Assignment: "Food Photography - Fruits and Vegetables" Feb. 3 - 17

[Saralonde]

This food photography assignment has been working well for me this month. We have been bogged down in so much snow that I'm looking to shoot whatever I can find in my house.

I'll repeat the resources I stated before, plus a new one:
This coming week we start with an important part of a meal, Fruits and Vegetables. Some suggestions: Try looking at magazines and in cookbooks for ideas. Notice the lighting. Natural lighting is wonderful for food photography. That's why you always try for a table by the window in a restaurant (and drive your dining companions crazy by shooting all the courses, LOL). The last thing you want is an image with an unappealing blue cast to it.
Consider the depth of field. Do you want something shallow to pinpoint one area or do you want the entire scene to be in focus?
Are you going to go in close or pull away and include some of the area around your subject. What can you include with your food item that makes it more interesting?
What point of view will you use? Straight down, off to the side, through a window, etc., just try different angles.
Think about what you want to say. This is homemade and comfort, this is sumptuous and elegant, this rich and flavorful?
Make me want to eat that food! If this was in a cookbook, would I want to make it? If it was an ad in a magazine, would I want to buy it?
Since Food Photography is such a huge subject, here are some resources for you:

Food Photography – An Introduction- good tips from Darren
Big and Tasty Food Photography Tips Roundup - great roundup of tutorials and videos.

Strobist It you haven't tried off-camera lighting yet, this is a wonderful resource. Really take some time to check your lighting this week.



Dessert? Veggie? Who knows what category this goes in .


As always, rules:
Please note the change in closing time as well as the size limit.

Just a note to new posters: DO NOT start a new thread for your post. Please just hit the reply button at the bottom of any current post and put your image there.

1. Your original image you submit should be taken between the 3rd of February and the 17th of February. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT ( 3am EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition. Don't wait until the last minute to post!

2. Your post must include "Assignment: Food Photography - Fruits and Vegetables" (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).

3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.

4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above). It must be an original image taken by you.

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (740px on the longest side).

6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.
For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).

7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the front page of the DPS blog Saturday late afternoon (EST) and here.

Next week we continue with Food Photography and move to the heart of a meal, Main Dishes. Make me drool and remember the lighting!

[WildRain]

BioFuel: Fight For Air Climb 2010
Event Sponsor: American Lung Association
Fruit: Alehouse Resturant, Jacksonville FL


Camera: Canon PowerShot A1000 IS
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/2.7
Focal Length: 6.2 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Dated: February 6, 2010

[serametin]

Strobist info: SB-900 with DIY grid spot at 1/8th power at the right side of the subject, triggered by Cactus V4.

Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.5
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 90 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Exposure Program: Manual
Date and Time (Original): 2010:02:10 22:07:38
Lens: Tamron 90mm

[karwash]

This picture brought tears to my eyes...



Date picture taken: Feb. 5, 2010

EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: No Flash
More EXIF on flickr (click picture to view)

[mseigafuse]

I chose grapes for my subject, I like them in both solid and liquid form



Camera: Pentax K100D
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Date and Time (Original): 2010:02:09 23:08:30

I call it spill the wine, dig that ...

grape . OK, those aren't the right lyrics, but I couldn't really fit a girl in the end of the wine glass now could I?

Pentax 540fgz on 1/16 with a blue gel aimed at the wall behind the table. Vivitar 285HV at 1/8 camera right and above subject (bare). A few more details on Flickr in case you want to know more.

[Ender 1982]

Assignment: Fruits and Vegetables



http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbeickert/

Exposure: 30 sec at f 10
Focal Length: 32mm
ISO 100
Canon
EOS 7D
Lens: EF 24-70mm f 2.8L USM
Shot: Feb 9, 2010
Location: Chicago, IL

[sdhondatuner]

♪♫ Peaches come from a can ♫♪ they were put there by a man ♪♫ In a factory downtown ♫♪ If I had my little way ♪♫ I'd eat peaches everyday ♫♪




Taken: 02-09-2010
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 70-300 mm
Exposure: 5
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal Length: 195 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

PP: Adjustments to RAW in PSE6.

[kathryn.x]

tried different fruits but this is my fav
theres more on my flickr




Camera: HP PhotoSmart R927
Exposure: 2
Aperture: f/7.8
Focal Length: 7.5 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

File Size: 325 kB
File Type: JPEG


my flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathe_y/

[jared.]

playing around with some different fruitsand thought this looked good

[Space-Monkey]

Originally Posted by kathryn.x

tried different fruits but this is my fav

Awesome photo!!