A couple of weekends ago, I decided to sign up to a food photography workshop. I took the class soon after I did the grapes/wine bottle and barrel/whisky bottle shots, and knowing now what I’d learned during the class, I would have set up those shots differently. In my book that means the course was useful! I’d highly recommend the course to anyone interested in food photography – 8 hours that you won’t regret!…
The course was run by the ever-enthusiastic Lou Manna, and took us through ‘behind-the-scenes stories’ from some of his shots, before going into a more practical session where we each took turns to set up a food shot and try out different ideas. The class was really great, and although I think the above shot shows that my food styling skills need work (peppers in a shot glass????), I learned a lot from the class.
Another cool thing about the class was meeting the other participants… I think the furthest travelled participant was from Ecuador. Pretty cool. Another person attending was Hannah – at a young age, already very talented and has a book out called ‘My Sweet Vegan’. Not only does she do all the cooking part of the book/website, but also does the photography – a lot of which is fresh, and innovative! Take a look at her website here, and her blog here.
I’ll sign off with a setup shot of the picture above – at last I remembered to do one of these – I keep meaning to try and remember to do a setup shot for the in-the-kitchen shots I’ve done previously… One day… one day….
Main shot info: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
1/125 sec at f/8.0
ISO 100
63mm
Strobist info: Two strobes at camera left and camera right. Left strobe in softbox, with the light feathered onto the food plate. Mirrors reflecting the light from the right hand strobe into the front and the left of the food plate. White seamless background.
