Comments on: A Basic Food Photography Kit

By: 11zxcvb11

11zxcvb11 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:32:33 +0000

i think one uses the manikin to hold up the reflector cards?! though i might be wrong.

and for all of you asking for “how to” tips, check out this article:
http://veganyumyum.com/2008/09/food-photography-for-bloggers/

enjoy your photography and the food :)

By: Dom Kennedy

Dom Kennedy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:32:17 +0000

@Anders C. Madsen you are wrong. C/N are not the only manufactureres of FF cameras today. Ever heard of the Sony A900? No? Go look it up. You are obviously very ignorant.

By: Clarke

Clarke — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:52:35 +0000

While I didn’t agree with a lot of it, what turned me off at the end was the picture of the pie and ice cream that looked, quite clearly, like it had been processed to death in Photoshop. Overuse of the blur tool is a no-no. Should have included that you should never rely on Photoshop to fix your images, unless you actually use it to fix them. Good photographers don’t need much of that, whether they shoot food or anything else.

By: mrsrobinson

mrsrobinson — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:51:44 +0000

I think we need to remember that these articles are the author’s opinion. It is not a survey of different techniques on how to shoot food. It is HIS equipment for shooting food. He did explain why he prefers the brands he does, and I think they are good points. Like mature adults I’m sure we’re capable of considering other people’s opinions without being insulted and becoming defensive. Turning every article posted here into a product debate or critique on article writing is counterproductive and a waste of time. I for one like to hear about the equipment that others are using and why they think it’s good. It doesn’t demean the equipment that’s in my bag. And if I can find anything useful in the article to take away with me, great. If not, I browse to something else.

Can we just limit comments to adding extra info on the topic and not bashing every article, either in content or style?

I honestly don’t have time to sort through hundreds of flame responses just to try and get some more points of view or tips on the topic (which is why I am reading the articles in the first place). Please?

By: Menk

Menk — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:06:36 +0000

I do agree that everyone should read, read and read again their article before posting BUT I believe Steve already give us a hint on the TITLE its about BASIC food photography KIT, not TECHNIQUES, HOW-TO, etc.

And for BASIC part, let see it like temperature ie. 25C is cool for me but it maybe too hot for you.

Why insult the man sharing it for free? Why not just take whatever usefull for you, say ‘thanks’ (its free n easy) and leave the rest??

By: Tony Woods

Tony Woods — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:16:10 +0000

Oh Dear, poor Steve. I don’t know whether this is his first tuition article or not but, let’s hope he never writes another like this!

The first thing to remember is never, never, never recommend one brand of equipment over another or seem to do this as your article clearly does.

Secondly, stick to the point of your article which, as far as I can see, told us nothing about the technique of shooting food only what equipment we should have.

Lastly, read your article a couple of times before you publish it. It may not seem as brilliant as you first imagined!!

By: David Thomson

David Thomson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:29:42 +0000

Absolute drivel, Mr. Steve Buchanan.

1) What does having a large user base have to do with taking pictures of food?
2) How many accessories does one require to take the aforementioned pictures at any one time? And please list the ones mandatory for this assignment which Canon & Nikon have which other brands don’t.
3) What does upgrading your camera (albeit in the future) got to do again, with taking pictures of food?
And to further qualify your own position on this …”My primary camera is a Canon 5D”.

One doesn’t need to be a proponent of any camera brand to see you can’t even stick to the subject.

You’re so overly concerned about the tools/accessories you advocate … that it no longer fits the description of “A Basic Food Photography Kit” …
Computer Workstation? Bogen/Manfrotto tripod?
Geez. Get real.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:52:19 +0000

I really enjoyed this and thought the tips were very helpful. I’ve been wondering what essentials I might be missing and this really filled in some blanks. Thanks!

To: “pupster” and the like-
In reading this, from the title, you must be interested in piecing together an equipment list. You will be spending a lot of money (even a few hundred for a point and shoot is a lot of money). If the only thing on your mind is a nice looking cherry pie when you buy a camera, or any equipment, that costs that much money and not how much it will be worth (re sale or usefulness) in five years then just buy the cherry pie instead of the camera. You wont have to think much about its future value.

The color checker and working “tethered” seem to be the next logical steps for me. Having a color wheel might help in composition a bit too, thanks!

By: L.W. Baruch

L.W. Baruch — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:24:59 +0000

Thanks Michael, I really appreciate you giving me an answer, ANY answer. I had to look up in google to even find out what an artist’s maikin was. Once I did, I realized I’d seen them but thought them decorative and didn’t know what use they were meant for. Your answer makes sense and I DO thank you for responding to it.
I would love it if they did a follow up article on how to use this stuff for amatures.

By: michael wood

michael wood — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:18:08 +0000

this is for L.W. Baruch,
I would like to help you with the artist’s manikin and reflector but I don’t know so I don’t want to bum steer you but all I can really think of is that because is says buy a couple and thumb tacs is that you tac the card between the two manikins to hold your card in place.

As for any other issue on this page, you people have to understand that internet arguments are about as useful as well ……….. there not, so SHUT UP about who has what or what is the latest branded thing out there and do what you enjoy and that is take photos