simonclivehughes
Active member
I'm interested to try some food photography and I'd welcome any tips on getting best results. I will be shooting with G1, GH1, GF1 cameras and I have the kit lenses, the 20mm f1.7 and 45mm macro as well as Voigtländer 50mm f1.5, 75mm f2.5 and 90mm f3.5 lenses.
My strategy is to use the 45mm macro for the most part to get the crispness but also a good OOF in the images. I would probably use a single, off-camera flash (Oly FL-36R) with a Gary Fong "toilet" diffuser, for just some fill. I would do a custom white balance.
I will be shooting an in-progress cooking class, so I will need to get a mixture of both the action as well as the results. This will mean that I may not have the ability to control the background. Hopefully a shallow DOF will help with this.
If any fellow members have some tips they would be generous enough to share, I'd be very grateful.
Cheers,
My strategy is to use the 45mm macro for the most part to get the crispness but also a good OOF in the images. I would probably use a single, off-camera flash (Oly FL-36R) with a Gary Fong "toilet" diffuser, for just some fill. I would do a custom white balance.
I will be shooting an in-progress cooking class, so I will need to get a mixture of both the action as well as the results. This will mean that I may not have the ability to control the background. Hopefully a shallow DOF will help with this.
If any fellow members have some tips they would be generous enough to share, I'd be very grateful.
Cheers,
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