share what I learned from a simple exercise and how you can too.

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Day 16: Dig Your Backyard to Find Food Photography Props Treasure

Neel — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:56:00 +0000

After organizing your existing food photography props now is the time to find some more props… No no, you don’t have to buy them, you just have to dig your backyard (or your living room) to find the treasure buried under that tree (or that sofa).

In this post, we talk about hunting food photography props…

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Day 15: Arrange Your Food Photography Props to Get Photography Ideas

Neel — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:40:00 +0000

Props… are the important element of food photography. They add to the mood and complete the story.

In this post, we look at a simple yet important task to be complete by every food photographer who would like to take their skills to the next level.

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Day 14: Another Catch Up Day is Here

Neel — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:51:00 +0000

How have the last two weeks been for you? The past week we covered some more tips beyond the basics of photography.

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Day 13: Compose Your Food Photos with Props (and without Food) [Updated]

Neel — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:29:00 +0000

In a photograph, there are shapes and lines and color and other elements of art. The interaction between these elements defines how compelling the image is.

Composing these elements and sculpting that photograph takes time and patience. Let’s look at how to simplify the process by pre-composing.

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Day 12: Study Food Photos in Magazines

Neel — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Study Food Magazines

Food magazines are great source of inspiration and studying them can give you an understanding on how to approach food photos for editorial photography.

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Day 11: Sketch Your Food Photo Ideas – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:47:00 +0000

Do you sketch your food photos before starting to make photographs? Here’s something for you…

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Day 10: Add Variety in Your Food Photography Portfolio by Breaking the Pattern– 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:13:00 +0000

Formula for Perfect Photograph

What is your favorite camera angle? Is it top down? or is it 45 degree? Do you take photos in vertical frame mostly? or do you use horizontals more?

This post is about getting out of a rut.

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Day 9: Get Inspiration to Feed Your Brain – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:18:09 +0000

Inspiration changes things. It moves you to do great things and embraced further, it motivates you to do greater things.

Today, inspire yourself.

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Day 8: Add These 6 Elements to Your Next Food Photo – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:11:00 +0000

Green Lines

As photographers and stylists we create an art from a subject that others overlook. We form our vision and then express it in a way that moves a viewer.

In this post, let’s look at some very basic elements of art and why we need to start looking at our subjects as these elements.

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Day 7: Catch Up Day is Here

Neel — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:33:00 +0000

It’s already 7th day of this 31 day series. Many of you have joined us on our facebook page and have given us great feedback and suggestions about this series.

One of the suggestion has been to add a catch up day. And here it is – the catch up day.

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Day 6: Learn to Read – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:24:00 +0000

If you want to take great photos, you need to learn the language of photography. While you speak this language with your tools, you should also learn how to read photography.

In this post, we discuss how to read food photos and improve your photography.

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Day 5: Do the Compositional Dance with Your Next Food Photo – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:49:00 +0000

Do the Dance

You may have the best camera and the best lens and the coolest post processing tools, but the art of photography comes down to just one word – composition. In this post, we look at composition and share recommendations on doing the compositional dance.

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Day 4: Ask One Question Before Pressing Shutter – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:32:00 +0000

A great food photo can only be made, it cannot be taken. For a photograph to move the viewers, it needs to communicate and move them. A photo is not created in 1/125 seconds, it takes a lot of thought and plan.

In this post, we look at a seemingly simple approach to creating images that will move your audience.

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Day 3: Read Your Camera Manual – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:10:00 +0000

Have you read your camera manual? Doesn’t matter if you have a DSLR or a point and shoot. Did you ever read your manual?

Boring?

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Day 2: Create Depth in Your Food Photos – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:09:00 +0000

Deep photos engage viewers. These powerful photos draw you in and create an unusual experience by giving your eyes room to explore. In this post, we talk about creating depth in food photographs.

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Day 1: Use Exposure Triangle and Turn off Auto Mode – 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:34:00 +0000

Exposure is fundamental to making photographs. Understanding the concept of exposure triangle will make you a better photographer. This simple concept has been talked about a lot of times but rarely do you find a photographer, experimenting and analyzing results based on this triangle.

In this post, we do just that. Whatever you do, don’t skip the assignment.

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Announcing 31 Days of Food Photography Tips

Neel — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:19:00 +0000

Today we are very excited to announce a 31-Day series on this food photography blog to improve your food photos. We are calling it “31 Days of Food Photography Tips” or 31DFTP.

Starting July 1st, we will post a food photography lesson every day with a simple assignment for the next 31 days. So what is it going to be like?

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How to Create Better Food Photos and Write Better in 3 Days – With Plate to Page Team

Neel — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:01:59 +0000

Plate to Page Team – From Left: Jeanne, Ilva, Jamie and Meeta

Food Photography and writing are both essential for a great food blog. In this interview, Plate to Page team shares their knowledge on how to take better food photos and how to write better.

They also give away an exercise that you can use to improve your food blogging and food photography skills. Don’t miss this interview.

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Photographing Macarons and Chef Portraits: A Food Photographer’s Diary #8

Evi — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:24:59 +0000

This is a guest post series by photographer Evi Abeler. If you would like to write about food photography on learn food photography, visit guest post page to learn more.

In this post of food photographer’s diary, Evi shares a story of macaron photography. As a food photographer, there are instances when you may have to shoot portraits as well. Let’s hear from Evi, how she took macaron photos and portraits for chef.

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7 Tips to Practice Food Photography Without Cooking Food

Neel — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:44:31 +0000

Food photography is an art of photographing food. But what if you don’t have any food to photograph? What if you don’t like to cook or don’t want to cook? Is that what’s stopping you from practicing food photography?

In this post we talk about 7 tips on how to practice food photography even if you don’t have cooked food.

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A Must-Have Food Photography Book: Plate to Pixel Review

Neel — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:17:50 +0000

Few weeks ago, I received Pixel to Page book from the publisher for review. This book, on food photography is written by Helene Dujardin, a pastry chef turned food blogger. Helene is an accomplished food blogger and has photographed for many cookbooks. She regularly teaches food photography in food photography workshops.

First Impressions

When I opened the package and looked at the book, my first impression was that there is lot of content in the book. Looking at the table of content, Helene packaged a lot of information in this 288-page book.

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*Learn Food Photography and Food Styling*

How to Improve Your Food Photos – Interview with Christina Peters

Launching Food Photography Podcast

Season 2 is coming soon…

7 Most Common Food Photography Crimes (and How to Save Yourself)

11 (Mostly) New Food Photography and Styling Books

How To Start Photo-a-Day Project This Year

My First Photo-a-Day Project

The Only Thing That Matters to Improve Your Photography

Reader Question: The Only Quality Required to Improve Your Photography

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5 Surefire Tips to Stunning Canvas Prints (and Easy Canvas Prints Review)

My Food Photography Process at a Food Photo Shoot

FREE eBook by Yoda of Photography

Thank You and Thank You Food Bloggers

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